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Pluto LatAm adds 6 new channels

Pluto TV Latin America, the AVoD service, has announced six new channels: Pluto TV Anime Acción, Pluto TV Animales, Los Archivos del FBI, Pluto TV Cine Romance, Pluto TV Cine Suspenso, and Babar. Pluto TV LatAm now has 36 channels in 17 Latin American countries and continues to strengthen its Spanish-speaking content catalog with partners […]

May 27, 2020

Australia: Disney+ hits 2m subs in 4 months

Data from Roy Morgan shows Disney+ continuing its stellar growth with over 2 million Australians now using the SVoD service after only launcing in the country four months ago. As a comparison, it took market leader Netflix six months from launching in Australia in March 2015 to attract over 2 million viewers. Overall, Netflix has […]

May 26, 2020

Research: US lockdown drives broadband service upgrades

According to research from actionable intelligence firm The Diffusion Group (TDG), 7 per cent of US broadband households upgraded their service in April 2020, a rate that varies dramatically relative to the number of children under 18 living at home. Only 4 per cent of broadband households without children under 18 at home upgraded their […]

May 26, 2020

Study: Which countries have best-rated Netflix content?

Netflix is currently available in over 190 countries, but the shows and movies on the service are different in every country. VPN provider Surfshack used Flixwatch, the largest Netflix database site with libraries for 70 countries, to find out what TV shows and movies are available in each country. They then collected the IMDb rating, […]

May 26, 2020

HBO Max to launch with ‘A Week of So Much More’

To mark the launch of HBO Max in the US on May 27th, the streaming service has teamed up with a collection of popular brands to offer culinary incentives and complimentary content to households, every day, for an entire week. The effort is part of HBO Max’s launch campaign, branded ‘A Week of So Much […]

May 26, 2020

Omdia partners with JustWatch

Omdia has partnered with JustWatch to strengthen its VoD competitive intelligence through the integration of  content analytics. JustWatch is now Omdia’s international titles partner, affording Omdia data covering international movie and TV content available on VoD services to deliver customers enhanced reporting of the global channel and programming content industry through Omdia’s suite of media […]

May 26, 2020

Netflix: ‘Are you still there?’

Netflix has said it will ask customers who have not watched anything in a year or more if they wish to maintain their subscription — and will cancel their subscription if it does not hear back. The company said it has started reaching out to those who haven’t streamed anything in the 12 months since […]

May 22, 2020

Tom Hanks movie exclusively on Apple TV+

World War II drama Greyhound, starring and written by Tom Hanks, is set to premiere on the Apple TV+ streaming platform. The movie was originally scheduled for a June 21st premiere by Sony Pictures, but with cinemas still shuttered around the globe, Apple has reportedly paid Sony $70 million for 15 years of streaming rights […]

May 22, 2020

Prime Video launches in Netherlands & Luxembourg

Amazon has announced the launch of Amazon Prime in the Netherlands and Luxembourg. The membership programme offers unlimited streaming of Prime Video content, as well as a variety of shopping incentives. A membership for Amazon Prime in the Netherlands and Luxembourg is available for an introductory price of €3.99 per month. Customers can also sign […]

May 22, 2020

ESPN Last Dance audience up 128% via VoD; Netflix success

ESPN experienced significant audience increases for each episode of The Last Dance through time-shifted/on-demand viewing, as fans continue to consume the critically acclaimed 10-part docuseries on NBA legend Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls. Currently, the total average audience for all 10 episodes is 12,876,000 viewers (as of May 20, 2020), up 128 per cent […]

May 22, 2020