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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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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
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Comcast, ViacomCBS announce new streamer for select European markets
New SVoD SkyShowtime will launch in 2022
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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
Media Delivery
Disney Plus adds another 8.7 million global subs
Streamer has now reached 103 million global subscribers
Media Delivery
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
Media Delivery
How the pandemic has helped OTT to evolve
Luke Durham, CTO at Switch Media, looks at how the pandemic has helped both SVoD and AVoD services find even bigger audiences
Business
Research forecasts OTT revenues to reach $210 billion by 2026
New insight from Digital TV Research indicates that global OTT TV revenues will reach $210 billion in the next five years
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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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Global online video subscriptions reach 1 billion
New figures released by the Motion Picture Association
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HBO Max to launch in another 21 European territories by end of 2021
"We are looking forward to building HBO Max's current US momentum and begin to offer it across the globe," said WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar
Media Delivery
Disney Plus reaches 100 million subscribers
It took Netflix around six years to reach the same figure
Media Consumption
BritBox to launch on Amazon Channels
The launch on Amazon Prime Video Channels will make BritBox available to approximately 90 per cent of VoD homes in the UK
Media Delivery
Paramount Plus’ European roll-out to begin with the Nordics
Company plans to have Paramount Plus available "very broadly in almost every major market"
Media Delivery
BBC launches first fully-owned streamer in the US
BBC Select, which is operated by BBC Studios has initially launched to American viewers on Amazon Prime Video Channels and the Apple TV app
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Almost three quarters of UK SvoD subs say streamers ‘have all their content needs’
Amdocs surveyed UK consumers on their subscription habits during lockdown
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BritBox heads to South Africa
BBC/ITV joint venture is set to launch in its fifth worldwide territory
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...
Business
Analyst: European VoD revenues increased 30-fold between 2010-2020
Report suggests paid VoD revenues are still a small fraction of total audiovisual revenues in the EU (7 per cent of €114.5 billion in...
Media Delivery
Surviving the post-Covid OTT churn
Maciej Czekała, product owner, Insys Video Technologies, takes a look at how the SVoD market might be impacted once lockdowns ease
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Ampere: 2021 will be the year of ‘compounding’
According to Ampere's research, there are now more than 400 million subscriptions to streaming services across the US and the ‘big 5’ Western European...
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2021: A year ripe for innovation
According to Vuulr CEO Ian McKee, 2021 will be when the old studio and broadcast industry finally dies and is reborn as the entertainment...
Business
Could MGM be about to sell its catalogue to one of the streamers?
Studio said to be exploring a sale of its film and TV library.
Media Delivery
UK minister: Streamers could face regulation
"Whether or not we would want to look at having some kind of basic requirements on the video on demand services is something which...
Media Delivery
70,000 hours of content and we still can’t find anything to watch
Ampere Analysis warns the golden age of cheap content for SVoD companies is ending.
Media Delivery
Discovery’s new streaming service to launch globally on January 4th
Discovery Plus will debut in 25 key markets in 2021, including the Nordics, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain.
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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
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)...
Media Consumption
How consumption habits are disrupting traditional broadcast models
Olivier Bovis, head of sales for Media Solutions, Sony PSE, explores the rise of SVoD, the challenges of evolving broadcast schedules, digital business models...
Media Delivery
BritBox concept crosses the Channel with help from Netgem
France Channel SVoD will be available worldwide following its launch in the United States in early 2021.