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SF Studios, Netflix sign new content agreement

SF Studios and Netflix have signed a new content partnership deal that lets Netflix’s members in the Nordics be the first to stream SF Studios’ local and international distribution titles, after the films have been shown at the cinema and offered as purchase or rental films. SF Studios’ catalogue of content is also part of […]

November 20, 2020

Report: Disney+ struggling to break into ‘Big 3’ US SVoDs

Parks Associates has released its updated list of the top 10 US subscription OTT services, based on estimated number of subscribers through September 2020 from the firm’s OTT Video Market Tracker. Parks Associates notes that recent entrants such as HBO Max, Apple TV+, and Disney+ have rearranged the top ten list. Sling TV dropped out […]

November 19, 2020

Salto: 100K subs in 3 weeks

French daily Le Figaro is reporting that the French PSB-backed SVoD service has signed up some 100,000 subscribers in its first three works of existence. By way of comparison, in September 2014, following its launch in France, Netflix had reached that milestone in two weeks, before additional competition made the space even more competitive. At […]

November 19, 2020By Colin Mann

Funimation launches in Brazil, Mexico

Funimation, the global anime content provider, has announced its service is now live in Brazil and Mexico. The service is now available online and will roll out on various apps and Smart TV platforms in 2021.  Funimation’s Brazil and Mexico service offerings include anime series subtitled in Portuguese and Spanish respectively, with select titles dubbed. […]

November 19, 2020

Mirada, izzi bring Disney+ to Mexico

Mirada, a provider of integrated software solutions for digital TV operators and broadcasters, has announced the integration of Disney+ into its Iris multiscreen product, and its successful deployment across Televisa’s izzi pay TV platform. This integration is the result of a collaboration between izzi, Disney and Mirada, enabling the arrival of Disney+ in Mexico as […]

November 19, 2020

Pluto TV adds Insight TV, InWonder & InTrouble

Insight TV has launched three of its digital services on Pluto TV in the UK and Germany. Lifestyle channel Insight TV, action-focused channel InTrouble and science/technology/knowledge channel InWonder are now available on Pluto TV in the UK and Germany. Key titles on the channels include competition series Ultimate Goal (Insight TV), investigation series Epic Exploring (InWonder) and action-filled Inside Masters of Dirt […]

November 19, 2020

Disney+ goes live in Latin America

Disney+ is now available in Latin America and across the Caribbean. The launch of The Walt Disney Company’s subscription streaming service marks another chapter in its global expansion, and brings Latin American subscribers permanent access to the platform. Disney+ is the exclusive home in Latin America for all the available content from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, […]

November 18, 2020

hayu launches in Germany & Austria

hayu – the all-reality SVoD  service from NBCUniversal International – has launched in Germany and Austria and is available on Amazon Prime Video Channels via the Prime Video app on an array of devices. Targeting the broad base of viewers who are fans of the reality genre, hayu offers top reality TV content including Keeping […]

November 18, 2020

Amazon unveils The Wilds; first episode free

The Wilds, the ten-episode Amazon Original series, will launch exclusively on Prime Video on December 11th in more than 240 territories around the world. Additionally, the first episode will be available for free for a limited time, on Prime Video’s YouTube, Instagram, Twitter and Facebook accounts on the same date. The first episode will also […]

November 18, 2020By Nik Roseveare

Conan O’Brien to host HBO Max variety series

After 28 years as a late night television host, Conan O’Brien will extend his relationship with WarnerMedia with a new, weekly variety series on HBO Max. As one of the most prolific and enduring US late-night hosts, O’Brien will conclude TBS’ award-winning nightly talk show CONAN at the end of its tenth season in June […]

November 18, 2020By Nik Roseveare