According to research firm TDG, six-in-ten connected-TV households now watch a free ad-supported streaming service on television. YouTube remains the dominant free VoD provider, with free ad-supported streaming TV services (FASTs) such as Pluto TV and IMDb seeing growing audiences. “Clearly the effects of work-from-home and lack of traditional leisure options during the pandemic accelerated […]
Evrideo has announced a partnership between Parada Media – BITE TV and native cloud-based broadcasting platform Evrideo to power the linear channel experience for BITE TV on the growing list of Free Ad-Supported TV (FAST) platforms. Parade Media is capitalizing on its rich library of content to launch FAST streaming service that will be absolutely […]
IMDb, the online source for movie, TV and celebrity content, has unveiled the Top 10 New Television Shows of 2021 (so far), based on IMDb user ratings. In addition to the popular
Amazon’s Prime Video and IMDb TV have agreed a multi-year licensing deal with Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, bringing future blockbusters including Jurassic World: Dominion and F9 to the company’s streaming platforms. Under the new agreement, Prime Video will will have an exclusive pay-one window forUniversal’s slate of live-action movies in the US starting in 2022. […]
Eleventh Hour Films has announced that stage and screen actor Toby Stephens (Die Another Day, Jane Eyre, Lost In Space, Black Sails), Rakie Ayola (Holby City, Hermione Granger in Harry Potter And The Cursed Child) and newcomer Charithra Chandran are among the names joining the cast of season two of Alex Rider. Stephens will be […]
IMDb TV, Amazon’s free streaming service, and Amazon Prime Video have renewed the spy thriller series Alex Rider for a second season. The next season will be based on Eagle Strike, the fourth novel in the best-selling Alex Rider franchise, and will stream exclusively on IMDb TV in the US, and Prime Video in the […]
An update of the European Audiovisual Observatory’s LUMIERE VoD film directory shows the presence of 41,550 European film titles (produced or minority co-produced by countries of the European Union and Council of Europe) in 367 different VoD catalogues (119 TVoD and 248 SVoD catalogues), representing 472,180 film presences at the end of August 2020. When the number of available
Research from Ampere Analysis has found that almost one in five US Internet users are accessing AVoD services. Based on Q3 2020 figures, 17 per cent of Internet users in the US used one or more AVoD service in the prior month, up from 13 per cent in Q3 2019. The rise of AVoD services […]
AMC Networks has signed a deal with Amazon’s IMDb TV to add six channels to its US AVoD service. Two AMC channels are immediately available on IMDb TV namely The Walking Dead Universe Experience and AMC: Presents. In the coming weeks, IMDb TV will add four additional channels from the basic cabler to the ‘watch […]
Research conducted by Cable.co.uk has found that Amazon Prime Video has the best original programming of the streaming services available in the UK, while Netflix has the better offering according to the audience ratings on Rotten Tomatoes. Using IMDb, the average series rating for Amazon Prime originals was found to be 7.49, whilst Netflix was […]