Watch4, the AVoD service featuring movies, TV series, documentaries, news, and sports, has completed a distribution agreement with Huawei. The Watch4 service is now accessible on Huawei Video in Germany. In addition, the Watch4’s UK service W4Free is also now available on Huawei Video throughout the K. Both services provide Huawei customers with access to […]
US streaming service Peacock has ordered two seasons of the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air reboot. Original lead star Will Smith confirmed the news on his YouTube channel, commenting: “We have just officially closed the deal with Peacock with an unprecedented two-season-order from a pitch.” The series, with the title now shortened to just Bel-Air. will […]
rlaxx TV, a new European AVoD service, is now available in the UK and Germany on a range of smart TVs. The content on rlaxx TV is structured in linear channels. This allows users an immediate viewing experience and avoids lengthy search times. “Our goal is to offer the best television experience using modern standards. […]
Nicolas de Tavernost, CEO of French broadcaster M6 (backed by RTL Grp), has reiterated his view that a major change of European regulation is needed regarding broadcaster consolidation as he believes the headlines will be dominated by the theme over the next years. In an interview with Le Journal du Dimanche, de Tavernost put forward […]
Pluto TV, the free streaming television service, is now enabling viewers in the UK, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland to watch live channels and on-demand content directly through the Pluto TV website via their preferred web browser on all Internet-enabled devices. All major browser applications, from Safari to Chrome and Firefox are compatible with Pluto TV’s […]
BritBox UK, the digital video subscription service created by the BBC and ITV, has announced a further selection of cult TV series and films from the 60s and 70s will be joining the service’s existing ‘Out of this World’ collection later this month. Blake’s 7, The Avengers (not the Marvel one), Doctor Who and the […]
Asia Pacific will have 467 million SVoD subscriptions by 2025, up from 267 million in 2019, according to the Asia Pacific SVOD Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. China will contribute 279 million SVoD subscriptions in 2025 – or 60 per cent of the region’s total. India will supply a further 66 million […]
Keith Kupferschmid, CEO of pro-copyright lobbying body Copyright Alliance, has called on the US Congress to lead the way on tackling commercial streaming piracy. Writing an Opinion piece in political website The Hill, Kupferschmid notes that nowadays, three-quarters of American households subscribe to one of the major video streaming services, but when technologies grow this […]
ViacomCBS Networks UK has announced a new partnership between MTV Play and O2. As part of the deal, O2 customers will be offered the SVoD D2C streaming app free of charge for three months, as part of their existing mobile network subscriptions. O2 subscribers are now able to watch hundreds of hours’ worth of MTV […]
Médiamétrie is taking over the daily SVoD barometer, which was previously operated by NPA Conseil in partnership with Harris Interactive. Harris Interactive will continue to collect reporting-based data from the public on a daily basis. At a time when SVoD platforms are firmly establishing themselves in the audiovisual landscape, with nearly 1 in 2 French […]