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Research: Netflix users twice as likely to have Amazon Echo

Analysts at Viant, the advertising tech company, has published research around the differences between Netflix and Hulu users in the US users over the past month. The sample size included 27 million Netflix users and 14 million Hulu users. The data revealed: Who is more likely to have an Amazon Echo, and how used Amazon […]

January 24, 2020

Sky adds Game of Thrones curated collection

Sky has announced the return of Seasons 1-8 of Game of Thrones so customers can rewatch every episode from the epic fantasy series. To mark the return of the multi-Emmy-award winning show, a special curated collection is now available on Sky and Sky Go, showcasing a host of Game of Thrones extras including HBO featurettes, […]

January 24, 2020By Nik Roseveare

UTECA urges OTT regulation

UTECA, the private TV Association in Spain, has urged the Administration to approve a new law to impose the same TV obligations on OTT services to put an end to a discriminatory situation. Under the new legislation to be approved by the Government, OTT players like Netflix, HBO, Amazon Prime, Sky, DAZN or Filmin, among […]

January 23, 2020From David Del Valle in Madrid

Spain: Movistar in talks with Disney+

Spain’s largest telco operator, Movistar, is finalising an agreement with Disney to integrate Disney+ into its offer when the streaming service goes live in the country on March 24th. Movistar has informed the regulatory body CNMC about the integration negotiations with the service following the same strategy as it did with Netflix. Other operators in […]

January 23, 2020From David Del Valle in Madrid

Prime Video increases investment in Italian Originals

Amazon has announced three new Italian Amazon Original shows at its Prime Video Presents Italy showcase event, hosted at Hotel de la Ville in Rome by Head of Amazon Studios Jennifer Salke, Head of International Originals, James Farrell, Director of European Amazon Originals Georgia Brown and Head of Unscripted Originals series in Italy, Nicole Morganti. […]

January 23, 2020By Nik Roseveare

Swisscom TV extends Netflix partnership

Multiplay telco Swisscom says it is continuing to break down the barriers between television and streaming with the introduction, from January 27th, of  ‘Swisscom TV X’, which it claims will make the best Swisscom TV and the most popular streaming service Netflix available at a discounted price, with hundreds of channels, 1,200 hours of recording, […]

January 23, 2020

Netflix subs growth slows as competition rises

Netflix added 8.76 million paid global subscribers in the three months to December 31st 2019 – its first quarter up against the Disney+ streaming service. Net income rose to $587 million (€529.2m) in Q4 from $134 million a year earlier, while total revenue rose to $5.5 billion from $4.2 billion year on year. The streaming […]

January 22, 2020

Bank foresees “weak” Q1 from Netflix

Comments from media analysts at investment bank Exane/BNPP suggest that Q4 results from Netflix were very much in line with expectations, and certainly few could complain at paid subscriptions growing 21 per cent year on year. Globally the streaming service beat net paid additions expectations by adding of 8.8 million in the quarter-year, vs consensus […]

January 22, 2020

US consumers watched 20min more Netflix per week in 2019

In 2019, US consumers watched about 20 minutes more streamed TV content per week on Netflix than they did in 2018. Weekly time spent watching the top two SVoD services (Netflix and Hulu) rose 7 per cent, growing from 3 hours 45 minutes in 2018 to 4 hours 6 minutes in 2019, according to The […]

January 22, 2020

Tubi launching in Mexico

Tubi, the ad-supported VoD service, has announced it will expand its service into Mexico later this year in collaboration with TV Azteca, one of the two largest producers of Spanish-language television programming in the world. As part of the deal, TV Azteca will offer advertising sales for Tubi in Mexico and promote the service to […]

January 22, 2020