Crunchyroll, the anime streaming service, has added Mobile Suit Gundam, the first series within the iconic Gundam franchise, to its library of more than 1,000 titles and 30,000 episodes. All 42 episodes of the godfather of the mecha genre will be available on Crunchyroll effective immediately, in both English dub and subtitles. The subtitled series […]
Peacock, the US OTT platform owned by NBCUniversal, and WWE have announced a multi-year agreement that gives Peacock exclusive streaming rights to the WWE Network throughout the US. The price of the deal is reportedly $1 billion for five years according to the WSJ. “NBCUniversal has a long-standing relationship with WWE that began nearly 30 […]
SPI International has announced the digital-first release of their first title in the UK. In partnership with Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment, Looks That Kill, directed by Kellen Moore is now available on EST and TVoD on all platforms in the UK and Ireland. SPI had secured the rights in multiple territories including the UK, Germany, France, […]
Netflix paid £3.2 million (€4.1m) in UK corporation tax in 2019. It billed an estimated £940 million (according to Ampere Analysis) to British subscribers in the period. It reported £120 million of revenue and pre-tax profit of £13 million on its operations here; the Netflix services for Europe and production. Subscriber fees from its 11 […]
In a Christmas period like no other, Netgem, the end-to-end TV service for the UK’s growing ‘Altnets’ and challenger ISPs, reveals the busiest ever Christmas season on record, with a 27 per cent year-on-year increase in TV viewing compared to Christmas 2019. This is across Freeview live and on demand as well as additional services […]
Kantar, the data, insights and consulting company has published Q4 2020 results from its Entertainment On Demand service in the UK. With 12.9 million subscriptions taken out last year, the service reveals the following consumer behaviours in the three months to December 2020: Amazon Prime membership jumped again in Q4, with 53.5 per cent of […]
Vodafone Spain has added the Atresmedia-owned streaming platform, Atresplayer, to its offering. Vodafone’s subscribers will now have access to all Atresplayer offers, including exclusive content and linear channels (Antena 3, La Sexta, Neo, Nova, Mega and Atreseries) for €2.99 a month. The service enables subscribers to download content and view everything aired from the last […]
WarnerMedia, a division of AT&T, has announced that Luis Duran will join the company in February as General Manager for HBO Max Latin America. He will report to Johannes Larcher, Head of HBO Max International, and will be responsible for the rollout and management of WarnerMedia’s direct-to-consumer product HBO Max in the Latin America region, […]
Netflix’s 200+ million subscribers, and with seemingly no worries over its future financing, delivered a strong message to both its pay-TV rivals as well as Europe’s important broadcasters. Netflix, in reporting its Q4 results said its net paid subs addition (8.5 million vs 6 million guidance) was impressive. Total paid streaming subscribers crossed 200 million […]
Netflix UK has commissioned Heartstopper, a new 8-part live action series from See-Saw Films. Heartstopper started out as a web-comic in 2016, and has also been released as a series on graphic novels. The story follows Charlie Spring from the moment he meets Nick Nelson, and how they eventually fall in love. In a blog […]