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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
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Disney Plus continues to surge
Streamer's global audience has now reached 137.7 million subscribers in total
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Netflix shareholders sue company over subscriber numbers
The suit seeks to represent investors who bought shares in Netflix between 19th October 2021 and 19th April 2022
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BARB: Number of UK households with access to SVoD services hits 19 million
Number of homes subscribing to two or more SVoD services rose to 12.4 million homes (43.3 per cent) in Q4 2021
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Netflix misses Q4 subscriber target, but Europe sees rise
In EMEA, Netflix reported 3.5 million subscribers new subscribers during the final quarter of 2021
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Mediavision: HBO Max adds over 600K subscribers in the Nordics
"The demand for strong content has still not reached its peak in the Nordics," said MediaVision CEO Marie Nilsson
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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...
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Disney Plus eyes the metaverse as subs slow down
Bob Chapek describes the metaverse as a "three-dimensional canvas" for new types of storytelling
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Tudum!: Netflix’s European subscriber numbers bounce back
Globally, Netflix beat analysts' expectations, adding 4.38 million new subscribers to reach nearly 214 million worldwide
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Analyst: German SVoD subs to overtake UK
Netflix will remain the largest SVoD platform, with 67 million paying subscribers by 2026, up by 10 million at end-2021
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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
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Disney Plus beats expectations again
Streamer is half way to the company's own target 230 million to 260 million subscribers by 2024
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Netflix adds less than 200K European subs in Q2
Streamer's global subscriber base reaches 209 million
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Disney Plus adds another 8.7 million global subs
Streamer has now reached 103 million global subscribers
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Over a third of global TV households will be an SVoD subscriber by 2026
Average SVoD subscriber will pay for 2.14 SVoD subscriptions by 2026 – up from 1.74 in 2020
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Analyst: Global pay-TV subs to continue to rise
New forecast from Digital TV Research suggests China and India alone will provide just over half of the world's pay-TV subscribers
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Amazon says over 175 million Prime members streamed content in the past year
According to CEO Jeff Bezos, streaming hours were up more than 70 per cent year-on-year
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Netflix adds another 1.8 million European subscribers in Q1
Globally, the company reported 208 million subscribers as of the end of the first quarter, missing its own prediction for 210 million
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Amazon Prime reaches 200 million subscribers
In comparison, Netflix had around 204 million worldwide subscribers at the end of 2020, and Disney Plus recently announced it had passed the 100...
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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
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How can streaming brands retain customers in 2021?
James Manderson, VP of Global Success at Braze, argues that if 2020 was the year of streaming, then 2021 needs to be the year...
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Global online video subscriptions reach 1 billion
New figures released by the Motion Picture Association
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Disney Plus reaches 100 million subscribers
It took Netflix around six years to reach the same figure
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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
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Netflix adds another 4.5 million subscribers in Europe, reaches 200 million worldwide
66.7 million people across EMEA now paying for Netflix, up from 58.7 million at the beginning of 2020
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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.”
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BARB: 60 per cent of UK households have SVoD subscription
An additional 3 millions households have signed up to an SVoD since Q3 2019 according to BARB's report
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Netflix increases European subscribers despite slowdown in global growth
While many are focusing on the streamer missing its global subscriber target, the story in Europe is much more positive.
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Disney’s Magic Streaming Kingdom
Analyst predicts the streamer will reach 155 millions global subs in the next four years
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Barcelona scores 10 million YouTube subscribers
Spanish side is the first football club to reach the landmark figure
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Still plenty of room for growth across major SVoD markets say analysts
According to Ampere Analysis, there is room for three billion additional streaming subscriptions across the world’s largest media markets
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Disney Plus has already reached its five-year target for subscribers
SVoD now has 60+ million subscribers worldwide
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Global SVoD subscriptions increased by over 25 per cent in 2019
The average SVoD subscriber paid for 1.59 SVoD subscriptions in 2019 – up from 1.44 in 2018
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Sky retained 99 per cent of subscribers during lockdown
"Pausing sports subscriptions was a masterstroke that allowed the company to retain the vast proportion of customers" analyst tells TVBEurope
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Netflix now has 193 million global subscribers
Ted Sarandos appointed co-CEO alongside Reed Hastings
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Disney Plus signs up over 4 million UK subscribers
Already the third most popular SVoD in the UK
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One in five UK homes has signed up for a new SVoD service during lockdown
Average UK household now subscribes to 2.3 SVoD services
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Apple TV Plus ‘reaches 10 million subscribers’
Streamer reportedly looking for older content to boost its catalogue
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Coronavirus expected to drive increase in Western Europe’s SVoD subscribers
45 million new subscribers expected to sign up to SVoD services in 2020
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Can Netflix sustain record subscriber numbers post-coronavirus?
Streamer announced record new subscriber numbers in Q1 2020
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Netflix predicted to win the streaming wars during coronavirus lockdown
Predicted to add 10 million subscribers worldwide during Q1 2020
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Disney Plus predicted to hit 220+ million subscribers by 2024
Would be almost four times Disney's own subscriber target