Data from research firm Roy Morgan shows streaming video service HBO Max, which launched in Australia on March 31st (then known as just ‘Max’), has captured an audience of 851,000 Australians aged 14+ in its first full quarter online (April – June 2025). A look at the broader market for SVoD shows 17.6 million Australians […]

Today’s consumers typically use four or more streaming services. For providers, reducing churn is now the top priority – and engagement has become a stronger indicator of brand health than subscriber counts. Since 2013, Hub’s annual Decoding the Default survey has measured which platforms US consumers consider their ‘home base’ for TV – ie, the […]

Demand and willingness to pay for pay-TV and paid video content in Germany continues to grow, despite a difficult economic climate and complex regulation. In 2024, revenues from pay-TV and paid video-on-demand rose by around 6 per cent to €5.5 billion. For the current year 2025, VAUNET – German Media Association – expects revenues to […]

Pact has published the 2025 edition of the Pact Census, a report by Oliver and Ohlbaum Associates. It shows that total TV production revenues saw sluggish growth in 2024, increasing slightly by 1.4 per cent to £3.66 billion (€4.23bn), as the sector navigates a challenging commissioning market at home and abroad. This slight growth in […]

The UK video entertainment market is holding its course, with total consumer spend expected to rise 2 per cent in 2025 to £11.4 billion (€13.1bn) according to Futuresource Consulting’s latest Video Insights UK report, which highlights SVoD as the powerhouse of growth, alongside a stronger year for box office and signs of stabilisation in transactional […]

Wonder Project, the entertainment brand founded by industry veterans Kelly Merryman Hoogstraten and Jon Erwin that produces and curates premium films and series for the faith and values audience, has announced that its new subscription offering will launch on October 5th exclusively on Prime Video in the US. At launch, Wonder Project will offer audiences […]

South Korea is establishing itself as one of the world’s biggest markets for Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV (FAST), according to research from Omdia. The country is set to become the 12th largest global FAST market by 2030, with revenues projected to double from $23 million (€19.8m) in 2024 to $48 million. Speaking at the International […]

Disney+ launched on November 12th 2019 in a few select countries before being rolled out to others over the following months and years. The subscription-based streaming service gives registered members on-demand access to almost every TV show and movie produced by Disney. It also includes content from several major brands acquired by Disney, such as […]

Roku, the TV streaming specialist, has announced the launch of Howdy in the US, a new SVoD service priced at $2.99 (€2.59) per month. Howdy offers subscribers access to a growing library of content, featuring thousands of titles and nearly 10,000 hours of entertainment from its inaugural partners: Lionsgate, Warner Bros Discovery and FilmRise, alongside […]

Recurly, the subscription management platform, has released its What Subscribers Want report. Developed in partnership with Hanover Research, this study surveyed over 1,000 consumers to uncover the key drivers of subscriber acquisition, the primary threats to retention, and the most effective strategies for building lasting loyalty across various industries. The What Subscribers Want report provides […]