US Spanish-language content company Univision Communications has acquired AVoD service VIX, which offers content to millions of US Hispanics and consumers throughout Latin America. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Earlier in 2021, Univision announced plans to launch PrendeTV, designed to be the only ad-supported video streaming service created exclusively for US Hispanics, […]
All 4 achieved its biggest ever month of streaming in January 2021 with almost double the number of views compared to the same month last year (+91 per cent) thanks to the success of new drama It’s A Sin. The series has already had 6.5 million views on All 4, making it the streaming services’ […]
New Amazon Original dramatic anthology series Solos, from executive producer and showrunner David Weil (Hunters), will boast a heavyweight A-list cast comprising of Morgan Freeman, Anne Hathaway, Helen Mirren, Uzo Aduba, Nicole Beharie, Anthony Mackie, Dan Stevens and Constance Wu Solos will launch later in 2021 exclusively on Amazon Prime Video in over 240 countries […]
Goldfinch’s streaming platform Birdbox.Film launches its shorts channel with a selection of Oscar and BAFTA award-winning titles and the premiere of Sadie Frost’s Running Man, starring Raff Law. Running Man also marks the launch of Birdbox.Film’s first monthly ‘Film Club’. At 7.30pm on February 3rd, users will be able to tune into a live discussion […]
YouLook, a new AVoD service, is now live in a beta release to customers in the UK and Ireland. As part of the extended beta programme, which began December 31st 2020, the service will be available on iOS, Android and Amazon Firestick platforms in the next month. YouLook currently offers a range of classic movies, […]
UK multiplay operator Virgin Media is making a variety of premium kids entertainment and learning-based programmes available for all of its 3.5 million TV customers during February, at no extra cost. From February 1st, all Virgin TV customers in the UK will be given free access to seven kids pay-TV channels including Cartoon Network, Cartoonio, […]
The BBC has acquired all five seasons of Bates Motel from NBCUniversal Global Distribution. The series, which aired between 2013 and 2017, is a prequel tale to Alfred Hitchcock’s seminal movie Psycho and depicts the lives of a young Norman Bates (Freddie Highmore) and his mother Norma (Vera Farmiga). Sue Deeks, Head of BBC Programme […]
Pluto TV, the AVoD service, has ramped up its content offering in Latin America. After a solid year of growth in Spanish speaking countries, Pluto TV kicks off 2021 with three new channels for viewers in the region: Yu-Gi-Oh! (Channel 183) follows the adventures of Yugi, a high school student who has a magical secret that […]
Findings from research firm Parks Associates reveal that 43 per cent of US broadband households with traditional pay-TV are likely to switch to a virtual multichannel video programming distributor (vMVPD) in the next 12 months. The research, found in Growth and Challenges for vMVPDs, shows that while the absence of live sports and live performances […]
Disney has announced the full slate of content that will be available at launch on Star – the sixth brand to launch on Disney+, joining the line-up that already includes Marvel, Pixar, Star Wars, National Geographic and Disney. Previously Disney had revealed just a handful of titles for Star, including original series Big Sky, but […]