As millions of Americans adjusted to working from home and having to practice distance learning due to the Covid-19 pandemic, research from Comscore shows engagement with streaming services and year-on-year in-home data usage surged in the beginning of May 2020. When it comes to viewing entertainment through devices like streaming boxes/sticks and smart TVs, the […]
Multichannel programmer UKTV says it is outpacing television’s general upward viewing trend during lockdown with its mix of bold originals and classic programming proving a hit with younger viewers. The network has seen a 55 per cent volume increase in 16-34s versus the pre-lockdown period, with April marking UKTV’s best SOCI (share of commercial impacts) […]
Pluto TV Latin America, the AVoD service, has announced six new channels: Pluto TV Anime Acción, Pluto TV Animales, Los Archivos del FBI, Pluto TV Cine Romance, Pluto TV Cine Suspenso, and Babar. Pluto TV LatAm now has 36 channels in 17 Latin American countries and continues to strengthen its Spanish-speaking content catalog with partners […]
Data from Roy Morgan shows Disney+ continuing its stellar growth with over 2 million Australians now using the SVoD service after only launcing in the country four months ago. As a comparison, it took market leader Netflix six months from launching in Australia in March 2015 to attract over 2 million viewers. Overall, Netflix has […]
According to research from actionable intelligence firm The Diffusion Group (TDG), 7 per cent of US broadband households upgraded their service in April 2020, a rate that varies dramatically relative to the number of children under 18 living at home. Only 4 per cent of broadband households without children under 18 at home upgraded their […]
Netflix is currently available in over 190 countries, but the shows and movies on the service are different in every country. VPN provider Surfshack used Flixwatch, the largest Netflix database site with libraries for 70 countries, to find out what TV shows and movies are available in each country. They then collected the IMDb rating, […]
To mark the launch of HBO Max in the US on May 27th, the streaming service has teamed up with a collection of popular brands to offer culinary incentives and complimentary content to households, every day, for an entire week. The effort is part of HBO Max’s launch campaign, branded ‘A Week of So Much […]
Omdia has partnered with JustWatch to strengthen its VoD competitive intelligence through the integration of content analytics. JustWatch is now Omdia’s international titles partner, affording Omdia data covering international movie and TV content available on VoD services to deliver customers enhanced reporting of the global channel and programming content industry through Omdia’s suite of media […]
Netflix has said it will ask customers who have not watched anything in a year or more if they wish to maintain their subscription — and will cancel their subscription if it does not hear back. The company said it has started reaching out to those who haven’t streamed anything in the 12 months since […]
World War II drama Greyhound, starring and written by Tom Hanks, is set to premiere on the Apple TV+ streaming platform. The movie was originally scheduled for a June 21st premiere by Sony Pictures, but with cinemas still shuttered around the globe, Apple has reportedly paid Sony $70 million for 15 years of streaming rights […]