Nearly 105 million Netflix subscribers have watched at least one episode of Orange Is the New Black – around two thirds of its total subscriber base – making the prison drama, and perhaps surpisingly not Stranger Things, the most watched of its original programmes ever. Netflix originals chief Cindy Holland made the revelation in an […]
Spotify users in the US, UK, Ireland, South Africa, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand can now find a designated hub for the music behind some of the most popular Disney movies and TV shows. New playlists are available to stream full of everything from The Little Mermaid to modern favourites like Frozen, to Star Wars […]
Modern Times Group (MTG) portfolio company Kongregate – a cross-platform game publisher and web gaming destination – has confirmed the acquisition of Bit Heroes, a successful indie mobile and web role playing game (RPG) from American Reno-based developer Juppiomenz. The hit game has amassed $10 million in net revenue and attracted over 14 million game […]
Netflix’s Q2 numbers disappointed Wall Street having suffered a drop-off in subscriber growth. Globally, Netflix added 2.7 million subs in the April-June period, well down on consensus expectations of 5 million. However, plenty of overnight comments have pointed out that the streaming company managed almost 10 million subscribers in Q1, a 12-year record. There were […]
UK pay-TV operators Virgin Media and Sky have agreed a new, multi-year partnership that will see the two companies strengthen their track record of collaboration and bring an even better viewing experience to Virgin customers with new Sky content and functionality. As part of the extended deal, Sky’s line up of entertainment, cinema and sports […]
Telefónica’s “tough” financial conditions for third parties to acquire La Liga rights have ultimately driven streaming service DAZN to refuse to broadcast La Liga and the Champions League in Spain this year. Both parties have been negotiating for several months but agreement has not been possible because of the high price imposed by Telefónica and […]
DAZN, the sports streaming service, and Discovery have announced a new distribution partnership that will see Eurosport 1 HD and Eurosport 2 HD made available to DAZN subscribers in Austria, Germany, Italy and Spain. Eurosport holds exclusive Pan-European rights to some of the world’s biggest sporting events, including: Grand Slam tennis championships; cycling’s Grand Tours; all FIS World Cup and World Championship […]
RTL Group has announced the launch of a new creative unit – Format Creation Group (FC Group) – which will develop non-scripted formats exclusively for RTL broadcasters and streaming services. The new unit will be based in Hilversum and led by Managing Director Matthias Scholten, a long-time TV executive and creative from RTL Nederland. In […]
Research from The Diffusion Group (TDG) finds that 73 per cent of social network users engage with TV-related content on the sites. According to TDG’s report, The Ascent of the Social TV Engagers, 43 per cent of social network users interact with humour about a show via mashups and memes. “There is a separate universe of […]
If today’s AR/VR investment/M&A dynamics continue, there could be a 12 to 18 month window for corporate and VC ‘smart money’ to do deals with AR/VR leaders at sensible valuations. And if the market begins to take off in late 2020 (potentially driven by Apple, Facebook and others), early stage deal makers could reap the […]