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WrestleMania 39 sets ticket sales record

WWE has announced a record for first-day ticket sales for WrestleMania 39 taking placeat SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. Over 90,000 tickets were sold within the first 24 hours – more than any event in WWE history and a 42 per cent increase over first-day sales for WrestleMania 38 at AT&T Stadium in Dallas. WWE […]

August 16, 2022

Report: Why HBO Max viewers are most satisfied with its AVoD service

Which ad-supported streaming services are viewers most satisfied with? A new Whip Media report, which included survey responses from about 2,500 US viewers, looked at that question. In particular, viewers were most satisfied with HBO Max’s ad-supported experience. Meanwhile, Hulu’s experience – due to a high level of viewer annoyance with their ads, left something […]

August 12, 2022

Peacock adds new episodes of Prime Crime

Ten new episodes of Prime Crime are now available to watch on-deman via Peacock. The true crime series, produced by Law&Crime Productions, is hosted and executive produced by attorney and Law & Crime anchor Jesse Weber. This series continues to take a deep dive into high-profile crime and courtroom stories, such as the televised trial […]

August 10, 2022

SSIMWAVE live sports benchmarking heading for IBC 2022

Using actual live streams of major international sporting events SSIMWAVE will show at IBC 2022 how its award-winning products can provide streaming providers with the video quality insights and competitive comparisons they need to make strategic decisions to manage and optimize subscriber satisfaction and engagement. Expanding on SSIMWAVE’s ongoing analysis of sports telecasts, the IBC […]

August 10, 2022

SummerSlam 2022 most watched of all time

This year’s SummerSlam, the WWE premium live event which took plans on July 30th, emanated live on Peacock (in the US) and the WWE Network (everywhere else) from Nashville’s Nissan Stadium in front of a crowd of 48,449 and became the most-watched SummerSlam in company history. In a press statement, WWE Co-CEO Stephanie McMahon said: “During the week we surpassed […]

August 2, 2022By Nik Roseveare

Sky Europe suffers record churn

Comcast released its Q2 financials on July 28th and showed (for Q2) an improvement of 5.1 per cent in revenue (y-o-y), and for the half-year of 9.5 per cent (y-o-y). Sky’s ‘Adjusted EBITDA’ increased 54.1 per cent to $863 million, but in the numbers were Comcast’s ‘Total Customer Relationships’ and this is where Sky’s churn […]

July 29, 2022By Chris Forrester

Report: Are operators regaining control over content distribution?

The Western European market is experiencing a saturation of VoD offerings caused by the launch of a growing number of platforms, reports Dataxis. The growth of traditional players is slowing down and the launch of new platforms needs to be carefully planned to attract users. OTT services need to intensify their efforts to expand their […]

July 28, 2022

WWE WrestleMania 39 tickets on sale August 12th

WWE has announced that tickets to WrestleMania 39 will go on August 12th 10am PT. WrestleMania will take place over the course of two nights on April 1st and April 2nd live from SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. Single and two-day combo tickets for WrestleMania can be purchased through Ticketmaster. In addition, WrestleMania Priority Passes […]

July 15, 2022

WWE Moonsault debuts Money in the Bank NFTs

WWE’s official NFT marketplace, WWE Moonsault, has debuted its second official collection of WWE NFT Flips in advance of July 2nd’s annual premium live event, Money in the Bank, featuring Superstars Seth ‘Freakin’ Rollins, Becky Lynch, Omos, Liv Morgan, Drew McIntyre, Alexa Bliss and Riddle at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The […]

July 1, 2022

Whip Media Report: HBO Max, Disney+ lead in viewer satisfaction

HBO Max and Disney+ are the two streaming services that US viewers are most satisfied with according to a comprehensive new report from Whip Media, the leading enterprise software platform and data provider to the world’s largest entertainment organisations. Whip Media’s new Streaming Satisfaction Report – which is based on survey results from nearly 2,500 […]

June 29, 2022