Media Delivery
Analyst: Still plenty of growth left in SVoD
Analysts at Digital TV Research suggest SVoD services will see an increase of 428 million subscribers between 2022 and 2028
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Media Consumption
Global OTT revenues to hit $243 billion by 2028
Revenues from OTT television and movies predicted to generate $17 billion in 2023, growing to $243 billion globally by 2028
Media Delivery
Tadum! Netflix subscriber numbers bounce back in Q3
Streamer's global subscriber base is now 223.1 million
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Deltatre’s turnkey end-to-end video platform enables OTTs to go live in 90 days
Platform can support both AVoD and SVoD business models, with users granted access to Deltatre’s publishing platform and data analytics tools
Media Delivery
Kantar: Almost a million UK households have dropped a streamer so far in 2022
Kantar's figures also reveal almost half of churned Netflix subscribers have dropped out of the SVoD category altogether
Media Delivery
Netflix now in direct competition with free-to-air broadcasters
The streamers move to incorporate an ad service was not part of the company's script, but is a significant move which takes it in...
Media Consumption
Netflix signs up to BARB
BARB is the first industry-owned audience currency in the world that Netflix has joined. The board will now report daily Netflix viewing from 1...
Media Delivery
Report: UK’s home entertainment sector to surpass £5 billion by 2025
Technology is helping to change the home entertainment landscape, with AI, automation and Blockchain increasing the potential of multi-experience audience interaction, states the report
Media Delivery
Analyst: No Netflix and churn (yet)
Globally, SVoD subscriptions will increase by 475 million between 2021 and 2027 to reach 1.68 billion predicts Digital TV Research
Media Delivery
Paramount Plus arrives in Italy
Paramount Plus will also launch on Sky platforms in Italy as part of a new multi-year distribution agreement
Media Delivery
Six US-based platforms to account for 81 per cent of all SVoD subscriptions in Western Europe by 2027
Netflix is predicted to add three million more subscribers in Western Europe over the next five years, with its share of the total number...
Media Delivery
Europe’s latest streamer to launch later this month
SkyShowtime is powered by Comcast's Peacock platform, and has been created specifically for Europe
Media Delivery
Poland predicted to drive Eastern European SVoD revenues over next five years
Analysts predict Eastern European SVoD revenues will reach $2.95 billion by 2027 – up from $1.60 billion in 2021
Media Delivery
Leveraging content sets to deliver an engaging experience and boost OTT revenue opportunities
Setplex's Marc Mulgrum explains how content sets allow for ultimate flexibility in content creation and discovery for consumers
Media Consumption
The generation game: Younger viewers watching 7x less scheduled TV than those 65 and over
TV viewers aged 16-24 spend less than an hour (53 minutes) in front of broadcast TV in an average day – a fall of...
Media Delivery
Disney surpasses Netflix in terms of total subscribers
Company has announced its new Disney Plus advertising-funded tier will launch in the United States on 8th December
Media Delivery
Unsubscribe: UK viewers continue to drop streaming services says BARB
However, Disney Plus and Apple TV Plus bucked the trend with both adding subscribers during Q2
Media Delivery
Netflix to launch advertising in early 2023, co-CEO predicts death or linear in ‘next 5-10 years’
Globally, Netflix lost 970,00 subscribers during Q2 2022, but it is predicting it will add one million during Q3
Media Delivery
Kantar: Half a million Brits leave streaming market
According to the company's Entertainment on Demand Q2 UK streaming market data, the decline is being driven by households with under 24s present
Media Delivery
How FAST channels are reaching new audiences
Ariff Sidi, GM/chief product officer, Edgecast, takes a look at how FAST channels are helping broadcasters engage with audiences in new ways, as well...
Media Delivery
Netflix with ads could launch this year
According to reports, an AVoD version of the global streamer could launch in the final three months of 2022
Media Delivery
Poland set to overtake Russia as Eastern Europe’s SVoD market leader
In total, the region will have 43 million SVoD subscriptions by 2027; up from 23 million at end-2021 said Digital TV Research
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Kantar: Cost of living crisis leads to record numbers cancelling streaming services
Proportion of consumers planning to cancel SVoD services and stating the primary reason as ‘wanting to save money’ has risen to its highest ever...
Media Consumption
Streaming v the Metaverse: Deloitte publishes 2022 Digital Media Trends report
The report suggests a major shift is underway which could see the business models of streamers, social media, and gaming companies further disrupted by...
Business
Analysts: UK is largest OTT revenue earner in Western Europe
Western European OTT TV revenues will reach $45 billion in 2027 according to Digital TV Research
Media Delivery
Netflix shifts stance on ad-supported platform
"Never say never," said Netflix CFO Spencer Neumann
Media Delivery
ITV plans to launch new AVoD/SVoD platform, ITVX
Service will include content from BritBox, as well as 20 FAST channels at launch
Media Consumption
Global SVoD subscriptions to reach 1.75 billion in 2027
Netflix, Disney Plus and Amazon Prime Video will account for half of total
Media Delivery
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
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...
Business
Dawes: ‘Real value’ in Ofcom regulating streaming services
Ofcom CEO Melanie Dawes says she wants to be able to regulate the global streaming services in the same was the organisation oversees the...
Media Delivery
Why streaming services need new ways to differentiate
With the streaming sector becoming ever more saturated, Ian Waters, senior director, Cisco ThousandEyes, takes a look at what SVoD and BVoD operators need...
Media Consumption
The beginning of the end for traditional TV’s golden age: Deloitte releases 2022 predictions
Analysts predict traditional TV broadcasters’ share of viewing hours among UK consumers will fall to 49 per cent in 2023
Media Delivery
Ampere: Disney surpasses 100 million SVoD subs in the US
Company's three SVoD services are continuing to attract subscribers
Media Consumption
BARB prepares for “defining moment” in ratings reporting
From Monday, BARB will begin reporting viewing figures for SVoD and video-sharing platforms into its daily reporting to the television and advertising industry
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
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
Media Delivery
Comcast, ViacomCBS announce new streamer for select European markets
New SVoD SkyShowtime will launch in 2022
Media Delivery
HBO Max European launch may be pushed to 2022
Streamer was expected to launch in 21 European countries by the end of 2021
Media Delivery
Report: 745 VoD services launched in UK, EU and US in four years
Report also found that the number of total AVoD users is significantly higher than SVoD users. In the UK and US
Business
Ofcom ‘to be given SVoD regulatory powers’
Government reportedly want to "level the playing field" between broadcasters and VoD services