In 2022, 48.9 per cent of households in Canada will have pay-TV, marking a massive and continuing trend of cable cord-cutting in the country, according to forecasts by eMarketer. As recently as 2015, more than 75 per cent of households in Canada – a total of 10.5 million – had pay-TV. That figure has been […]

Spectrum has announced the launch of HBO Max and YouTube within Spectrum Guide on eligible devices across its service area in the US, providing customers access to the streaming services directly from the Spectrum TV platform. “As the video landscape continues to change, we are evolving our products and making it easier for our customers […]

BARB, the UK’s television audience measurement currency, has released data from its Establishment Survey for Q2 2021. Due to restrictions on carrying out fieldwork during the pandemic, these are the first quarterly results released since Q3 2020. The survey reveals that the number of UK households with a subscription to any SVoD service is now […]

Streaming services in Portugal such as Netflix, HBO Portugal, Disney+ and Amazon Prime Video will have to pay an annual tax of 1 per cent on “relevant income” by April 30th every year, for the previous year. If it is not possible to ascertain the ‘relevant income’ of these platforms, the annual fee will be […]

According to research from analyst firm nScreenMedia, the US free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) industry is locked into a virtuous cycle. Expanding audiences attract more and better content, attracting more advertisers, and driving up ad values. And, in turn, the growth in content attracts more viewers. This market dynamic will drive ad revenue earned by […]

Accelerated by changing viewership habits in a pandemic, streaming services comprised 45 per cent of ad views, surpassing TV Everywhere in the first six months of 2021, according to the latest instalment of advertising technology specialist FreeWheel’s U.S. Video Marketplace Report (VMR), an industry benchmark publication that examines industry viewership trends. The latest report, which […]

Digital TV Research forecasts 15.06 million paying SVoD subscriptions in Africa by 2026, triple from the 5.11 million expected at end-2021. From the 10 million additions, South Africa and Nigeria will each supply 2.3 million, according to the firm’s Africa SVOD Forecasts report . These two will be the only countries with more than 1 […]

Netflix has announced its first TUDUM event, an online global fan event that will deliver previews and teasers of future series and movie titles coming to the platform. In a press statement, the streaming service explained: “On September 25th, our biggest stars and creators from around the world — representing over 70 series, films and […]

Canela.TV, the AVoD streaming services for US Hispanics, has officially launched its app on Comcast’s Xfinity X1 and Xfinity Flex. Millions of X1 and Flex customers in the US now have access to Canela.TV’s spanish-language content which includes comedies, docuseries, novelas, cartoons, dramas and action films for children and adults. “Comcast is a leader in […]

Redbox has signed a content agreement with Game Show Network to bring its game shows and movie channels to its free live TV streaming service in the US. Viewers will be able to stream classic movies from the 70s, 80s, and popular westerns and non-stop game show action featuring a mix of classic shows to […]