In a new move to bet on TV series to boost subscriptions, Vodafone Spain will include Acorn TV in its OTT from November 3rd. The VoD service, from AMC Networks, specialises in British TV series and English-speaking content. TAcorn TV will be for free during November and €3.99 a month thereafter. Vodafone subscribers will have […]
US dramas The West Wing and One Tree Hill will both start streaming on All 4 this month. All seven seasons of The West Wing, the celebrated drama series about the inner workings of the White House and the lives of its staff, will be available to stream from October 21st, whilst basketball high-school drama, […]
Pluto TV, the global free streaming television service, has announced its 24 curated streaming channels to be launched in Brazil next December 2020. Pluto TV will be available on all mobile, web and connected TV streaming devices. “The expansion of Pluto TV into the Brazilian market is a step forward in our continued strategy to […]
Analysis of Ampere’s Consumer media consumption and behaviour tracker surveying 4,000 US Internet users has revealed a solid performance for both HBO Max which launched at the end of May, and NBCUniversal’s Peacock which followed in July. Despite lockdown rules delaying some of the content each SVoD service had planned, at the time fieldwork (August/September […]
As the mobile app subscription business accelerates, mobile amrketing company Adjust has launched its new Subscription Tracking product to give marketers better visibility into subscription performance. This follows a broader shift toward subscription-based monetisation models, with Apptopia estimates showing that app-based subscriptions generated over $200 million in
Netflix, normally cagey over viewer numbers, has trumpeted the success of its original TV series Ratched. The One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest prequel spin-off, starring Sarah Paulson as a younger Mildred Ratched, has become the platform’s most watched debut season of 2020. Netflix revealed via Twitter: “In its first 28 days, 48 million members […]
In a coordinated move with PM Boris Johnson’s statement on the state of Brexit negotiations on his ‘deal deadline’, DCMS has issued a clarification of where British broadcasters and VoD services will stand on January 1st 2021. As is traditional with Brexit, the deadline has now been moved. DCMS says the Audiovisual Media Services Directive […]
Jane Wiseman has become the latest Netflix departee, leaving her role as Original Series VP after nearly seven years, as the streaming compay’s restructuring of its senior content team continues. Wiseman’s departure comes just days after another VP of Originals, Channing Dungey, left Netflix. Previously, Wiseman was the SVP Comedy at Chernin Entertainment. Prior to that, […]
Kantar, the data, insights and consulting company, has announced Q3 2020 results from its Entertainment On Demand service in the UK, the newest offering from Kantar to help entertainment industry and investors understand the full entertainment subscription service consumer journey. The service reveals the following consumer behaviours in the three months to September 2020: Amazon […]
France’s Salto, the joint streaming platform co-owned by leading French broadcasters, TF1, France Télévisions and M6, will go live on October 20th, according to local reports. Salto has already started consumer testing in June with a promised launch in the autumn of this year. At launch, Salto’s catalogue will include an archived library from the […]