AT&T has hired investment bank Goldman Sachs to advise it on a sale of its DTH pay-TV operation DirecTV. AT&T bought DirecTV back in 2015 and – including the operator’s borrowings – paid some $67 billion overall ($49 billion plus debts). But the AT&T purchase happened with the rise and rise of rival content bouquets […]
Netflix has launched a new ‘Watch Free’ section, allowing anyone to watch a selection of exclusive movies and TV shows without having to sign-up for an account. The free content is currently only available via a desktop or Android browser. The first episodes of a number of Netflix Originals such as Stranger Things, Elite, When […]
Consumer research from Leichtman Research Group (LRG) finds that 78 per cent of all US households have a subscription video on-Demand (SVoD) service from Netflix, Amazon Prime, and/or Hulu – up from 69 per cent in 2018, and 52 per cent in 2015. In addition, 55 per cent of US households now have more than […]
Latin America will have 100.35 million SVoD subscriptions by 2025, more than double the 42.15 million recorded at end-2019, according to the Latin America SVoD Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. “Latin America will enjoy a wave of US-based platform launches over the next year,” advises Simon Murray, Principal Analyst at Digital TV […]
Streaming in Sweden rose to new record levels in the second quarter. Daily reach, i.e. the number of people that view streamed content an average day, has never been higher, reports Mediavision. During the quarter, close to 70 per cent of all 15-74-year-olds consumed streamed video content daily. Viewing has increased especially among the elderly […]
Apple has announced Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special, an exclusive holiday event from multi award-winning artist Mariah Carey which, will debut globally on Apple TV+ this holiday season. The new special is set to premiere on the heels of the 25th anniversary of Carey’s iconic Xmas anthem All I Want For Christmas Is You, and […]
Smart Cinema USA – the handheld movie theatre accessible through smart TVs, smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices – has launched its virtual cinema app on VIZIO SmartCast. The smart Cinema app makes the latest Asian blockbusters and arthouse films accessible to viewers at home during their traditional theatrical window, prior to typical availability through […]
ZEASN, a provider of OTT and Smart TV services, has announced the launch of WhaleLive, a new AVoD service on the Philips Smart TV platform providing consumers with free access to a wide selection of news, movies, kids, music, sports, and entertainment channels. WhaleLive is initially available in the UK, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. It […]
Netflix’s has ordered a scripted, live-action series inspired by Resident Evil, Capcom’s long-running horror, video game franchise. The new Resident Evil series will tell a new story across two timelines: In the first timeline, fourteen-year-old sisters Jade and Billie Wesker are moved to New Raccoon City. A manufactured, corporate town, forced on them right as […]
Since 2015, Hub Entertainment Research’s annual Decoding the Default study has tracked the TV source that consumers consider their TV ‘home base’: the source they turn on first when they’re ready to watch. This year’s study identifies viewers’ home base and the considerations that drive their choice of default. Highlights from the study: