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Omdia: Linear TV viewing down

Findings from research and advisory group Omdia indicate that nonlinear viewing continues to gain greater hegemony in the daily viewing habits of TV users across the US, Europe and Australia with online long form and social media video viewing growing beyond the previous year’s boom in viewing time. Omdia’s new Cross-Platform Television Viewing Time Report […]

August 1, 2022

Research: UK SVoD decline accelerates

The latest Entertainment on Demand data on the UK’s streaming market from Kantar, the insights and consulting company, reveals that SVoD market decline accelerated by 488k households, with 1.66 million SVoD services cancelled during the second quarter of 2022. This follows 1.51 million cancellations in the first quarter of the year. Kantar’s data suggests that […]

July 18, 2022

Research: Apple TV+, Paramount+ gain US SVoD switchers

Apple TV+ and Paramount+ are the most popular services for US SVoD switchers – defined as those who move from one subscription service and commit to another contract within 60 days, according to research firm Ampere Analysis. Apple TV+ and Paramount+ are the most widely chosen platforms for this sub-group of churning streaming customers. Of […]

July 18, 2022

Forecast: India SVoD revenue at $2.7bn in 2026

The SVoD service revenue in India is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.5 per cent from $1.3 billion (€1.3bn) in 2021 to $2.7 billion in 2026, driven by solid growth in SVoD subscriptions and an increase in unique SVoD household penetration, according to GlobalData, a data and analytics company. […]

July 13, 2022

Report: Paramount+ UK has 2nd largest slate of local commissions

Paramount+ entered the UK streaming market – currently dominated by giants Netflix and Prime Video – on June 22nd with a focus on local content and the Crime & Thriller genre. According to a report by Ampere Analysis, Paramount+ holds now the second largest slate of SVoD titles commissioned in the UK in 2022, with […]

July 11, 2022

Research: More Spanish content for growing Latinx audiences

As the streaming ecosystem evolves and Latinx (Hispanic origin or descent) audiences continue to grow, the Spanish-language TV landscape is transforming dramatically, suggests Horowitz Research. According to the firm’s FOCUS Latinx: State of Pay TV, OTT & SVoD 2022 report, seven in ten Latinx TV content viewers watch Spanish-language programming – up 11 per cent […]

July 7, 2022

HBO Max shelves European originals

HBO Max is halting original productions across most of Europe. The streaming platfom confirmed that it will no longer produce originals in Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Turkey, Central Europe and the Netherlands, leaving just Spain and France unscathed. The movie is part of a plan from parent Warner Bros Discovery to cut some $3 billion […]

July 5, 2022

ViX+ set for July 21 debut

Spanish-language media and content company TelevisaUnivision has confirmed that ViX+ will debut on July 21st in the US, Mexico, and most of Spanish-speaking Latin America, with a monthly price of $6.99 (€6.69) in the US and MX$119 in Mexico. ViX+ is the premium tier of ViX, the first large-scale global streaming service created specifically for […]

July 1, 2022

Study: Complex video ecosystem offers opportunities

Findings from The Future Viewing Experience, an appraisal of the near-term future of the TV and video landscape from data and analytics company Kantar, suggest there are significant opportunities throughout the ecosystem, despite increasing complexity. Focusing on the delivery of video content and advertising and the evolution of viewer experiences and behaviours, the report outlines […]

June 30, 2022

ZEE5 Global announces another season of Rangbaaz

After the success of the first two seasons of its marquee gangster drama ‘Rangbaaz’, ZEE5 Global, the streaming platform for South-Asian content, has announced another season of the show. Written by Siddharth Mishra, directed by Sachin Pathak and produced by JAR Pictures, ‘Rangbaaz – Darr Ki Rajneeti’ will star Vineet Kumar Singh and Aakanksha Singh […]

June 29, 2022