Gilles Domartini, CEO and founder of subscriber retention management specialist, Cleeng, has shared his 2025 industry predictions. Domartini believes that the hype surrounding AI hype will settle down this year, and become more centered around practical use cases. “Since the launch of ChatGPT, the M&E industry has been talking loudly about the potential of AI, […]
FuboTV, the sports-first live TV streaming platform, has announced the launch of Hallmark+ as a standalone premium subscription service or add-on for Fubo customers. The launch expands the companies’ existing long-standing distribution agreement for Hallmark’s linear channels on Fubo. Fubo customers can now subscribe to Hallmark+ as a standalone service – without a base Fubo […]
With paid streaming totalling 1.8 billion subscriptions today, Ampere Analysis predicts over 2 billion subs will be taken up globally by 2029. This milestone will be achieved by combining US streaming giants’ international expansion and success at minimising password sharing. Further key highlights from the analysis: The milestone will come less than a decade after […]
French public bodies Arcom and CNC have drawn a positive conclusion from the effective enactment of the AVMSD Euro directive into French law since 2021. Aiming to make SVoD platforms contribute to the financing of local content production, it has opened a new era for creation financing as Netflix, Prime Video and Disney+ invested a […]
A study from consulting firm Oliver Wyman reveals that growth in European video streaming subscriptions is slowing in 2024. While 70 per cent of consumers across the UK, Spain, France, Germany and Italy subscribe to at least one streaming service (averaging 1.5 subscriptions per person), 8 per cent plan to cancel, primarily due to a […]
Almost two-thirds of UK consumers are concerned about the rising cost of monthly streaming subscriptions, according to the latest EY Decoding the digital home study, which surveyed 2,500 UK consumers on their attitudes towards technology, media and telecoms experiences in the home. The study indicates that consumer anxiety about rising monthly subscription costs increased from […]
Parks Associates has released its updated list of the top 10 US subscription streaming video services, based on estimated numbers of subscribers through September 2024 from the firm’s Streaming Video Tracker. The top two streaming leaders maintained their market position from 2003, with Prime Video in the top position above Netflix. Parks Associates estimates that […]
Kantar, the marketing data and analytics company, reveals that sports viewership surged in Q3 2024 thanks to events including the Olympics encouraging more diverse audiences. This growth, identified in Kantar’s latest Entertainment on Demand (EoD) data and analysis on the global video streaming landscape, highlights the increasing importance of live sports for streaming platforms but […]
Following the rise of subscription bundling in 2024, a peer report from Bango reveals a clear consensus among some of the leading subscription brands — telcos are the ideal partners to lead the bundling market opportunity. One of the 20 key insights from the Bango report, Super Bundling: Inside secrets, is that senior executives at […]
TiVo has found that UK users are overwhelmed by the rising amount of video providers, adding to increased viewer irritation when deciding what to watch. According to the latest 2024 TiVo Video Trends Report: UK, only 16 per cent of viewers know what they want to watch when they start browsing, resulting in ‘habit browsing’ […]