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Comcast: ‘Peacock up 50% to 15m’

Comcast CEO Brian Roberts told a Goldman Sachs virtual event that the number of people signing-up for NBCUniversal’s Peacock streaming service has jumped 50 per cent to 15 million in the last six weeks. Roberts claimed that Peacock has become the No. 2 most popular app among Comcast’s Flex customers behind Netflix. It is also […]

September 16, 2020

iPlayer sees 4.8bn requests in 12 months

The BBC’s annual report, covering April 2019 – March 2020, shows the BBC remains the most used media organisation in the UK, with 41 million people per day on average using it last year. The 90 per cent of the UK population using the BBC each week rose to 94 per cent in March this […]

September 16, 2020

Research: Studio ‘sales to own services’ now 30%

The share of content licensed to services owned by Studios across European markets has increased from 18 per cent in 2018 to 30 per cent in the last year, according to data from international content consultancy 3Vision. Media consolidation has helped to fuel direct-to-consumer (D2C) growth over the past few years with multiple services launched […]

September 16, 2020

Apple launches Apple One services bundle

Apple has announced Apple One, a new bundle providing all Apple’s subscription services in one plan, including Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, Apple News+, Apple Fitness+, and iCloud. With a single subscription, customers in over 100 countries and regions can access all Apple services across their  devices, including iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple TV, […]

September 16, 2020

Research: Finns favour TV screen for streaming

A TV screen is still the most popular choice for keeping up with the content in paid streaming services in Finland according to DNA’s Digital Lifestyle survey. DNA Hubi device, based on the open Android ecosystem, combines various streaming services in one place and enables you to watch shows on the large TV screen you […]

September 16, 2020

HBO Max orders comedy series from Waititi

HBO Max, the US direct-to-consumer offering from WarnerMedia, has ordered the period comedy Our Flag Means Death to series. Oscar winner and multi-Emmy Award nominee Taika Waititi (What We Do In The Shadows, Jojo Rabbit, The Mandalorian) will executive produce the series and direct the pilot. Series creator and showrunner David Jenkins (People of Earth) executive […]

September 16, 2020By Nik Roseveare

Disney+ in 8 new European countries

Disney+ is continuing its international roll out and has launched in eight new European countries: Portugal, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Belgium and Luxembourg. The SVoD platform offers original movies and series, and thousands of television episodes from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, National Geographic, The Simpsons and more, Disney+ is the streaming home for […]

September 15, 2020By Nik Roseveare

Analyst: US Disney+ subs to surpass Hulu by 2024

According to research firm eMarketer’s latest estimates for OTT video services in the US, Disney+ will have 72.4 million users in 2020, representing 32.1 per cent of OTT viewers. The number of Disney+ viewers has swept past that of Apple TV+ (18.8 million), which is impressive given that both services launched in November 2019. Additionally, […]

September 15, 2020

ViacomCBS super streamer is Paramount+

ViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI), a division of ViacomCBS, has unveiled ‘Paramount+’ as the brand name for the company’s premium subscription video on-demand service, which it says builds on a legacy of innovation and superior storytelling that distinguishes one of the most iconic brands in Hollywood. Beginning in Q1 of 2021, VCNI will relaunch Paramount+ in […]

September 15, 2020

IMDb TV adds exclusive Walking Dead channel

AMC Networks has signed a deal with Amazon’s IMDb TV to add six channels to its US AVoD service. Two AMC channels are immediately available on IMDb TV namely The Walking Dead Universe Experience and AMC: Presents. In the coming weeks, IMDb TV will add four additional channels from the basic cabler to the ‘watch […]

September 15, 2020