Production company marblemedia has started production in Toronto on a new original, single camera teen comedy series, Davey & Jonesie’s Locker (10×30). The series is created by Evany Rosen who also serves as showrunner. The show has been co-commissioned by two of the world’s largest streaming platforms, Prime Video in Canada, Australia and New Zealand […]
Amazon is considering an ad-supported version of its Prime Video streaming service. The company is cutting costs and laying off thousands of employees, but its advertising business is still growing. An ad-supported tier of Prime Video would add to advertising momentum, and help generate more revenue from entertainment. Advertisers are also pushing for more access […]
TVB, the trade association of America’s local broadcast television industry, has published an analysis regarding local TV news and subscription streaming audiences. “In response to industry reports about growing streaming viewership, TVB did an analysis comparing local broadcast TV news audiences in five geographically diverse LPM markets and streaming service viewing in those same markets. […]
Netflix saw a drop of over 13 per cent in subscriber numbers in Portugal during the first four months of 2023 compared to the same period last year, according to Marktest’s BStream study published by Portuguese daily Público. Between November 2022 and February 2023, the drop in subscribers was 4.6 per cent. The negative performance […]
Prime Video has announced that Amazon Original series The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart will launch exclusively on Prime Video in over 240 countries and territories on August 4th. Three episodes will be released at launch, with one episode rolling out weekly until the series finale on September 1st. Based on Holly Ringland’s best-selling debut […]
KC Global Media, the Asian entertainment network, and Prime Video, India’s most loved entertainment destination, has announced the launch of Japanese entertainment pack, Animax + GEM on Prime Video Channels in India. Animax + GEM offers customers a selection of popular Japanese anime, drama, and variety programmes with English subtitles from KC Global Media’s linear […]
Barb has released data from its Establishment Survey showing that 19.08 million UK homes (67.4 per cent of households) had access to a subscription video-on-demand (SVoD) service in Q1 2023. This was a -1.7 per cent decrease from 19.42 million in Q4 2022, despite Apple TV+ and Sky’s NOW service both making strong gains. Netflix, […]
Sandbox Kids, a provider of digital subscription content services for children and families, has launched a local-language preschool entertainment and learning channel in Sweden on Prime Video Channels. Offering young kids Swedish language entertainment, the Hopster channel brings together original productions and licensed family-favourite shows. Its lineup of content includes Octonauts (pictured), Teletubbies, Pingu, Louie […]
Prime Video will premiere 99, the definitive documentary series of Manchester United’s historic treble-winning season, within which the iconic team won the Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League across 10 pivotal days in 1999. The UK Original documentary will launch in over 240 countries and territories worldwide exclusively on Prime Video in 2024. […]
Annual revenues of US SVoD services are forecast to nearly equal those of traditional pay-TV in 2027, marking a critical tipping point in the ongoing decline of cable TV, IPTV, and satellite TV services as streaming rises to dominate the media landscape. Revenues from SVoD services such as Netflix, Prime Video and Hulu are forecast […]