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SPI, Kaleidoscope release Looks That Kill in UK

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, […]

January 25, 2021

Netflix UK pays £3.2m 2019 tax

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 […]

January 22, 2021

Netgem: Xmas TV viewing up 27% from 2019

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 […]

January 22, 2021

Data: Amazon half of new UK SVoD sign-ups in Q4

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 […]

January 21, 2021

Spain: Vodafone adds Atresplayer

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 […]

January 21, 2021From David Del Valle in Madrid

HBO Max names LatAm leadership team

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, […]

January 21, 2021

Netflix: “Still room for growth”

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 […]

January 21, 2021

Netflix UK orders Heartstopper; renews Bridgerton

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 […]

January 21, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Netflix tops 200m subs

Describing 2020 as “an incredibly difficult year with extraordinary loss for so many families,” Netflix’s Q4 results show that with 8.5 million paid net additions in the quarter, it crossed the 200 million ‘paid memberships’ mark for the first time. “For the full year, we added a record 37 million paid memberships, achieved $25 billion […]

January 20, 2021

Paramount+ launches March 4th

ViacomCBS has announced that its own entry into the ever-growing streaming market, Paramount+, will launch in the US, Canada and Latin America on March 4th. ViacomCBS will also bring Paramount+ to the Nordics on March 25th, and Australia in mid-2021.  There is no word yet on UK availability. The CBS All Access service in Canada […]

January 20, 2021