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Netflix clamps down on password sharing

Netflix is testing a feature that asks viewers if they live in the same household as a subscriber, in a move that would seem to signal a crackdown on the widespread practice of sharing passwords with friends and family. A number of users have reported seeing a screen saying: “If you don’t live with the […]

March 12, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Kantar moves TGI consumer survey to monthly

Data from Kantar’s Great Britain TGI consumer survey will now be updated and released on a monthly basis. The UK’s largest evidence-based insights and consulting company has initiated this change to support clients as they navigate the fast-evolving media and marketing landscape, investing in more frequently updated data to help address a variety of challenges. […]

March 2, 2021

Kantar hires Sturgeon

Kantar, the UK insights and consulting company, has appointed Paul Sturgeon to lead its brand and marketing return on investment (ROI) offer. Sturgeon  will support global and UK-based projects in his new role. Until recently he led Mindshare UK’s data science team. Prior to that he held senior roles at MediaCom and PwC. He is […]

January 28, 2021

Data: Amazon half of new UK SVoD sign-ups in Q4

Kantar, the data, insights and consulting company has published Q4 2020 results from its Entertainment On Demand service in the UK. With 12.9 million subscriptions taken out last year, the service reveals the following consumer behaviours in the three months to December 2020: Amazon Prime membership jumped again in Q4, with 53.5 per cent of […]

January 21, 2021

Kantar announces expansion of TV Audience Measurement panel in Georgia

Kantar, the data, insights and consulting company is announcing a significant improvement to the TV Audience Measurement (TAM) service in Georgia. Since 2016, Kantar and its local licensing partner, Tri Media Intelligence (TMI), have provided the TV audience measurement currency to the Georgian market. This enhanced service will: Increase the size of the Georgian TAM […]

January 13, 2021

Kantar predicts 2021 media strategies

A decade of media evolution has taken place in a few short months. Kantar’s latest report assesses which audience behaviours and industry dynamics it believes will stick into 2021. The report opens a window on three macro-trends that can position the media and advertising industry as a driver of economic recovery, as well as offering […]

November 19, 2020

Amazon tops new UK SVoD sign-ups

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 […]

October 15, 2020

Kantar launches new reputation intelligence platform

Kantar – the data, insights and consulting company – has announced the UK launch of Kantar Reputation, its new single global platform for managing, monitoring and analysing earned media activity. Kantar Reputation is the only platform that provides communications and PR professionals with a single source for planning, targeting, distributing, monitoring and analysing earned media […]

October 15, 2020

Peacock leads US SVoD pick up

Comcast’s Peacock added more new subscribers than any other US VoD service during the third quarter, according to Kantar. Kantar also found that more consumers added one service while cancelling another. Kantar said 10 per cent of new subscriptions were the result of switching, up from 9 per cent in the second quarter. “Q3 saw […]

October 14, 2020

Study: UK SVoD growth slows after Disney+ surge

Findings from data, insights and consulting company Kantar’s Q2 2020 Entertainment On Demand service suggest that after a surge of 6 million SVoD sign-ups during the three months to April, which covered the early Covid-19 lockdown period and launch of Disney+, new subscriptions have fallen back to a more normal level, hitting 826K in Q2 […]

July 30, 2020