Media Delivery
New Amazon Watch Party feature lets 100 viewers stream together
New feature is available on PC desktop
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Media Delivery
Smartphones to power 170 million SVoD subs over next five years
According to Digital TV Research, the total will climb by 25 million in 2020 alone
Media Delivery
Disney Plus to launch in eight more European countries
Streamer to launch in eight markets across Western and Northern Europe
Media Delivery
Global streaming accounts predicted to surpass pay-TV numbers by end of 2020
New figures from GlobalData
Media Consumption
One in seven OTT households are “borrowing” accounts
Research suggests 70 million households are borrowing one or more OTT accounts across 22 markets worldwide
Media Delivery
The Africa Channel selects Simplestream for global SVoD service
Simplestream's App Platform will power the new service
Media Delivery
Barcelona kicks off new streaming service
Available worldwide in Spanish, Catalan and English
Media Delivery
Comment: Time to rethink Free TV
Nigel Walley, MD and founder of Decipher, explains why free TV platforms need to innovate to keep up with the SVoD giants
Media Consumption
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
Media Delivery
Apple TV Plus ‘reaches 10 million subscribers’
Streamer reportedly looking for older content to boost its catalogue
Business
Insight: EBU provides summary of Covid-19 reporting
David Fernández Quijada, manager of the EBU’s media intelligence service, provides TVBEurope with summary insight of how the organisation has been charting the impact...
Media Delivery
OTT revenues predicted to double over next five years
New figures from Digital TV Research
Media Delivery
Netflix starts to lift streaming quality restrictions
Viewers in Europe report being able to access content in 4K HDR again
Media Consumption
BARB: Boomers begin to embrace SVoD services
BARB releases its Viewing Report 2020
Data Centre
Disney Plus, Netflix set for subscriber boom
Global SVoD subscriptions will increase by 519 million between 2019 and 2025
Data Centre
Coronavirus expected to drive increase in Western Europe’s SVoD subscribers
45 million new subscribers expected to sign up to SVoD services in 2020
Europe sees huge jump in streaming since lockdown began
Just Watch reports spikes of over 200 per cent in traffic as viewers search for content to watch
Netflix predicted to win the streaming wars during coronavirus lockdown
Predicted to add 10 million subscribers worldwide during Q1 2020
Data Centre
Eastern European OTT revenues to triple in five years
Expected to reach $3.58 billion in 2025
Disney Plus predicted to hit 220+ million subscribers by 2024
Would be almost four times Disney's own subscriber target
Disney Plus reaches 50 million subscribers globally
Could meet the company's target of 60-90 million global subs four years early
Data Centre
French viewers continue to embrace SVoD platforms
Latest figures from Médiamétrie's SVoD Barometer
Features
Disney Plus comes to EMEA
As Disney Plus rolls out across many EMEA countries, OWNZONES’ Bill Admans discusses its successes, challenges and predictions
VoD platforms urged to include coronavirus PSAs
PSAs should run pre-content, post-content and even in live streams
Disney Plus postpones French launch, will reduce bandwidth in Europe
Launch postponed at the request of the French government
Features
Everything we know about: Disney Plus
TVBEurope rounds up the latest news and analysis on the Disney streaming service
O2 wins exclusive Disney Plus mobile distributor deal
Will be available to telco's customers on mobile, online streaming and TV
Data Centre
ERA: Almost half of UK population subscribes to SVoDs
Digital video was fastest-growing entertainment segment in 2019
Videos
TVBEverywhere
BritBox heads Down Under
BBC and ITV continue to evaluate opportunities for additional territory launches
Content
BritBox aims to “grab people’s attention” with Spitting Image return
The classic comedy revival is the service's first original commission
TVBEverywhere
Netflix rolls out Top 10 feature
Trialled in the UK and Mexico over the last six months
Data Centre
BARB: UK SVoD penetration surpasses 50 per cent for the first time
14.27 million UK homes hold a subscription to at least one of Netflix, Amazon Prime Video or Now TV
TVBEverywhere
YouTube considering third-party streaming service
Company reportedly aiming to emulate Amazon Prime Channels
TVBEverywhere
ViacomCBS planning news, sport and entertainment SVoD
Details expected to be announced on 20th February
TVBEverywhere
SVoD market ‘set for contraction’ predicts annual Nostradamus report
Annual Nostradamus report canvasses key figures within TV and film industries
TVBEverywhere
‘Netflix, Disney Plus aren’t our rivals’ says Quibi CEO
Platform spending an average of $100,000 per minute on content
Business
Netflix rejects advertising on its platform
"Netflix needs to diversify and look at different business models," analyst tells TVBEurope
TVBEverywhere
Disney Plus announces European launch on 24th March
Additional Western Europe markets to follow in summer 2020
Data Centre
SVoD stacking climbs in Europe, US
Consumers increasingly combining SVoD products with free TV services
TVBEverywhere
French government urges SVoDs to invest locally
French parliament set to debate bill in early March