Disney+ has signed up nearly 95 million subscribers in just over a year. Disney’s latest quarterly results showed continued meteoric growth for the SVoD platform, which first launched in November 2019. Disney+ had 94.9 million paid subscribers as of January 2nd 2021, compared to 86.8 million in early December 2020. Disney+ far exceeded the company’s […]
HBO Max, WarnerMedia’s direct-to-consumer streaming platform, is scheduled to launch in late June in 39 territories across Latin America and the Caribbean, marking the first availability for the platform outside the US. Audiences in the region will soon be able to subscribe to a content offering programming from WarnerMedia’s international family of brands including HBO, […]
UK multiplay operator Virgin Media is extending its free TV offering by making a variety of entertainment, lifestyle and learning-based programming available for all 3.5 million TV customers, at no extra cost. The move coincides with the midterm academic break for many UK schools. From February 15th until March 16th, all Virgin TV customers in […]
Netflix has confirmed it is establishing a new base in Canada. In a blog post, Ted Sandaros, Co-CEO and Chief Content Officer at Netflix, said: “We want to […] make a new home for Netflix in Canada – opening an office and hiring a dedicated content executive to work directly with the Canadian creative community.” […]
Icon Film Distribution is launching its Icon Film Channel on Amazon Prime Video Channels in the UK on March 18th. More than 150 new and classic films will be available to stream, including Drive, Apocalypto, The Mummy (pictured), The Butterfly Effect and The Passion of the Christ, for a monthly subscription fee. Spencer Pollard, CEO […]
HBO Max has announced series orders for three new adult animated series including: a ten-episode series order for Warner Bros Animation’s Velma, a new comedic origin story starring the unsung and underappreciated brains of the Scooby-Doo Mystery Inc gang, Velma Dinkley, voiced by executive producer Mindy Kaling; Clone High, a modern refresh of the hit series […]
French streaming service Salto, a joint-venture between TF1, M6 and France Télévisions, captured 20 per cent of all new SVoD subscriptions during the final quarter of 2020. Managing director Thomas Follin told AFP that Salto was the third most popular platform in France, behind Netflix and Amazon Prime Video. At the end of December, press […]
discovery+, the streaming service from Discovery, is now available on Samsung Smart TVs and Amazon Fire TV devices in the UK & Ireland, following its launch direct-to-consumer and on Sky Q in November 2020. It will also be coming to Roku and Vodafone mobile customers in the UK & Ireland this year and on additional […]
Player+, the direct-to-consumer premium content aggregator and Easel TV, a SaaS provider of OTT streaming video services, are partnering to launch StagePlayer+, a new streaming service for the performing arts. StagePlayer+ is a streaming platform for theatres, concert venues, producers, rights holders, festival organisers, agencies and performers staging live or recorded online events, or with […]
The 20 countries in the Middle East and North Africa region will have 32.65 million SVoD subscriptions by 2026, up from the 14.16 million recorded at end-2020, according to the Middle East and North Africa OTT TV and Video Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. Turkey will remain the market leader by a […]