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Ampere Analysis
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TBI Tech & Analysis: How & why streamers are driving LGBT+ content
Netflix, the BBC and HBO Max have today been revealed as leading the way when…
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Reality commissions boom as Netflix & linear nets ramp up orders
SVOD streaming providers significantly ramped up the amount of reality TV programming on their services…
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Netflix adopts ‘surprise drop’ strategy for docs, reality
Netflix is adopting a “surprise drop” strategy for its documentary and reality programming to compete…
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TBI Weekly: Content rights are ‘key battleground’ in streamer war
As 2019 goes by, the looming clash of the streamers gets closer. WarnerMedia this week…
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Sports streamers: a long road ahead
As new sports streaming services such as DAZN and Eleven Sports aggressively seek out rights…
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China’s iQiyi poised to surpass six broadcasters in content spend
Chinese digital giant iQiyi, one of the territory’s three major subscription VOD services alongside Tencent…
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Will 2019 mark the end of niche SVOD?
Media giants are closing their niche streamers to prepare for mega mainstream platforms, but will…
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Comcast-Sky and Disney-Fox to spend $43bn on content in 2018
The mergers of Comcast-Sky and Disney-Fox mean that two in every 10 dollars spent on…
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Ampere: Nearly four in five US web users signed up for SVOD
Nearly four in five US internet users now have at least one SVOD subscription, with…
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TBI Weekly: What’s next for Comcast, Sky and the Murdochs?
As 21st Century Fox walks away from Sky after selling its 39% stake in the…
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Ampere: Netflix leads FAANGs with focus on comedy and sci-fi originals
Netflix continues to lead the FAANG companies in terms of original content, though the Facebook,…
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Netflix password sharing “not as prolific as many believe” – Ampere
Netflix password sharing is done in less than one in ten homes globally that take…
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Netflix’s cost of adding new customers has ‘rocketed’
Netflix’s US subscriber additions are beginning to slow and the cost of adding new customers…
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Bingeing grows up – study highlights over-55s SVOD uptake
Although over-55s remain staunch supporters of linear television, a new study shows they are now…
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Ampere: sports fans ‘significantly more likely’ to take pay TV
Sports fans typically watch more TV than other consumers and are “significantly more likely” to…
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Pay TV and OTT: when two tribes go to watch
Pay TV operators can defend their revenues and continue to grow, but they need to…
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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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Ampere: Netflix budget focused on drama and comedy
More than a third of Netflix’s original content spend to-date has been for drama titles,…
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Ampere: Netflix use just 11% in Turkey
Just 11% of Turkish internet users watched Netflix in the past month, compared to a…
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Ampere: Saudi web users consume most TV & video
Saudi Arabian internet users watched more TV and video online than people in any other…
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Ampere: Facebook closing gap on TV advertising
Facebook is “closing the gap on TV advertising”, with the average site user to soon…
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Consumers ‘spend more than ever on TV services’
The average consumer is spending “more than ever before” on TV services by combining pay…
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Snapchat users love comedy and sport, shun docs
Snapchat allows content companies to reach young viewers in a way that other social and…
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Netflix ‘repositioning as premium channel’
Netflix’s programming spend now matches that of the major premium channels and with geographical expansion…
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‘Sports viewing on the decline among millennials’
Interest in sport among young millennials is “on the decline” with many viewers lured away…
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Disney deal ‘could propel Netflix into sports’
Selling up to The Walt Disney Company could give subscription on-demand service Netflix a route…
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SVOD-only households on the rise
The proportion of homes ditching traditional TV and exclusively taking an SVOD service is on…
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Netflix plots fully localised Polish service
Netflix has revealed plans to fully localise its on-demand service in Poland, striking back at…
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SVOD users ‘turning away from pay TV’
SVOD consumers watch more TV than pay TV-only homes and are increasingly turning way from…
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Brexit strategies
The United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union is one of the most seismic…
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