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Data: FAST growth outpacing VoD in US

Kantar, the insights and consulting company, has released its latest Entertainment on Demand (EoD) data on the US streaming market. Kantar’s EoD study uncovers the following behaviours and findings within the VoD market between July – September 2023 (Q3): · In Q3, 120 million US households held at least one VoD service, representing 93 per […]

October 18, 2023

Data: Britain adds 0.5m SVoD subs in Q3

Kantar, the insights and consulting company, has released its latest Entertainment on Demand (EoD) data on the UK’s streaming market. Kantar’s EoD study in Great Britain uncovers the following behaviours within the VoD market between July – September 2023: · Between July – September, the number of British households with at least one SVoD, increased […]

October 17, 2023

BTS: Yet to Come heading to Prime Video

Prime Video has announced that the concert movie BTS: Yet to Come, will be available on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide starting November 9th. BTS: Yet to Come, took place in October 2022, when the seven-member band performed in Busan, South Korea. As a part of Busan’s World Expo 2030 […]

October 17, 2023

Research: Prime Video subs already feel “bombarded by ads”

Amazon will soon introduce advertisements on its Prime Video streaming service. The company has said its subscribers in the UK, US, Germany and Canada will see ads from early 2024 unless they subscribe to a higher tier. Ads will be introduced across other markets such as France, Mexico and Australia later in 2024. YouGov data […]

October 11, 2023

Prime Video reveals Adventure Series 007: Road to a Million

On James Bond Day, Prime Video has released the teaser trailer for the new UK Original adventure game show series 007: Road to a Million, revealing the first look at Brian Cox as The Controller. 007: Road to a Million, from the producers behind the James Bond film franchise, follows nine pairs of everyday people as they are […]

October 5, 2023

Glide achieves record-breaking data consumption

Glide Group, a specialist in broadband services, has announced a surge in network demand with its data revealing a 25 per cent increase in network volume compared to the same period last year. The surge emphasises the increase in bandwidth demand year-on-year alongside the company’s success in delivering unwavering connectivity to its varied customer base. […]

October 5, 2023

Boxing legends to feature in Prime Video doc

A new four-part documentary examining the notorious rivalry between British boxing legends Chris Eubank, Nigel Benn, Lennox Lewis and Frank Bruno will launch exclusively on Prime Video in the UK and Ireland in 2024. The documentary, titled Four Kings, follows the meteoric rise of these four men from the same London neighbourhood who heralded a golden […]

October 4, 2023

Japan: Asian Professional Baseball on Prime Video

Prime Video has announced it will livestream all of the Samurai Japan games in the Asian Professional Baseball Championship 2023 at Tokyo Dome, starting with the opening game between Japan and Chinese Taipei on November 16th. Prime members in Japan will be able to exclusively watch the Asian Professional Baseball Championship 2023 at no additional […]

October 4, 2023

Prime Video adding ads

Following in the footsteps of its rivals such as Netflix and Disney+, Amazon has confimed that it will soon add commercials to its Prime Video streaming service, unless subscribers pay extra for an ad-free tier. In a company statement, Amazon said: “To continue investing in compelling content and keep increasing that investment over a long […]

September 22, 2023By Nik Roseveare

ONE Championship signs DirecTV deal

ONE Championship (ONE), thet martial arts organisation, has announced an agreement with DirecTV for Business to carry monthly Friday night primetime martial arts events commercially in bars and restaurants across the US.  DirecTV for Business will provide live, action-packed ONE Fight Night events to both national chains and independently owned establishments. Fans visiting participating venues […]

September 22, 2023