Research from Aluma Insights finds 35 per cent of US SVoD customers are spending too much on services such as Netflix and are looking to cut back. This represents a 40 per cent increase over 2022 and threefold that of 2019. Only 5 per cent are interested in spending more on SVoD services, down 38 […]

According to findings from a new report, Is TV just TV?, by Samsung Ads and Verve, brands that advertise on streaming platforms are perceived to be five times more modern and five times more innovative when compared to brands that advertise in non-streaming environments. These figures jumped to eight times and six times, respectively, for […]

The era of ‘peak TV’ is ending, and providers face substantial headwinds which may constrain subscriber growth, according to Hub Entertainment Research’s annual Monetization of Video survey, which indicates most consumers are now either at or near their maximum number of TV sources, and are not actively looking to spend more money on video entertainment. […]

Portuguese ISP LigaT is launching a commitment-free streaming TV service in Portugal with three subscription packages. The TV Essencial pack offers exclusively national TV channels for €5.99 per month, while the TV Essencial Plus package combines both Portuguese and international TV channels for €7.99/month. A third package, called TV Plus, will subsequently be launched with […]

Sixty-five per cent of French homes have a SVoD subscription, a rate which has jumped by 4 per cent over one year and 13 per cent compared to 2021. According to the latest Submix study from consulting firm BearingPoint, Netflix remains sector leader with 63 per cent of all SVoD subscribers followed by Prime Video (49 per […]

The Media and Entertainment industry has been experiencing a wildly accelerated evolution in the past few years. One of the main reasons for this is the ever-growing expansion of streaming platforms, their catalogues, plans and revenue models. With this reality in mind, data science specialist BB Media partnered with home entertainment industry trade body DEG […]

The UK is forecast to maintain its position as the leading entertainment and media market in Europe over the next four years according to PwC’s Global Entertainment & Media (E&M) Outlook 2023-2027. UK E&M revenue is expected to reach £85 billion (€99.1bn) in 2023 with growth forecast at a compound annual growth rate of 4 […]

SVoD service revenue in Australia is expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.2 per cent from $1.9 billion (€1.74bn) in 2022 to $2.8 billion by 2027, driven by a healthy growth in SVoD subscriptions, and steady rise in the average monthly revenue per unique SVoD household, according to GlobalData, the […]

The latest wave of Hub Entertainment Research’s Battle Royale study shows that US consumers have more sources of entertainment than they can easily use and are eager for solutions that allow them to simplify. Complexity is as big of a limitation to new subscriptions as cost:  Many assume the main factor limiting new subscriptions is […]

Max, the SVoD service from Warner Bros Discovery which replaces HBO Max and discovery+, is now live. Max has introduced a new Ultimate Ad-Free tier that will offer four concurrent streams, up to 100 offline downloads and nearly eight times more films and episodes of 4K content than HBO Max, including popular programming such as […]