Ahead of a tie-up announcement, research from Roy Morgan shows 13.355 million Australians now have access to either Netflix or Foxtel via a household subscription to either service equivalent to nearly two-thirds (64.4 per cent) of all Australians aged 14+. Analysing the two services separately shows 11.5 million Australians now have a household subscription to […]
Some six years after it agreed a similar deal with Netflix, customers of UK multiplay operator Virgin Media can now access Amazon Prime Video for the first time directly through Virgin TV. The July 22nd launch gives Virgin Media customers the ability to search for and watch Prime Video content seamlessly through their V6 box. […]
iflix, the Southeast Asian largest digital entertainment service, has announced the finalisation of a new round of investment to drive growth ahead of a prospective IPO. This latest round was cornerstoned by Fidelity International, a global asset manager with $379.2 billion assets under management. As part of the round, iflix also welcomes some of the […]
Following the confirmation in late February 2019 that they were in the concluding phase of talks to establish a strategic partnership, ITV and the BBC have now signed an agreement to launch BritBox in the UK in the fourth quarter of this year, describing it as “a bold, new step” as they seek to work […]
Nearly 105 million Netflix subscribers have watched at least one episode of Orange Is the New Black – around two thirds of its total subscriber base – making the prison drama, and perhaps surpisingly not Stranger Things, the most watched of its original programmes ever. Netflix originals chief Cindy Holland made the revelation in an […]
Netflix’s Q2 numbers disappointed Wall Street having suffered a drop-off in subscriber growth. Globally, Netflix added 2.7 million subs in the April-June period, well down on consensus expectations of 5 million. However, plenty of overnight comments have pointed out that the streaming company managed almost 10 million subscribers in Q1, a 12-year record. There were […]
Pay TV-only households continue to decline on a global scale, while SVoD-only and pay-TV/SVoD combinations are increasing, according to Ampere Analysis. Among those taking any subscription television service, a combination of pay-TV, premium channel and SVoD is the most common, followed by pay-TV and SVoD and SVoD-only. The proportion of households combining pay-TV, premium channel […]
UK pay-TV operators Virgin Media and Sky have agreed a new, multi-year partnership that will see the two companies strengthen their track record of collaboration and bring an even better viewing experience to Virgin customers with new Sky content and functionality. As part of the extended deal, Sky’s line up of entertainment, cinema and sports […]
France.tv, the live TV and catch-up service from French PSB group France Télévisions, is now available across all the connected devices compatible with Google home assistant, including the new Nest Hub. The service will also be available on any screen connected to GoogleCast technology. Users will be able to ask for a live channel or […]
Spain’s three biggest streaming TV platforms – Netflix, HBO and Prime Video – have reached a combined 6 million subscribers according to the CNMC, nearing the same number as the 6.9 million who have a traditional pay-TV subscription with one of the three main operators – Movistar, Orange and Vodafone. Competition is intensifying in the […]