Describing 2020 as “an incredibly difficult year with extraordinary loss for so many families,” Netflix’s Q4 results show that with 8.5 million paid net additions in the quarter, it crossed the 200 million ‘paid memberships’ mark for the first time. “For the full year, we added a record 37 million paid memberships, achieved $25 billion […]
French OTT platform Molotov has started rolling out in Africa, with an initial launch in Ivory Coast, where it claims to have already generated “tens of thousands” of subscribers. The service debuted in France four years ago, and now distributes some 180 on-demand, free and linear pay-TV channels – as well as catch-up services. It […]
African OTT movie and TV episode revenues will reach $1.725 billion (€1.4bn) by 2026 – up from $392 million in 2020, according to the Africa OTT TV and Video Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. South Africa will contribute a third of the region’s revenues by 2026, with Nigeria bringing in a further […]
MAVTV Motorsports Network, the US television network dedicated exclusively to motorsports, is launching its global SVoD service, MAVTV Plus, on January 16th. The service is the newest addition to MAVTV’s family of broadcast platforms and to commemorate its kick-off, all subscribers will receive 60 days of free access. MAVTV Plus will formally debut with exclusive […]
Figures from trade body the British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) and based on data from the Official Charts Company, Futuresource Consulting and Kantar, show that the UK home entertainment sector grew by 26 per cent in 2020, bringing the total market value to £3.3 billion. In a year that saw UK consumers staying home […]
Jean-François Camilleri will join the team of OKAST, a leading platform in the deployment of white label SVoD services, as Strategic Advisor. With a long experience in the film industry, he will bring all his expertise in this sector. President of The Walt Disney Company France for more than 10 years after having been Managing […]
A report from Juniper Research has found that there will be nearly 2 billion active global subscriptions to on-demand video services in 2025; a 65 per cent increase over the end of 2020. The primary engine for this growth will be from traditional broadcasters, who are increasingly turning to streaming services in order to
After closely watching subscriber habits from Christmas Eve through to Boxing Day, BritBox, the SVoD service from the BBC and ITV, has revealed that the most-streamed content over the Christmas period was the classic comedy Dad’s Army, which was added to the platform on December 24th. In its first three days, subscribers streamed the 78-episode […]
In presenting an overview of the changing TV and media landscape, Tristan Veale, Market Analyst at Futuresource Consulting has questioned whether shifting content consumption habits will lead to an SVoD future at the expense of traditional pay-TV. “Consumers inform content creators of their preferences by voting with their money,” he notes . “Globally, pay-TV subscription […]
The continued strength of the video streaming market is confirmed by the latest analysis from Strategy Analytics’ TV and Media Strategies research. The report, Q3 2020 Global VOD Service Competitor Review, found that the annual increase in global SVoD subscriptions in Q3 2020 reached 217.6 million, the highest ever, beating the previous record of 211.7 […]