Discovery extends Le Mans deal
Discovery has further expanded its coverage of the 24 Hours of Le Mans as part of a renewed agreement with the FIA World Endurance Championship and its exclusive media rights…
The Beatles: Get Back launching on Disney+
The Walt Disney Studios, Apple Corps and WingNut Films Productions have announced that Disney+ will bring The Beatles: Get Back, a Disney+ Original documentary series directed by Hollywood legend Peter…
Research: 46% US homes have 4 or more SVoDs
Coinciding with its fourth annual Future of Video event, research firm Parks Associates has shared its latest data and insights showing that 46 per cent of US broadband households subscribe…
No ad-support for Disney+
Disney CEO Bob Chapek has told an investor conference that the company has no plans to follow the likes of HBO Max and Paramount+ in launching a cheaper ad-supported tier…
Amazon reveals 2021/22 Premier League games
The Premier League has confirmed the fixture rounds for the 2021/22 season and Amazon has revealed the next 20 fixtures to be broadcast on Prime Video this December. Prime Video’s exclusive…
Simplestream secures £1m loan
Live-streaming and VoD specialist Simplestream has secured a £1 million (€1.16m) loan from the alternative lender BOOST&Co to build on a strong period of growth. The company has grown swiftly…
TiVo, NCC sign Master Services Agreement
Entertainment technologist TiVo has signed a Master Services Agreement with US cable industry body the National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC), which operates as a programming, broadband solutions and hardware purchasing…
Documentary+ to share viewership data with filmmakers
Documentary+, a global, non-fiction streaming platform, has announced plans to share comprehensive viewing data with filmmakers. Filmmakers on Documentary+ will be able to request personalised reports about the performance and…
Analysis: 10% decline in US AVoD user base
While pay-TV is largely stable, and SVoD continues to grow, OMDIA’S latest consumer survey (April 2021) suggests that a significant number of users are eschewing AVoD and instead increasingly consuming…
Spain: Now streamers must pay for RTVE
Spain is set to eliminate the 0.9 per cent tax on telco revenues and pass the burden to finance RTVE onto global streaming players such as Netflix, HBO and Amazon.…
Report: APAC ad market recovery underway
Net advertising expenditure in Asia Pacific, calculated after discounts, declined 4.3 per cent Y/Y in 2020, according to the Asia Pacific Advertising Trends 2021 report from Media Partners Asia (MPA).…
England v Croatia sets iPlayer record
England’s winning start to their Euro 2020 campaign on June 13th pulled in a peak TV audience of 11.6 million and a 79.2 per cent share of available viewers, and…
ZEE5 launches in US on June 22
ZEE5, the SVoD platform for South Asian content, has announced it will launch in the US on June 22nd. ZEE5 has enjoyed success in the key South Asian markets within…
Carbon Trust: 1hr streaming = 3 boiled kettles
The Carbon Trust, an independent organisation with a mission to accelerate the move to a sustainable, low carbon economy has published a white paper examining the carbon impact of streaming…
ANGA COM claims digital success
Having transformed the planned live congress scheduled for June 8th-10th in Cologne into a digital event in view of the ongoing pandemic, organisers of broadband, television & online exhibition and…
Netflix launching merchandise store
Netflix has announced that it is opening an online store to sell apparel and collectable products relating to a number of its popular titles, such as Stranger Things and The…