VOD365, a provider of branded OTT TV channels via Freeview, YouView, Freesat, mobile and smart TV devices, has agreed a major content deal with NBC Universal. Under the terms of the deal, VOD365 picks up exclusive UK VoD rights to many of NBC Universal’s globally recognised brands for the Company’s kids’ channels. The agreement will […]
Satellite TV and streaming media firm DISH Network has announced a multi-year agreement with network software provider Mavenir to deliver cloud-native OpenRAN software for its new 5G network. DISH, which provides entertainment services via satellite-based DISH TV, as well as streaming services under the Sling TV brand, intends to become a US-wide facilities-based provider of […]
The team at Ampere Analysis is publishing a regular podcast discussing the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on the entertainment industry and has shared a top line summary of what it means for the entertainment industry now, and for a post-lockdown future: TV providers increase free offerings: Alexios Dimitropoulos, Senior Analyst Pay-TV operators have increased […]
Scrubs, the celebrated US medical-comedy, is arriving on All 4 from May 1st in a distribution deal with The Walt Disney Company. Scrubs follows the life of intern John Dorian (Zach Braff) as he starts his medical career at Sacred Heart Hospital, which is bursting with eccentric staff and patients. His experiences and encounters with […]
Happiness Continues: A Jonas Brothers Concert Film, which offers a behind the scenes look at the Grammy-nominated multi-platinum pop band Jonas Brothers on their sold-out ‘Happiness Begins’ 2019 concert tour, is now available exclusively on Amazon Prime Video, in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. Continuing the journey that began with last year’s Amazon […]
Sixty-four per cent of US households with at least one screen have cut the cord with cable TV, are planning to cut the cord, or never subscribed, according to a recent survey of more than 2,600 US consumers by advertising technology specialist The Trade Desk. The survey also highlighted major differences in cord-cutting behaviour by […]
Analysts at MoffettNathanson (MN) have inevitably admitted that the longer the current pandemic situation lasts, the bigger the benefit to Netflix, as both linear and OTT competitors will eventually be unable to debut new original content. “In addition, given the looming negative impacts to advertising, movie theatre attendance and cord-cutting, traditional content owners will be […]
The Disney+ app is now available on NOW TV devices. The SVoD service gives NOW TV customers the option to watch a range of new shows including Star Wars spin-off The Mandalorian, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series and The World According to Jeff Goldblum. Marini Storti, MD at NOW TV, commented: “With the […]
Netflix and The Pokémon Company International have announced that upcoming seasons of the iconic Pokémon animated series will premiere exclusively on Netflix in the US. The partnership kicks off with the launch of the first 12 episodes of the new 23rd season of the series on June 12th. Additional new episodes of Pokémon Journeys: The […]
Netflix’s Q1 figures show that the SVoD service has benefitted from the coronavirus pandemic, adding a net 15.77 million paid streaming customers in the first quarter of 2020, marking a record for quarterly gains. Netflix reported 182.9 million paid subscribers globally as of the end of Q1, an increase of 22.8 per cent over the […]