SVOD
Amazon lands Lord of the Rings TV remake
Amazon has acquired the global rights to J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, for…
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’…
Viaplay chief exits as MTG rejig continues
Ira Gladnikoff, head of Viaplay, is leaving Scandinavia-based broadcaster MTG as the company continues to…
HBO expands SVOD service in Europe
HBO Go has launched as a direct-to-consumer service in four central European countries. The premium…
Netflix orders LA-set French comedy
Netflix is expanding its relationship with Gad Elmaleh, handing the French comedian his own series…
Disney plots Star Wars series for ‘Netflix killer’
The Walt Disney Company is lining up a suite of original shows from its portfolio…
Parks Associates: top US SVOD services hold steady
Netflix, Amazon and Hulu continue to hold places one, two and three in the US…
Rakuten TV mulls wider European expansion
Video-on-demand service Rakuten TV is mulling plans to expand its footprint across more European countries….
Industry vet to lead Cannabis OTT channel
Douglas Lee has been named as general manager of 420TV, the new OTT TV channel…
Vivendi’s mobile SVOD net Studio+ set for US
France’s Vivendi is launching its smartphone-targeted SVOD service Studio+ to the US. The service, which…