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Forecast: W Europe to add 73m SVoD subs

Western Europe will have 238 million SVoD subscriptions by 2027, up from 165 million by end-2021, according to the Western Europe SVOD Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. Six US-based platforms will account for 81 per cent of all SVoD subscriptions by 2027. Netflix will have 62 million subscribers by 2027 – 3 […]

September 12, 2022

Study: Singaporeans value premium OTT content

Trade body the Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) has released a new research study, Premium OTT – Building its Rightful Place in the Digital Market, to understand the usage of different video services in Singapore and attitudes towards them. The study, conducted by Milieu Insight was unveiled to agencies, advertisers and brands at AVIA’s first […]

September 12, 2022

Survey: 48% NFL fans likely to subscribe to Sunday Ticket

As the live sports streaming war heats up, NFL Sunday Ticket is up for grabs in the US as it is poised to leave DirecTV. Major players like Amazon Prime Video and Apple TV+ are expected to be the front-runners for the package, reports The Streamable. While DirecTV struggled to turn Sunday Ticket into a […]

September 9, 2022

Report: OTT a third of TV subscriptions in Nordics

In the Nordics, the pay-TV landscape has changed considerably since the introduction of OTT services, reports Dataxis. The region was a testbed for some of the most popular streaming services when they first addressed the European market, with Netflix and HBO available there since 2012 already. Ten years later, it’s easy to see how the […]

September 7, 2022

Disney+ £1.99 introductory offer

Ahead of Disney+ Day on September 8th, Disney has announced that from September 8th at 5am through to September 19th, new and returning UK subscribers can get one month of Disney+ for £1.99. Disney+ stopped offering free trials back in summer 2020. A regular subscription now costs £7.99 in the UK. The Disney+ Day celebration […]

September 7, 2022By Nik Roseveare

Netflix, Scen & Film extend partnership

Netflix and Scen & Film (formerly Teaterförbundet, The Swedish Union for Performing Arts and Film) have announced an extended partnership. Following the agreement on success based remuneration for Swedish Netflix Original Series in 2020, Netflix and Scen & Film have now agreed on a similar framework for films. This means that when a Swedish Netflix […]

September 7, 2022

BARB consults on extending reporting coverage

BARB, the UK’s television audience measurement service, has commissioned an industry consultation on extending its reporting to include all television and television-like content on video-sharing platforms. BARB has reported programme audiences for SVoD services such as Disney+ and Netflix, and service-level viewing of video-sharing platforms such as TikTok and YouTube, since November 2021. It is […]

September 6, 2022

SkyShowtime reveals launch date, content line-up

SVoD service SkyShowtime will officially launch on September 20th, bringing its premium offering of exclusive entertainment to millions of homes across Europe. A joint venture of Comcast — parent company of NBCUniversal and Sky —  and Paramount Global, SkyShowtime will initially launch in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden before expanding into the Netherlands later in […]

September 5, 2022By Colin Mann

LOTR series: 25m+ premiere viewers

Amazon has revealed that The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power attracted more than 25 million global viewers on its first day, breaking all previous records, marking the biggest premiere in the history of Prime Video. The series launched exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. “It is somehow fitting that Tolkien’s […]

September 5, 2022By Colin Mann

Crime+Investigation Play goes live in UK

A+E Networks EMEA has launched its dedicated true-crime direct-to-consumer streaming service, Crime+Investigation Play, available to viewers in the UK for £3.99 a month. With over 1,000 hours of premium programming and local originals available at launch, Crime+Investigation Play is a dedicated true-crime streaming service that vows to bring true-crime enthusiasts “closer to every story, deeper […]

September 5, 2022By Nik Roseveare