Business
Analyst: Disney Plus, Netflix could generate $1 billion each in ad revenue by 2025
"The devil will be in the details of how each company prices these new offerings and how much of the available content impressions will...
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Production & Post
ILM StageCraft: Creating magic with light
With Disney Plus' Obi-Wan Kenobi set to debut tomorrow, TVBEurope finds out how ILM's virtual production StageCraft technology is helping bring locations from Tatooine...
Media Delivery
Analysts lower Netflix growth forecast following tumultuous start to the year
Globally, SVoD subscriptions will increase by 485 million between 2021 and 2027 to reach 1.69 billion
Media Delivery
Disney Plus continues to surge
Streamer's global audience has now reached 137.7 million subscribers in total
Media Delivery
Disney Plus to launch ad-supported subscription offering
Disney said it views the ad-supported offering as a building block to achieving its long-term target of 230-260 million Disney Plus subscribers by 2024
Media Consumption
Disney Plus surges past 130 million subscribers
The Walt Disney Company has released its Q1 2022 fiscal report which showed a total of 129.8 million global subscribers had signed up by...
Media Delivery
Disney Plus tests livestreaming capabilities
Disney said the test was part of its "ongoing and iterative approach to deliver the best user experiences to consumers"
Media Delivery
Disney Plus to expand European footprint
Streaming service set to launch in another 20 European countries this summer
Media Delivery
WandaVision is most pirated show of 2021
All four Marvel series released on Disney Plus during 2021 were in the top 10
Media Delivery
Ampere: Disney surpasses 100 million SVoD subs in the US
Company's three SVoD services are continuing to attract subscribers
Media Delivery
Viva Espana! Spanish government forces global streamers to air shows in local languages
Global platforms will be expected to include at least six per cent of their catalogue in Spain's three co-official languages
Media Delivery
Analysts: Big five streamers to reach over 900 million subs by 2026
Analysts at Digital TV Research predict the five major US-based platforms will control 53 per cent of the world’s 1.7 billion SVoD subscriptions by...
Media Delivery
Disney Plus eyes the metaverse as subs slow down
Bob Chapek describes the metaverse as a "three-dimensional canvas" for new types of storytelling
Media Consumption
Disney Plus adds IMAX Enhanced aspect ratio for Marvel titles
Streamer is collaborating with DTS to give more of its content enhanced audio and visual technology
Media Delivery
Kantar: Amazon Prime remains the UK’s most popular streamer
Sports rights helped power Amazon to the most popular SVoD service in the UK for the fifth quarter running
Media Consumption
Disney Plus will become world’s largest SVoD player by 2025
A new report from Digital TV Research suggests that Disney Plus will surpass Netflix to become the leading global SVoD player in terms of...
Media Delivery
Disney Plus ‘has hit some headwinds’ warns CEO
Bob Chapek warns the company expects to add “low single-digit millions” of streaming subscribers in Q4
Media Delivery
Feature: Are independent voices becoming lost in streaming TV shuffle?
Navdeep Saini, co-founder and CEO of DistroScale, parent company of DistroTV, looks at the Covid content collapse, where the streaming market is headed, and...
Media Delivery
Disney Plus beats expectations again
Streamer is half way to the company's own target 230 million to 260 million subscribers by 2024
Production & Post
Disney Plus receives over 70 Emmy nominations
The Crown and The Mandalorian topped the list of programmes with the most nominees, scoring 24 each
Business
Ofcom ‘to be given SVoD regulatory powers’
Government reportedly want to "level the playing field" between broadcasters and VoD services
Business
Disney plans to close 100 international TV channels
CEO Bob Chapek said Disney doesn't want to be left behind in the move to viewing content online
Media Delivery
Disney Plus adds another 8.7 million global subs
Streamer has now reached 103 million global subscribers
Media Management
Disney Plus leverages AWS for global roll-out
Streamer is using over 50 different technologies from AWS, including machine learning, database, storage, content delivery, and analytics
Media Delivery
Analyst: Netflix to lose European market share, but remain market leader
HBO Max's growth to be hampered by current licensing deals
Media Delivery
Disney Plus, HBO Max to drive Eastern Europe SVoD subs
Digital TV Research forecasts 40 million SVoD subscriptions in the region by 2026 by 2026
Media Delivery
Disney Plus reaches 100 million subscribers
It took Netflix around six years to reach the same figure
Media Delivery
Analyst: Disney Plus subs to overtake Netflix in next five years
According to Digital TV Research, much of the subscriber growth will be driven by India's Disney Plus Hotstar
Media Consumption
Disney Plus at 100m subscriber milestone
Official figures released yesterday show the streaming service at 94.9 million subscribers as of 2 January, 2021, an increase of eight million from December...
Media Consumption
App Annie: Mobile video streaming up by 40 per cent in 2020
“The world has forever changed. While people stay at home across the world, we saw mobile habits accelerate by three years,” said Theodore Krantz,...
Media Delivery
This is the way: The Mandalorian is most pirated TV show of 2020
2020 saw a number of new series enter the top 10 list.
Media Delivery
Disney Plus smashes targets again, aims for 260 million subs by 2024
Disney CEO Bob Chapek said the huge popularity of Disney Plus has exceeded the company’s “wildest expectations.”
Media Delivery
Analyst: Disney Plus growth curve will continue to climb
Digital TV Research predicts in total, Disney Plus, Amazon Prime, Apple TV Plus, Netflix and HBO Max will have 678 million paying SVoD subscribers...
Media Consumption
Disney Plus smashes expectations as subs hits 73.7 million
Platform reaches 2024 subscriber goal within 12 months of operation, but may need more baby Yodas and original content offerings to maintain (and retain)...
Business
Disney restructures to focus on D2C streaming platforms
Kareem Daniel named as head of the company’s new media and entertainment distribution group.
Media Delivery
Analysis: Disney Plus’ European IPTV partnerships “have had little impact”
New report from Enders Analysis looks at European TV and video subscription platforms
Media Delivery
Disney’s Magic Streaming Kingdom
Analyst predicts the streamer will reach 155 millions global subs in the next four years
Media Delivery
Disney Plus lets viewers join a GroupWatch of its TV shows and films
The new feature is available immediately in the US and will launch in Europe this autumn
Media Delivery
Analyst: Netflix, Disney and Amazon will control half the world’s SVoD subs by 2025
Digital TV Research predict SVoD revenues for 138 countries will reach $100 billion by 2025; double from the $50 billion recorded in 2019.
Business
Analyst: SVoD world faces splitting into two tiers
According to Moody's analyst Neil Begley, smaller SVoD players need to partner up or be acquired in order to compete with the big players
Production & Post
Disney Plus (and Baby Yoda) win their first Emmy Awards
The Mandalorian won the streamer's first ever Emmys
Media Delivery
Google ‘working on streaming service aggregator’
Kaleidoscope appears to be aiming to unify access for different streaming services including Amazon Prime Video, Disney Plus and Netflix