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Prime Video’s Thursday Night Football delivers increased engagement

According to Nielsen Media Research, the inaugural season of Thursday Night Football on Prime Video featured the most streamed NFL contests ever and attracted audiences that were considerably younger, watched more minutes of the game, and commanded higher household incomes than NFL viewers on broadcast and cable platforms. Thursday Night Football finished the season with the […]

January 10, 2023

Italy: 15.3m SVoD users

The number of unique users of SVoD platform users in Italy amounted to 15.3 million in September 2022, a drop of 287,000 users year-on-year, according to the Communications Authority (AgCom). Netflix had 8.9 million average unique users (+4.2 per cent), followed by Prime Video with 6.4 million (+11.5 per cent), Disney+ with 3.4 million (+41.7 […]

January 3, 2023From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Prime Video’s The Consultant premieres in Feb

Prime Video has debuted the first-look teaser for the new Christoph Waltz-led series, The Consultant. Prime Video has announced that the series will premiere all eight episodes exclusively on February 24th in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. Based on Bentley Little’s 2015 novel of the same name, the  characters and story in this […]

January 3, 2023By Nik Roseveare

Data: House of the Dragon most pirated show of 2022

House of the Dragon, the Game of Thrones prequel series, was the most-pirated TV show released on torrent sites in 2022 according to data from TorrentFreak, For several years in a row the list was headed by Game of Thrones but that reign came to an end in 2019 after the series ended. In 2020, […]

January 1, 2023

KSI: In Real Life debuts Jan 26 on Prime Video

Prime Video has announced that KSI: In Real Life will launch exclusively on Prime Video in over 240 countries and territories worldwide on January 26th 2023. The trailer can be viewed here. On the eve of the release of his second album one of the world’s most influential young men, YouTube star KSI, is riding […]

December 26, 2022

Spain: Movistar beats US streamers on local premieres

Spanish pay-TV platform, Movistar Plus leads the market in the number of Spanish TV production premieres, ahead of Netflix and Prime Video. According to consultancy firm Geca, Telefónica’s platform released 28 Spanish productions in 2022, 11 more than the previous year. Prime Video released 24, one less than in 2021, and Netflix had 19, four […]

December 22, 2022From David Del Valle in Madrid

Varun Dhawan to headline Prime Video’s Citadel franchise

Prime Video has confirmed the lead talent of the Indian installment of the Citadel universe, the first of its kind global-event series from Prime Video and the Russo Brothers’ AGBO. The untitled Citadel series based out of India will be led by renowned creator duo Raj & DK (Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK), who are […]

December 20, 2022

Study: Paramount+ sees biggest gains amongst US SVoDs

According to the latest DASH study by The Advertising Research Foundation (ARF), the household penetration levels of the major subscription streaming services held mostly flat YoY in the US, with the exception of Paramount+, which has jumped up to 17 per cent from 11 per cent. Additionally, Disney (41 per cent up from 39 per […]

December 15, 2022

Research: Social media creators driving viewers to SVoDs

CreatorIQ, the influencer marketing platform, has released findings showing increased creator marketing efforts from Netflix, Prime Video and Peacock, as streaming services look to stand out in a crowded space. For streaming services, creators have become an essential tool to tap into digital subcultures and communities, engaging the most relevant fans for new and existing […]

December 15, 2022

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power reveals directors for Season 2

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, which has been viewed by more than 100 million people worldwide and has been an unprecedented global success as the top Original series for Prime Video in every region in its first season, has confirmed three directors for the forthcoming second season, currently in production in […]

December 14, 2022