Data insights and consulting company Kantar has launched its new Entertainment On Demand service in the UK, designed to help entertainment industry and investors understand the full entertainment subscription service consumer journey. The service reveals the following consumer behaviours in the three months to April: > 6 million new video streaming subscriptions were purchased across […]
The BARB website trackers have been updated today with the latest Q1 2020 Establishment Survey data. The SVoD homes tracker shows that: The proportion of UK homes with a subscription to at least one of Netflix, Amazon Prime Video or Now TV increased to 53 per cent in Q1 2020. 15.01 million UK homes access […]
Quibi is now supporting AirPlay on iOS so it can be played on the big screen – and it expects to add Chromecast soon. The company says the lockdown – which founder Jeffrey Katzenberg described as “the opposite” of what Quibi was designed for – has necessitated flexibility. Co-founder Meg Whitman admitted they had always […]
Disney has confirmed that its Disney+ SVoD service will launch in Japan on June 11th, in an exclusive partnership with mobile operator NTT Docomo. Customers of existing subscription service Disney Deluxe, which was launched with NTT Docomo last year, will have their service upgraded automatically. “In APAC, Disney+ has successfully been launched in Australia and […]
Pluto TV’s European content push is entering its next round for British viewers. The ad-funded streaming service launches seven new channels on May 29th. The expanded line-up offers viewers a range of content from sci-fi to mystery and drama to reality TV, including Pluto TV Sherlock Holmes, a 24/7 channel of films and series from […]
Comcast and WarnerMedia have agreed a deal to bring freshly-launched D2C service HBO Max to Xfinity X1 and Flex customers. As part of the deal, existing Xfinity HBO customers will have access to HBO Max at no additional cost via the HBO Max app and website while the companies work to quickly bring the HBO […]
HBO Max launched in the US on May 27th with anime and manga streamer Crunchyroll as part of its extensive line-up. Subscribers can watch 17 top anime series including Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-, Keep Your Hands off Eizouken! and Bungo Stray Dogs to name a few on the platform from […]
Ten bluechip charter advertisers are looking for revised deals on the $150 million (€136.2m) they have committed to Quibi. The clients want revision after a disappointing launch and the steep recessionary turn of the global economy, according to the WSJ. Quibi and mobile apps have been downloaded around 4.2 million times since launch on April […]
WarnerMedia’s new SVoD service, HBO Max, has gone live across the US with 10,000 hours of programming as the company looks to compete with the likes of Netflix, Prime Video and Disney+. The service already caught the attention of many whilst in development by acquiring the streaming rights to the likes of Friends, The Big […]
As millions of Americans adjusted to working from home and having to practice distance learning due to the Covid-19 pandemic, research from Comscore shows engagement with streaming services and year-on-year in-home data usage surged in the beginning of May 2020. When it comes to viewing entertainment through devices like streaming boxes/sticks and smart TVs, the […]