Almost half of Brits (48 per cent) have revealed they are planning to watch more TV via streaming over the Christmas holidays, compared to usual, according to research commissioned by adtech company, The Trade Desk. Nevertheless, whilst the appetite for content over Christmas is strong, almost one in five (18 per cent) report that they […]
PG Kids is a new subscription based streaming service for children’s content in the Middle East and North Africa, launched by Jordan based Progressive Generation Studios through Red Bee Media’s Managed OTT Services. The new venture aims to become a unique destination for educational and entertaining content for children in the region. PG Kids launches […]
Hollywood star Halle Berry and Netflix will continue to collaborate though a new partnership that will see Berry star in and produce new films. The news comes as Berry’s feature directorial debut, Bruised, released globally on Netflix last week and landed at the #1 spot in the US, and #2 spot on the Top 10 […]
To celebrate Die Hard launching on Disney+, YouGov has conducted a nationwide survey answering the question that family and friends debate each festive season, “Is Die Hard a Christmas movie?” Over 2,000 adults (18+) from across the UK took part in the survey. The 1988 Oscar nominated movie stars Bruce Willis as a New York […]
hayu, the all-reality SVoD service from NBCUniversal, has launched in India. This launch builds on the ongoing success of hayu in 27 other territories and rounds off a successful and pivotal growth year for the streaming service. Launching direct-to-consumer (DTC) on a full array of devices – mobile, tablet, laptop, connected TVs and selected consoles […]
In advanced TV markets, OTT developments have initially entailed revenue losses for operators who had been counting on high pay-TV penetrations for years, often associated with a preponderance of expensive cable offers, as is the case in North America, reports Dataxis. In MENA, the TV market follows an opposite model, characterised by the predominance of […]
French commercial broadcaster TF1 group is launching MYTF1 MAX, saying it is the first ad-free extended catch-up offer available on PCs, mobiles and tablets, and on TV sets via the cast function. The move comes as its merger with M6 moves forward and executives at fellow Salto shareholder France Télévisions tell the French press they […]
Netflix’s Italian original Tear Along the Dotted Line beat out Disney+’s Hawkeye to lead the Whip Watch Report of streaming originals among Italian viewers for the week of November 22-28. The Whip Watch Report ranks the most viewed series originating from SVoD platforms in the past week. Tear Along the Dotted Line is a new […]
The top title on Netflix’s official Top 10 for the third week in a row is Red Notice starring Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, Gal Gadot and Ryan Reynolds – which has become the streaming platform’s most popular film with 328.80 million total hours viewed after only 17 days. Audiences flocked to Halle Berry’s punchy directorial […]
BARB, the UK television audience measurement currency, has rolled out what it describes as a “once-in-a-generation upgrade” in its audience reporting with the introduction of SVoD and video-sharing platform measurement, as first reported last week. In a preview of the type of new data that is now available, BARB has revealed that the most-watched programmes […]