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Barb: Number of UK SVoD homes dips in Q4

Barb has released data from its Establishment Survey showing that 19.42 million UK homes (67.7 per cent of households) had access to an SVoD service in Q4 2022. This was a -0.6 per cent decrease from 19.54 million in Q3 2022. Netflix and NOW saw quarterly drops in the number of UK homes with access […]

February 17, 2023

Nielsen: Prime Video viewing up, Disney+ down in Jan

Nielsen’s January 2023 TV usage summary from The Gauge, the media measurement company’s monthly snapshot of total TV and streaming consumption in the US, revealed that January was defined by heavy TV usage, most notably of sports and broadcast content, and overall viewing was up 1.3 per cent compared to December 2022. Despite the monthly increase of […]

February 17, 2023

MGM+, Starz bundle on Prime Video US

Starz has teamed with Amazon to bundle MGM+ on Prime Video in the US. This subscription bundle, which launches in the coming weeks, will provide streamers with more entertainment options will cost $11.99 per month — a 20 per cent discount on the combined price of both standalone subscriptions. “We are excited to join forces with […]

February 17, 2023

Virgin Media O2, TalkTalk see record data spikes

TalkTalk saw its highest ever data usage peak on February 15th, overtaking the previous recorded spike in December 2022. At around 9:12pm, TalkTalk customers were using a combined 10.25 Tbps. Season 2 of the popular Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2 video games was released at 6pm, followed by the Premier League […]

February 16, 2023

ITV, S4C sign up to Coalition for Change

ITV and S4C are the latest UK broadcasters to sign up to the TV Coalition for Change (CFC), the body seeking to improve working conditions for freelancers in the UK TV industry. They join some of the biggest names in UK broadcasting including Channel 4, BBC, Sky, UKTV, Channel 5 and Prime Video amon others. […]

February 15, 2023

Prime Video debuts trailer for Daisy Jones & The Six

Prime Video has debuted the official trailer for the upcoming musical-drama series Daisy Jones & The Six, featuring Look At Us Now (Honeycomb), one of 24 original songs written exclusively for the series and recorded by the cast. The original music will be released by Atlantic Records during the rollout of the series. Daisy Jones […]

February 15, 2023By Nik Roseveare

Reggie premieres exclusively on Prime Video in March

Reggie, an intimate and revealing new documentary that examines the career and legacy of Major League Baseball Hall of Famer and activist Reggie Jackson, will premiere March 24th exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. Reggie is the definitive, firsthand account of five-time World Series Champion, beloved New York icon, […]

February 15, 2023

New cast announced for Picard Season 3

Prime Video has released the official full-length trailer for Star Trek: Picard Season Three , which will be coming to international audiences on February 17th. Following its premiere, new episodes from the 10-episode final season will be available weekly on Prime Video. Additionally, the trailer revealed two new Season Three cast members. Ed Speleers (Outlander, You) will appear as […]

February 2, 2023

Data: Media consumption declines in US

Attest, the consumer research platform, has released the findings from the latest edition of its Quarterly US Media Consumption Tracker, providing continuous insights into how Americans’ habits across television, audio, news, and social media continue to evolve. For Q4, Attest found that consumption of all media types fell. TV & Streaming Trends  Perhaps as a […]

January 31, 2023

Data: UK VoD market shows signs of recovery

Insights and consulting company Kantar has released its latest Entertainment on Demand (EoD) data on the UK’s streaming market. Kantar’s EoD study in Great Britain uncovers the following behaviours within the VoD market between September and December 2022: Between Sept to Dec 2022, the number of VoD-enabled households that subscribed to at least one video […]

January 30, 2023