The live-action remake of Mulan is now available to stream for all Disney+ subscribers. Previously the movie had only been available to Disney+ customers afyer paying an additional £19.99 / €21.99 / $29.99 to gain access to it. The film was pulled from cinemas following multiple delays brought about by the coronavirus pandemic. Disney chief […]
Multichannel programmer Discovery has revealed details of its SVoD service, discovery+. Declaring the day to be “very special and historic” for the company, President and CEO David Zaslav confirmed the global launch of what it calls a “definitive” non-fiction, real-life subscription streaming service, debuting in the US on January 4th, 2021. The new service will […]
Media technology and services specialist MediaKind has unveiled the MediaKind 2021 Sports D2C Forecast, which it claims is the most significant analysis ever undertaken of the direct-to-consumer (D2C) OTT platforms owned and operated directly by sports rights-holders. The report explores a wide range of trends in the D2C sports space, including the use of live […]
French Netflix subscribers have received a letter from the streaming platform saying that, from January 2021, Netflix Services France S.A.S is going to declare its annual local revenues to the French taxman, and will become the company to which their subscription contract will be linked. The platform had previously declared its income in the Netherlands […]
A report on US family co-viewing trends and kids’ influence on video streaming in the home from premium kids’ and family AVoD network and studio WildBrain Spark and digital TV analyst company nScreenMedia, covers timely and topical trends across co-viewing, device usage, attitudes to video sources and ad-supported content. The headline data in the report, […]
What is described as the “staggering” disparity between the energy demands of emerging consumer devices and immersive video experiences has spotlighted the need for more environmentally sustainable choices across the video entertainment industry, according to a joint study from mobile and video technology research and development company InterDigital, and market research firm Futuresource. They suggest […]
Bed Guru, the sleep specialist, has delved deep into Netflix show data for 10 cities in the UK to find out which content was most popular on Netflix during the second lockddown. Bed Guru compared search interest from Google Trends of TV shows during lockdown to the previous month when the UK was out of […]
Sport and video entertainment experience specialist Deltatre has extended its collaboration with ITV and continues to power SVoD service BritBox, across all major platforms. The new agreement will run for a further five years. BritBox employs Deltatre as its front-end and design partner, utilising ‘AXIS’, the company’s targeted UX management platform, to power the front-end […]
Netflix has given an age rating generated by an algorithm to all content in its UK library. The technology was developed in partnership with the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), which classifies movies in cinemas. Netflix staff watched its entire catalogue, tagging sex scenes, depictions of violence and foul language, then fed this data […]
Patty Jenkins, director of the upcoming Wonder Woman 1984 movie, has announced it will be the first title on HBO Max available in 4K Ultra HD, HDR 10, Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos when it premieres on the US streaming service on December 25th. This premium viewing experience will be available on supported devices including […]