Netflix, behind the surprise breakout hit series Baby Reindeer, has been sued by the ‘real’ Martha for $170 million (€156.8m) with claims of negligence, defamation and distress. In the show, prominently billed as a ‘true story’ Richard Gadd recounts his stalking by the Martha character who, the show claims was sentenced for stalking someone else. […]
Wallace and Gromit are back with a brand-new adventure, made by multi-award-winning and independent studio Aardman, which will premiere on BBC and BBC iPlayer this Christmas, and will also be available globally on Netflix. The new film, first announced in January 2022, will be 70-minutes long and is titled Vengeance Most Fowl. It will feature […]
Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters, speaking at the Deloitte and Enders Analysis Media & Telecoms 2024 and Beyond Conference, said there was a $600 billion+ revenue opportunity for the streaming platform, and that advertising plays a key role in acheiving that. “Adaptability is about diversifying our revenue through ads, which are such a great complement to […]
A report from Ampere Analysis shows strong growth opportunities for Japanese Anime in Europe, driven by Netflix’s Anime productions, and Crunchyroll’s dominance in the West. The research suggests a new wave of popularity for the format is underway in the region. According to Ampere’s proprietary consumer survey of 30 countries, Asia Pacific markets such as […]
Part 1 of Season 3 of Shonda Rhimes’ Bridgerton spent a third week at #1 on Netflix’s English TV List. The series clocked 11.6 million views in the week commencing May 27th, taking its total views to 82 million. Bridgerton Seasons 1 and 2 both remained in the charts at #6 (4 million views) and […]
Barb has released data from its Establishment Survey showing that 19.5 million UK homes (67.9 per cent) had access to an SVoD service in Q1 2024, an increase from 18.8m UK homes (65.4 per cent) in Q4 2023. Discovery+ joins the tracker for the first time and Apple TV+ has reached a new high watermark […]
The boxing match between YouTuber Jake Paul and former world champion Mike Tyson, which was scheduled for July 20th, has been postponed. The bout, the jewel in the crown of Netflix’s summer line up, at Arlington’s AT&T Stadium in Texas, had been officially sanctioned as a professional fight but Tyson says he has been unable […]
Research firm Parks Associates’ most recent churn data, from its quarterly consumer survey of 8,000 US Internet households, shows that Prime Video has the lowest churn rate at 8 per cent, while streaming service Discovery+ is nearly at 43 per cent. “Churn is part of the standard business model, but companies are working hard to […]
The Netflix Reality Universe is set to expand with new games based on some of the most popular unscripted shows on the streaming platform. four interactive fiction games – Netflix Stories: Perfect Match, Too Hot to Handle 3, The Ultimatum: Choices, and Netflix Stories: Selling Sunset – will all launch exclusively on Netflix later this […]
Mattel has announced Barbie Mysteries: The Great Horse Chase, Mattel Television Studios’ all-new animated children’s series, will debut globally on Netflix this autumn. Featuring an all-new animation style and storyline, Barbie Mysteries: The Great Horse Chase will consist of eight 25-minute episodes. The series follows Barbie ‘Brooklyn’ Roberts and Barbie ‘Malibu’ Roberts as they embark […]