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WWE Network joins Peacock on March 18

Starting March 18th, US streaming service Peacock will begin rolling out WWE Network content just before Fastlane, the first WWE PPV event on the service. The new WWE destination on Peacock will feature a range of top content at launch, including all past WrestleManias leading up to WrestleMania 37 on April 10th and 11th – […]

March 10, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Sutter to make feature directorial debut on Netflix

Kurt Sutter, creator of the Sons of Anarchy TV series, will write, direct and produce This Beast for Netflix – his first movie project as a director. Blumhouse will produce the feature film. The movie will tell the story of an 18th century English village besieged by a mysterious and elusive beast. Dozens of innocents are […]

March 10, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Canela.TV now on VIZIO SmartCast TVs

Canela.TV one of the first AVoD streaming services for US Hispanics, has officially launched its app on VIZIO SmartCast, the smart TV platform. Canela.TV is now available to millions of SmartCast TV users in the U.S offering over 10,000 hours of entertainment for adults and children including comedies, docuseries, novelas, cartoons, dramas and action films. […]

March 10, 2021

BritBox UK hits 0.5m subs

BritBox UK has hit its target of half a million subscriptions. The digital video subscription service, which was created by the BBC and ITV and includes content from Channel 4 and Channel 5, launched at the end of 2019 offering a collection of British box-sets available all in one place, including recent programmes as well […]

March 9, 2021

ITV upbeat despite market uncertainty

ITV has released its full year 2020 results, which it notes has been materially impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Total external revenue was down 16 per cent at £2.7 billion (€3.1bn). ITV Studios total revenues were down 25 per cent, impacted by the disruption to majority of its productions from March 2020 onwards. Total broadcast […]

March 9, 2021

Filmzie on Netgem  

Filmzie, the ad-supported movie streaming and social platform, has added its app to Netgem TV’s service for the UK’s altnets and ISPs. The deal allows homes with a Netgem TV box or connected TV to access the full slate of Filmzie series and films for free. This includes recently launched ISP branded services such as […]

March 9, 2021

France: Red Bee supports content management for SALTO

Red Bee Media is supporting French SVoD platform SALTO with ongoing content management services. SALTO is relying on Red Bee to deliver Digital Asset Management (DAM), Post-Production for promotional material and Quality Check of assets being added to the platform. Red Bee has implemented an efficient solution combining the company’s own cloud-based Media Gateway and […]

March 9, 2021

Analyst: LatAm at 116m SVoD subs by 2026

Latin America will have 116 million SVoD subscriptions by 2026, up from the 53 million recorded at end-2020, according to the Latin America OTT TV and Video Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. Brazil will contribute 44 million to the 2026 total, followed by Mexico with 29 million. “There will be a wave […]

March 8, 2021

BritBox to launch on Amazon Prime Video channels

BritBox UK and Amazon Prime Video have announced that BritBox will join Prime Video Channels and be available to Prime members in the UK with an add-on subscription in spring 2021. Prime Video Channels allows Prime members to add-on channel subscriptions through Prime Video for a monthly fee, available individually without the need to sign […]

March 8, 2021

Spain: Virgin 50% off and Amazon free

Euskaltel-owned Virgin Telco has cut its subscription fee by 50 per cent, and is also offering Amazon Prime Video for free to boost subscriptions. The promotion launches just two months before its first anniversary. The platform’s 50 per cent discount will last for 6 months, whilst Prime Video will be free for a year. Virgin […]

March 8, 2021From David Del Valle in Madrid