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Carlisle United, Endeavor team for OTT service

EFL club Carlisle United has partnered with Endeavor Streaming to launch its global streaming service, CUTV. The EFL League Two club will stream every league game live internationally to reach new audiences around the world and drive deeper engagement with its fans. Powered by Endeavor Streaming’s Vesper platform, CUTV will also offer viewers in the […]

July 15, 2024

Prime Video orders Muhammed Ali scripted series

Prime Video has ordered The Greatest, the first authorised scripted series about the life of global icon, boxing champion, and humanitarian Muhammad Ali. The series, which has unprecedented access to the estate of Ali, is produced by Michael B Jordan’s Outlier Society, Ben Watkins’ Blue Monday Productions, Authentic Studios, Roc Nation, Polygram Entertainment, a Universal […]

July 12, 2024

Isoyama signs exclusive deal with Netflix

Starting this July, Netflix will exclusively produce and distribute new series and films by Japanese producer Aki Isoyama for the next five years. Her most recent hit, the time-traveling comedy Extremely Inappropriate!, topped Netflix’s most-watched list in Japan for three weeks running. In June 2023, Let’s Get Divorced, which she produced with a screenplay co-written […]

July 11, 2024

Young Woman and the Sea to premiere on Disney+

Disney’s Young Woman and the Sea, the extraordinary true story of Trudy Ederle, the first woman to successfully swim the English Channel, will begin streaming on Disney+ July 19th.  The inspirational drama, which was released in cinemas May 31st, was warmly received by critics. The movie stars Daisy Ridley as the accomplished swimmer who was born to immigrant […]

July 11, 2024

Research: How to measure SVoD success

Research by academics at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) has sought to establish how it is possible to tell whether streamed films or series work, suggesting that quantitative information should be enriched with other dimensions of consumption. Noting that advertising investment within the television streaming market is forecast to grow from the more than […]

July 10, 2024By Colin Mann

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F debuts at Netflix #1

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, starring the legendary Eddie Murphy, debuted at #1 on Netflix’s English Films List in the week commencing July 1st with 41 million views, making it the most-watched title of the week. The movie sees Murphy return to his breakout role 30 years after the release of Beverly Hills Cop III. […]

July 10, 2024

Research: 42% of US consumers are SVoD resubscribers

Research from Ampere Analysis shows that Disney+ subscribers who had previously churned and then returned (‘resubscribers’) to take the Disney+/Hulu/ESPN+ bundle are 59 per cent less likely to churn within 12 months than those who take Disney+ alone. This finding suggests bundling streaming services will have a significant impact on the 42 per cent of […]

July 8, 2024

Argentina, Japan, Uruguay rise on Netflix ISP Speed Index

Eighty-eight per cent of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) stayed at their same speed in June with a few notable increases and decreases on the Netflix ISP Speed Index – a monthly update on which ISPs provide the best prime-time Netflix streaming experience.  Thirty-six countries and regions were in the top performance tier in June: Argentina, […]

July 8, 2024

ITVX launching Hayu Select

ITV has announced a deal with Hayu – the all-reality streaming service – to bolster ITVX Premium, the streaming platform’s subscription tier. The deal will see over 750 hours of content added to ITVX Premium in a branded area of ITVX called Hayu Select – which is scheduled to launch later this summer. Many of […]

July 3, 2024

All Bridgerton seasons on Netflix’s Most Popular TV List

Shortly after making its debut, Season 3 of Shonda Rhimes’ Bridgerton has entered into Netflix’s Most Popular TV List (English) at #10, notching 91.9 million views to date. Bridgerton now has three spots on the list, with Seasons 1 and 2 in the #4 and #9 spots respectively. The latest installment of the cultural phenomenon […]

July 3, 2024