Five global platforms will have 529 million SVoD subscribers by 2025, according to the SVoD Platform Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. The SVoD sector received a boost in November 2019 with the roll-outs of Disney+ and Apple TV+. A further lift will come when HBO Max starts in spring 2020. Disney+, set […]
Sky and the BBC have agreed a new partnership that will see the two broadcasters collaborate across content and technology. As part of the wide-ranging partnership, the BBC iPlayer app and connected red-button service are launching on Sky Q, Sky’s next-generation TV platform, offering Sky customers the full BBC iPlayer and red-button experience. Sky viewers […]
The news that Disney’s new OTT service Disney+ is in advanced talks for exclusive carriage on France’s Canal Plus is good news for the French pay-TV broadcaster, according to a report from investment analysts at Deutsche Bank. The fact that an extremely popular library of Disney content – not least Star Wars, Marvel and Pixar […]
Disney has confirmed that it will launch its Disney+ SVoD service in the UK on March 31st 2020 – as well as in Germany, Italy, Spain, France and “a number of other regions”. Disney CEO Bob Iger made the announcement during the company’s end of year and fourth quarter earnings call. The news was then […]
Despite the Apple TV+ service only being a few days old, Apple has already renewed four of its original series for second seasons. The Morning Show, Dickinson, See and For All Mankind are all set to return for second innings. The Morning Show came to fruition as a two season order, but in the case […]
BritBox, the SVoD service created by UK PSBs the BBC and ITV, has opened for business, bringing what it describes as the greatest collection of British boxsets with the finest homegrown talent to viewers for £5.99 (€6.95) a month in HD and across multiple devices. BritBox has signed a partnership deal with fellow PSB Channel […]
TV consumers who have discovered a new favourite show in the past year are almost twice as likely to watch it online than from a pay-TV set-top box, according to the latest Conquering Content study from Hub Entertainment Research which tracks how TV viewers discover and watch new TV shows. Highlights from the 2019 wave […]
The TV and film production sector is experiencing a period of phenomenal growth, driven by demand for British content from Netflix and Amazon Prime, according to data from Barclays Business Banking. The number of loans taken by SMEs to fund new TV series such as Top Boy, Sex Education and The Crown has increased by […]
According to the BBC, Disney’s SVoD service, Disney+, will launch in the UK in March 2020. During a BBC Breakfast segment unveiling the new Britbox streaming platform, broadcaster Charlie Stayt said that rival service Disney+ would be launching in the UK in March of next year. There has so far been no concrete word on […]
Samsung has confirmed that Netflix will no longer be supported on some of its older smart TV models. From December 1st, the Netflix app will no longer work on some 2010 and 2011 models. Samsung wrote on its support page: “Due to technical limitations, Netflix will no longer be supported on 2010 and 2011 TVs […]