The news that Netflix has made a key appointment to its game development division is good news for the streamer says a report from equity analysts at investment bank Exane/BNPP. Mike Verdu will join Netflix as VP/game development, reporting to COO Greg Peters, the company has confirmed. Verdu was previously Facebook’s VP/in charge of working […]
Disney has announced that Marvel Studios’ Black Widow debuted to an estimated total of more than $215 million (€181m) globally on its opening weekend (July 9th – 11th), including $80 million in domestic box office, $78 million in international box office, and over $60 million in Disney+ Premier Access consumer spend globally. The movie launched […]
Data from Purely Streamonomics, a new research and analytical service from Purely, shows that amidst a year of uncertainty and production hiatuses due to the global pandemic, streaming platforms have set the global film and TV industry on a trajectory of accelerated growth with no imminent ceiling in sight. The gross cash amount spent
The Official Charts Company and British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) have revealed that there have been 100,000,000 digital downloads since Official Charts records began. The Official Charts Company (OCC) began tracking digital downloads of home entertainment titles in 2016, before launching the Official Film Chart in tandem with BASE in November 2018 – the […]
Immersive film and television specialist Secret Cinema has announced its next show, slated for November, will bring Netflix period drama Bridgerton to life. The 3-hour immersive soirée will take place within a Regency-era ball and attendees will be invited to waltz their way into high society during an evening of drinking, dining, music, mingling and […]
Research by FandomSpot reveals that Harry Potter is the most popular movie franchise in the world – number one in a total of 75 countries, including the US, Canada, and Brazil, as well as a majority of Europe, including countries such as France, the UK, Italy, Germany,and Spain. Second is Spider-Man, the most popular franchise […]
Retro game streaming service Antstream Arcade has announced a partnership with Samsung UK, which sees Antstream included in the Samsung Boost value added service proposition – available to customers of the recently launched Samsung Galaxy S21 5G Series. As part of this exclusive collaboration, users will be able to access Antstream Arcade’s premium ad-free service […]
The Walt Disney Company has reported earnings for its second fiscal quarter ended April 3rd 2021. Disney+, the SVoD service which has been a shining beacon for the company during the pandemic as its theme parks took huge hits, ended the quarter with 103.6 million subscribers, compared with 94.9 million on January 2nd. Analysts expected […]
SpaceX’s Starlink broadband by satellite system has “more than 500,000” users made up of early beta-testers, actual subscribers and would-be subscribers who have paid the near-$100 deposit. The confirmation of the numbers came just ahead of the May 4th launch of Starlink’s ‘Star Wars’ day commemoration. Even the launch countdown came with the comment ‘May […]
A wide number of Star Wars titles have proved popular during the streaming era in the UK, according to data from streaming guide JustWatch. Despite being released 40 years ago, the original Star Wars trilogy are still among the most successful movies in the franchise. The live action spin-offs from that trilogy – Disney+ series […]