VOD usage grows in Spain
More than half of Spanish households with internet access (55.1%) used platforms such as Netflix, HBO and Amazon Prime at the end of last year. This, according to the findings of the latest Household...
View ArticleAmazon increases cost of Prime Video
The cost of a monthly subscription to Amazon Prime in the UK is to rise by £1 per month to £8.99 from the middle of September. The parcels to showbiz company is blaming “increased inflation and...
View ArticleAmazon launches free streaming service Freevee in Germany
Amazon has launched its free, ad-financed streaming service Freevee in Germany. “We are offering users a service that they would typically expect to find behind a paywall,” an Amazon spokesman told...
View ArticleAmazon Prime expands member offer
Amazon is significantly increasing the number of songs available to members of its Prime subscription package. 100 million tracks, up from 2 million, will be able in shuffle mode, ad-free, and at no...
View ArticleRTL adds GEO Wild to Amazon Prime
German media group RTL Deutschland is expanding the distribution of GEO Wild. The SVOD service for nature documentaries is now available on Amazon Prime in Germany and Austria as an Amazon Channel at...
View ArticleStudiocanal stocks up Amazon Prime Video Channels in Germany
Studiocanal is expanding its German offering on Amazon Prime Video. Two new channels, Allstars and Moviecult, are now available under the label ‘Studiocanal presents’. The services complement the...
View ArticleDisney+ and Amazon Prime make gains in Italy
SVOD services were viewed by 15.3 million internet users in Italy in September 2022. This, according to the regulator Agcom, was 287,000 fewer than in the same period in 2021. […]
View ArticleUS SVOD revenues nearly equalling pay-TV revenues
Annual revenues of US SVOD services will nearly equal those of traditional pay-TV in 2027, according to GlobalData. This marks a critical tipping point in the ongoing decline of cable […]
View ArticleMGM+ appoints Josh McIvor as Global General Manager
Josh McIvor has been promoted to Global General Manager of MGM+, the Amazon-owned streaming service that relaunched in January after previously being known as Epix. McIvor will be reporting to […]
View ArticleAmazon Prime viewers already feel bombarded by advertising
New data from the UK research organisation YouGov has found the majority of Amazon Prime viewers feel “bombarded” by advertising. The data has been released before the introduction of widespread […]
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