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Amazon Prime Video launches on Freesat

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Amazon Prime video has done a deal to allow Amazon Prime Video to launch on the UK’s FreeSat platform. Prime Video joins Freesat’s other services, including Netflix, UKTV Play, Britbox and …

Tags:Amazon| FTA (Free to Air)| Satellite| SVOD

Analyst: Will SVoDs replace pay-TV?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Advanced TV blog published an article based on a presentation by Tristan Veale of Futuresouce Consulting that sets out the competition between Pay TV ($127 billion in 2020) and SVoD ($55 …

Tags:Broadcast| SVOD| TV Viewing

Amazon Echo Show can now play Netflix

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Amazon has now allowed the use of Netflix on the Echo Show Smart Display. Netflix support is available for all generations of Echo Show devices, from the first-gen down to the …

Tags:Amazon| Netflix| SVOD| Voice Input

HBO Max coming to Roku

by Bob Raikes

What They Say WarnerMedia and Roku have agreed ‘after protracted negotiations’ that Roku users will be able to get access to HBO Max, the premium streaming service. The access will start from 17th December. …

Tags:Roku| SVOD

Study: SVoD subs overtake pay-TV

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A report from Capgemini, reported in Advanced Television, said that by the end of 2020, SVoD will overtake pay-TV in more than 30 countries. You can download the full report here. …

Tags:OTT Video| Pay TV| SVOD

Useful Links for first half of W/E 20th November 2020

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Enthusiast Gaming launches channel on Samsung TVs PlayStation 5 launch: What you should know (Useful display specification listing) Disney+ 73m global subs Epson And Yamaha Join Forces On New Laser TV …

Tags:audio| Consoles| Disney| Epson| Game Playing| Kiosks| PlayStation| Retail| Samsung| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Smart Monitors| Streaming Video| SVOD| TVs (TV Sets)| UST Projectors

Modelling audiovisual sector revenue flows in the EU

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The European Audiovisual Observatory has published a report on how revenue flows in the audiovisual sector flow in the EU. The aim of the report was to develop a model for …

Tags:Broadcast| Cinema| Pay TV| Streaming Video| SVOD| TV Production

One Man’s Gain Is Another’s Man’s Loss

by Pete Putman

Two news stories crossed my desk recently that perfectly illustrate the old saw “One Man’s Gain Is Another’s Man’s Loss”. The first was a summary in Media Play News of a report from Digital …

Tags:Cinema| Cinema going| Disney| Streaming Video| SVOD

Netflix to add 4K Support on Newer Macs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Apple has updated its macOS to ‘Big Sur’ and will allow some 2018/2019 and 2020 Apple systems to replay Netflix content in UltraHD. The article suggests that this is because the …

Tags:Netflix| Streaming Video| SVOD| UltraHD & 4K

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The Decision of Streamed vs. Theater is Fading for Consumers

by Andy Marken

Netflix’s Reid Hastings had the streaming stage to himself since about 2000 but it got so crowded that this year, the board “encouraged” Ted Sandaros to join him as co-CEO and the two are …

Tags:Cinema| Streaming Video| SVOD

Forecast: US to reach 317m SVoD subs by 2025

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The number of US Subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) subscribers will grow from 203 million last year to 317 million by 2025. Netflix will add 10 million subscribers, but the big winners will …

Tags:Streaming Video| SVOD| USA