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StarzPlay content deal with Warner Bros

StarzPlay, the SVoD service, has announced a multi-year deal with Hollywood studio Warner Bros. The deal enables StarzPlay to bring new and exclusive content franchises to the platform as well as expand existing ones for its one million plus subscribers across MENA and Pakistan. As part of the deal, StarzPlay will expand the world of […]

April 14, 2020

beIN launches on-demand cinema service

beIN has announced a deal with film distributors so that it can provide the latest movies straight to subscribers across the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) before they are seen in cinemas. With cinemas closed across the region due to the coronavirus pandemic, this new collaboration has been launched so that new movies can […]

April 14, 2020

Netflix first-look deal with BOOM! Studios

Netflix has signed a first-look deal for live-action and animated series with BOOM! Studios, the publisher behind best-selling Eisner Award-winning comic book franchises, including Lumberjanes, Something is Killing the Children, Once & Future, and Mouse Guard. BOOM! Studios CEO and Founder Ross Richie and President of Development Stephen Christy will Executive Produce all shows developed […]

April 14, 2020

Disney+ surpasses 50m paid subs

Disney has reported that its Disney+ SVoD platform now has over 50 million paid subscribers globally – five months after the service launched in select markets. “We’re truly humbled that Disney+ is resonating with millions around the globe, and believe this bodes well for our continued expansion throughout Western Europe and into Japan and all […]

April 9, 2020

Sony takes Bilibili stake

Chinese online entertainment platform Bilibili has confirmed that Sony Corporation of America (SCA), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation, has entered into a definitive agreement with Bilibili such that SCA will invest an aggregate amount of approximately $400 million in cash in Bilibili at the closing of the transaction. Pursuant to the share purchase agreement, […]

April 9, 2020

Quibi quibbles

Is it okay to write about anything except Covid-19 just now? I think so; the only useful thing to say is good luck to us all. Actually, it is a little bit relevant to Quibi. Many have commented that they are unlucky to go live while we’re in lockdown and entertainment on the move isn’t […]

April 9, 2020

Tiger King draws 34m US viewers in 10 days

Netflix docu-series Tiger King pulled in 34.3 million unique viewers in the US during its first 10 days on the platform from March 20th to 29th, according to Nielsen. The performance surpassed the benchmark set by the second-season premiere of Netflix series Stranger Things, which drew 31.2 million unique viewers. Focused on the colourful lifestyles […]

April 9, 2020

Analysis: Money Heist #1 TV show in the world

Netflix’s global hit series La Casa de Papel (also known as Money Heist) rolled out its highly anticipated fourth season on April 3rd only to see it immediately soar to the number one most in-demand series in the world, according to global demand data insights company Parrot Analytics. From April 3rd to 5th, La Casa de Papel was 31.75 times […]

April 9, 2020

YouTube Originals go free

YouTube Originals is making a portion of its library of programming free to watch. The selection of popular legacy titles were previously only available in their entirety to YouTube Premium subscribers, but now users without a subscription can watch them for a limited time free without ads, from the comfort of their homes. “As people […]

April 9, 2020

Czech: SPI/FilmBox and Nej.cz expand partnership

SPI/FilmBox and Czech television operator Nej.cz have expanded their long-term partnership. According to the newly minted agreement, Nej.cz subscribers will have access to a total of 13 channels from SPI/FilmBox’s versatile portfolio including a wide range of FilmBox channels and other channels that provide thematic entertainment. Nej.cz will also offer over a hundred specially-curated VoD […]

April 9, 2020