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GroupM: young will ‘erode TV viewing’ as they age
Growing older no longer increases television viewing time, according to GroupM’s ‘The State of Video’…
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Parks Associates: top US SVOD services hold steady
Netflix, Amazon and Hulu continue to hold places one, two and three in the US…
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Anti-piracy group unites to combat threat
The Asian branches of companies such as NBCUniversal, Sony Pictures and The Walt Disney Company…
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Analysis: why would Fox sell to Disney?
Yesterday, it emerged 21st Century Fox had held talks to sell much of its business…
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SVOD to drive digital content spend past $200bn
Global consumer expenditure on digital content will hit US$202 billion next year, up 10% from…
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Sky rubbishes BBC’s ‘bizarre’ SVOD concerns
Sky’s content chief, Gary Davey, has slammed the BBC’s “bizarre” concerns over the arrival of…
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BBC chief: SVOD nets won’t stop £500m shortfall
BBC chief Tony Hall (pictured) has warned a potential £500 million (US$652 million) shortfall in…
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Amazon & ITV team ‘but SVOD model ending’
A veteran British producer has warned cosy coproduction arrangements between American SVOD services and UK…
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Amazon pledges to up video investment in 2018
Amazon has pledged to increase its investment in video next year, tailoring its content decisions…
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TBI Weekly: accusations cost Price his Amazon job
This week, the company most affected by sexual harassment claims outside The Weinstein Co. is…
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NPD: video eats up most US smartphone data
Streaming video accounts for 78% of total data used by smartphone owners in the US,…
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Joe Lewis departs in ongoing Amazon sweep
Joe Lewis, head of half hour and drama series development at Amazon, is the latest…
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Apple nabs Wandell from Amazon
Amazon’s head of international productions, Morgan Wandell, is leaving to join Apple as head of…
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Amazon suspends Roy Price over harassment claims
Amazon Studios has suspended its head, Roy Price, after allegations he sexually harassed a producer…
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SVOD players ‘must drop prices to compete in CEE’
In order to succeed in Central and Eastern Europe, SVOD operators need to reduce the…
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Ampere: media giants’ debts are manageable
Debt levels at media giants such as Netflix and Sky are less significant than those…
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Nordic pubcasters combine to fight SVOD threat
Public broadcasters in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Iceland are forming an alliance to combat…
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Asia Pacific SVOD set to overtake North America
Asia Pacific is due to overtake North America this year to become the biggest SVOD…
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Mercury Filmworks expands management team
Canadian animation studio Mercury Filmworks is expanding its management team, promoting several key executives and…
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Amazon signs Gilmore Girls duo, Casey Affleck
Amazon Studios has signed a multi-year deal with Gilmore Girls creators Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino…
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Game, set and match for Amazon’s ATP tennis deal
Amazon has been confirmed as the official worldwide streaming partner for the tennis ATP World…
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Sagansky launches OTT prodco Golden Karavan
Top entertainment execs from the US and India have launched Golden Karavan, an Indian-focused OTT…
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Amazon brings Exorcist, This is Us to Prime
Amazon and 20th Century Fox Television Distribution have reached an international content licensing agreement to…
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TBI Weekly: The best of Cartoon Forum
Cartoon Forum took place this week, bringing in some of the best animators, distributors, producers…
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Sky’s Spanish SVOD service launches
European satcaster Sky has debuted in Spain’s increasingly crowded and competitive subscription VOD service. The…
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Amazon catching Netflix in Asia Pacific – study
Netflix is still outpacing Amazon Prime Video globally in numbers of active users, but Amazon…
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Netflix, Amazon take UK int’l prod spend to £468m
UK production companies made £468 million (US$606.7 million) in commissions from international broadcasters and SVOD…
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North American SVOD subscriptions ‘to grow 53%’
The number of North American SVOD subscriptions is due to grow by 53% between 2016…
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Making Amazon tick
Amazon’s original content strategy is a risk but could pay off in a big way,…
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‘SVOD to dominate free’ in Lat Am
Subscription VOD services will continue to dominate free OTT offers in Latin America, according to…