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Amazon shuttering Freevee

Amazon has revealed that its free streaming service, Freevee, will close by the end of the year, with all content moving over to Prime Video. An Amazon spokesperson confirmed the news to Deadline, stating: “We have built Prime Video into a first-stop entertainment destination where customers can personalise their viewing experience by streaming exclusive Prime […]

November 13, 2024

Charter to acquire Liberty Broadband

Broadband connectivity company and cable operator Charter Communications and Liberty Broadband Corporation have entered into a definitive agreement under which Charter has agreed to acquire Liberty Broadband in an all-stock transaction. Under the terms of the agreement, each holder of Liberty Broadband Series A common stock, Series B common stock, and Series C common stock […]

November 14, 2024

Study: Filipino content pirates risk cyber threats

A new study commissioned by the Motion Picture Association (MPA) showed that Filipino consumers who access piracy sites and services are at severe risk of cyber threats such as identity theft and ransomware. The study found Filipinos are up to 33 times more likely to encounter a cyber threat on the most popular piracy sites […]

November 14, 2024By Colin Mann

Gracenote: Disney+ leads SVoDs for exclusive content

Gracenote, the content data business unit of Nielsen, has launched a new Data Hub providing insight into the current state of SVoD programming to identify global content trends and changes over time. Tapping Gracenote Global Video Data, a comprehensive database of TV show and movie information, the data visualisation graphically illustrates the current makeup of […]

November 13, 2024

EchoStar, DirecTV deal at risk

EchoStar’s share price has plummeted 13 per cent as news emerged that TPG (the former Texas Pacific Group) has said that the acquisition by DirecTV of EchoStar’s pay-TV assets was at risk because of EchoStar/Dish bond-holders who were holding out over the terms of a debt exchange offer. There are multiple reports that Dish bondholders […]

November 13, 2024By Chris Forrester

Barb: SVoD in 20.1m UK homes in Q3

Barb has released data from its Establishment Survey showing that 20.1 million UK homes (68.8 per cent) had access to an SVoD service in Q3 2024. This is a slight increase from 20 million UK homes (68.7 per cent) in Q2. Barb has again shared an advertising tier estimate for Netflix, Disney+ and Prime Video. […]

November 13, 2024

Maffei to step down from Liberty

Greg Maffei is stepping down as Liberty Media CEO at the end of 2024. John Malone will assume the role of interim CEO. This week the company said it plans to split off the Liberty Live Group, which would be comprised of 69.6 million shares of Live Nation Entertainment and Quint, among other assets. The […]

November 13, 2024

Survey: Growing anxiety over UK streaming costs

Almost two-thirds of UK consumers are concerned about the rising cost of monthly streaming subscriptions, according to the latest EY Decoding the digital home study, which surveyed 2,500 UK consumers on their attitudes towards technology, media and telecoms experiences in the home. The study indicates that consumer anxiety about rising monthly subscription costs increased from […]

November 13, 2024

French broadcasters, producers form LaFA industry body

The French broadcasting groups France Télévisions, M6 and TF1, alongside the main rights management associations (Adami, SACD, SACEM and SCAM) and producers’ associations (AnimFrance, SPI and USPA) have met at TF1 corporate headquarters to formally establish a new trade body known as LaFA – short for ‘La Filière Audiovisuelle’, or ‘the audiovisual industry’. At a […]

November 13, 2024

RTL grows streaming business; lowers outlook

RTL Group has reported that January to September 2024 group revenue stable at €4.2 billion, as higher TV advertising and streaming revenue were offset by lower content revenue from Fremantle. Group revenue was down 1.5 per cent organically. Group revenue in Q3 2024 for continuing operations was down 5.5 per cent to €1.3 billion, mainly […]

November 13, 2024

SABC at risk of collapse

A proposed restructuring of South Africa’s public broadcaster SABC by the country’s Communications & Digital Technology parliamentary committee has been stopped by the nation’s Communications minister Solly Malatsi. The move has led to criticism that the proposal will “sound the death knell” for the broadcaster. SABC is widely understood to be near-bankruptcy. The complaints are […]

November 13, 2024By Chris Forrester

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