OTT services provider Simplestream has extended the reach of Sony’s POP Player to UK connected TV platform Freeview Play, enabling children and families across the UK to watch their favourite POP, Tiny Pop and POP Max shows on-demand, whenever they want. “It’s been a pleasure working with the Sony and Freeview Play teams, to deliver […]
Research from Zen Internet identifies Manchester and Liverpool as the Netflix capitals of the UK, with over half (56 per cent) of households in these cities opening their arms to the streaming service. Meanwhile, Amazon Prime Video is proving a popular choice in Edinburgh for streaming services, with almost one in two (47 per cent) […]
WarnerMedia and Globe, the largest mobile network operator in the Philippines, have jointly announced that Globe customers will have a new way to subscribe to HBO GO, WarnerMedia’s streaming service in Southeast Asia, from early 2021. Currently, Globe Prepaid users may go for an extra 1GB for HBO GO with GoWATCH10 on top of their […]
A report from analysts at Capgemini says that the online streaming industry has seen a huge boom throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, with SVoD services seeing a huge rise in sign-ups. The study says that before the end of 2020, SVoD services will overtake conventional pay-TV services. Capgemini’s study, titled OTT Streaming Wars: Raise or Fold, […]
South Africa is planning a 30 per cent local production demand on Netflix and other OTT services in the country including Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+ and Showmax. Collin Mashile, the country’s chief director of broadcasting policy, commented: “Everything that they show to South Africans in terms of their catalogue, 30 per cent of that […]
Psychological drama series The Undoing, starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant, has proven a big hit for Sky. The opening episode reached a cumulative 28-day audience of over 2.78 million viewers, making it bigger than the launch of Game of Thrones in 2011. The first three episodes already have audiences of over 2.5 million viewers, […]
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group), the Nordic streaming company, has added a range international series to its Viaplay streaming service. The line-up of new international series launching immediately in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland includes: ‘La Unidad’ (Spain); action; season 1 (6 episodes), season 2 in 2021 ‘An Ordinary Woman’ (Russia); dramedy; season 1 […]
The French VoD market passed €1 billion in revenues in nine months to reach €1.10 billion at the end of September, according to data from publicly-funded agency CNC. This represents a 41.4 per cent growth year on year. The VoD market is mainly driven by SVoD which accounts for 82.4 per cent of total revenues, […]
Disney+ is now giving all subscribers access to a ‘Festive Favourites Collection’ featuring classic Christmas movies such as Home Alone, Miracle on 34th Street and The Santa Clause alongside Disney+ Originals including the new LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special, and Godmothered, starring Isla Fisher, premiering December 4th, High School Musical: The Musical: The Holiday Special, […]
Netflix is preparing to increase its spending budget on UK productions by more than 50 per cent to $1 billion (€0.84bn) in 2020. The streamer makes hit shows including The Crown, The Witcher and Sex Education in the UK, and has already produced over 50 TV shows and films in the UK this year alone, […]