Australian commercial TV contributes A$2.5 billion (€1.7bn) to the nation’s GDP and Australians value access to free TV services, according to a report commissioned by Free TV, the industry body for Australia’s commercial free-to-air broadcasters, conducted by Deloitte Access Economics. The report, Everybody Gets It: Revaluing the Economic and Social Benefits of Commercial TV in […]

A+E Networks EMEA has launched its dedicated true-crime direct-to-consumer streaming service, Crime+Investigation Play, available to viewers in the UK for £3.99 a month. With over 1,000 hours of premium programming and local originals available at launch, Crime+Investigation Play is a dedicated true-crime streaming service that vows to bring true-crime enthusiasts “closer to every story, deeper […]

New data from research firm Roy Morgan shows over 2.9 million New Zealanders aged 14+ now watch Subscription TV in an average four weeks – encompassing well over two-thirds (71 per cent) of all New Zealanders. Despite most pandemic restrictions being relaxed total viewership of Subscription TV in New Zealand has increased 3.4 per cent […]

In the last six months, 26 per cent of US households downgraded or cancelled a subscription streaming video (SVoD) or pay-TV service in the last six months as a result of 40-year-high inflation rates, according to findings from research consultancy Aluma Insights. The simplest actions to counter inflation are also the most common. In response […]

Findings from Leichtman Research Group (LRG) indicate that 59 per cent of adults in the US watch video on non-TV devices (including mobile phones, home computers, tablets, and eReaders) daily – compared to 55 per cent in 2020, 43 per cent in 2017, and 18 per cent in 2012. Younger individuals are most likely to […]

A survey commissioned by publisher LADbible Group has revealed over half (56 per cent) of 18–44-year-olds in the UK – around 11.8 million people – currently use someone else’s login details to access a streaming service. In a report that highlights the challenges that streaming services face to attract paying subscribers in the face of the growing cost of […]

There will be 21.52 million paying SVoD subscriptions [TV episodes and movies only] across 13 Arabic countries by 2027, up from 9.49 million in 2021, according to the Middle East and North Africa SVOD Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. “Netflix will continue to lead the market, although Disney+ has provided a strong […]

Samba TV, a provider of omniscreen data and analytics, has released its latest State of Viewership report, analysing approximately 24 billion hours of linear and streaming during the second quarter of 2022. Samba TV’s targeted insights illustrated a viewership landscape marked by year lows in linear TV viewership, record saturation of the linear TV ad […]

Africa will have 13.64 million paying SVoD subscriptions by 2027, up from 4.9 million at end-2021, according to the Africa SVOD Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. Only 6.6 per cent of TV households will pay for at least one subscription by 2027 – up from 3.9 per cent at end-2021. “As well […]

The rise in original content creation and the proliferation of digital platforms accelerated the global SVoD services market growth. Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis, Global SVoD Services Market, finds that the general growth of digital media consumption has encouraged companies from the sports, film, and television industries to create their own platforms, providing people with […]