Asia Pacific to hit 417m SVoD subs by 2025
Despite the negative impact from the coronavirus and the Chinese economic downturn, Asia Pacific will have 417 million SVoD subscriptions by 2025, up from 269 million in 2019. China will…
South Africa: MGM launches SVoD service
MGM, the famed Hollywood studio, has launched a new SVoD service in South Africa with mobile operator Vodacom. The platform, simply branded ‘MGM’, will be part of Vodacom’s Video Play…
Killing Eve returns to iPlayer on April 13
The third season of Killing Eve will be available to stream in the UK exclusively on BBC iPlayer from April 13th – the day after it launches on BBC America.…
Research: Gen Z driving Covid-19 media habits
Gen Z is demonstrating the largest increase in media consumption during the Coronavirus outbreak, according to research by GlobalWebIndex across 13 markets. For example, Gen Z audiences are twice as…
Forecast: Coronavirus to boost global SVoD subs by 5%
Strategy Analytics has published its latest forecast for SVoD services. The forecast took account of the expected impact of the Coronavirus pandemic, and although the longer term impact clearly remains…
Report: Disney+ 5m European downloads on day 1
The Disney+ SVoD platform attracted 5 million downloads in one day when it launched on March 24th in seven new European markets – Austria, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and…
Channel 5 boosts free kids’ content
Channel 5 is ramping up the amount of free kids’ content available on its multiplatform pre-school brand Milkshake!, in a bid to help keep kids occupied at home. Across the…
Comcast opens up VoD catalogues
Responding to the increased viewing demand brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, Comcast has made the on demand catalogues from a series of premium networks and subscription video on demand…
Netflix fixes outage
Netflix has fixed a temporary outage that affected some users in the US and Europe during the evening of March 25th, according to the SVoD service. The website refused to…
FilmBox On Demand on Huawei Video
SPI/FilmBox and Huawei have partnered to bring FilmBox On Demand content to Huawei Video in 23 countries, including UK, Germany, France, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Poland, Turkey and Russia. Through…
Angry Birds landing on Netflix
Netflix and CAKE, in partnership with Rovio Entertainment, have announced a new animated series Angry Birds: Summer Madness based on the iconic world of the Angry Birds. The 40 x…
Limelight: “Disney ups pressure on streaming services”
Disney Plus has finally launched in the UK amid avid excitement. However, with an increasingly crowded streaming market, how will Disney Plus stack amongst the bigger incumbents of Netflix and…
Survey: 28% young adults likely to add new TV subscriptions
The coronavirus has halted most aspects of familiar life, but TV watching has increased dramatically as consumers spend more time on subscriptions they have and consider new sources to fill…
UEFA.tv offers classic match re-runs
UEFA, European football’s governing body, will continue to keep fans entertained during the current postponement period with a full programme of free archive content across its digital channels including re-runs…
Disney+ begins European roll out
Disney+, the highly-anticipated SVoD platform from The Walt Disney Company, has gone live in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Italy, Spain, Austria, and Switzerland. The service will launch in France on…