Love Nature, a wildlife and nature brand with linear and streaming channels, has announced its debut on Australia’s 7plus, Seven Network’s streaming service, as a both free, ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) channel and a BVoD offering. As part of the launch, 7plus audiences will be granted free access to Love Nature’s series, documentaries and programming […]

Total TV market revenues in Western Europe amounted to over €100 billion in 2020, a 1.5 per cent decrease compared to 2019, and level with 2018 results. However, this trend is set to reverse in 2021, as a result of the recovery from the Covid-19 situation and due to an increase in advertising market revenues, […]

Netflix remains the preferred streaming platform for Italians, trailed by Amazon Prime Video, although the share of both is falling. Netflix has a 28 per cent market share in Italy, ahead of Amazon Prime Video (27 per cent) and Disney+ (16 per cent), according to daily Il Sole 24 Ore, citing data from streaming search […]

Lionsgate and Redbox, the US entertainment company, have announced a multiyear distribution deal under which Lionsgate will handle distribution of Redbox Entertainment titles across home entertainment windows in addition to SVoD licensing for select titles under the Redbox Entertainment brand. Recently released Redbox Entertainment films include Capone (starring Tom Hardy), Shadow in the Cloud (Chloë […]

TF1 has announced the testing of an OTT, pay and ad-free beta version – an offshoot of its catch-up TV platform MyTF1. Created as an enhanced catch-up TV service, MYTf1 Max went live this week at a price of €2.99 per month for the first year (thereafter €3.99) and is set to adapt to viewers’ […]

Netflix has announced that the latest animated film from the celebrated Studio Ghibli, Earwig and the Witch, will become available on the platform globally (excluding US & Japan) from November 18th. Netflix already boasts a catalogue of 21 films from Studio Ghibli, including classics such as Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle, My Neighbour Totoro and Princess […]

Global media company SPI International has acquired the digital distribution rights of the classic TV series The Smurfs and the feature-length film The Smurfs and the Magic Flute from LAFIG Belgium and IMPS, the licensors of the iconic cartoon characters, for its own digital assets. The deal, which was negotiated by Revi Benshoshan, Director of […]

Samsung Ads Europe reveals in its latest report on the Samsung Smart TV landscape, Behind The Screens, that streaming habits, accelerated by the pandemic, have become routine as consumers adjust to post-lockdown life. Samsung Ads Europe, the media and advertising division of Samsung Electronics, leveraged insights from millions of Samsung Smart TV devices across ‘EU5’ […]

FilmRise, the New York-based film and television studio and streaming network, has announced an exclusive deal with Fuji Television Network, through its distribution arm Fuji Creative Corporation, to bring domestic and international audiences the hit Japanese culinary cook-off series, Iron Chef. FilmRise has secured all SVoD and AVoD rights and will also present the series […]