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Amazon Music Streaming Service reaches UK, Germany and Austria 16 November 2016

Amazon has launched its music unlimited service into the UK, Germany and Austria markets taking on the likes of Spotify and Apple Music. The service will offer thousands of curated playlists, 40 million songs, personalized stations, and will also support natural … Continue reading

UK Ad investments to reach £19 Bn in 2017 16 November 2016

According to Media investment management group GroupM, UK advertising is going to see its eighth successive year this year. The company expected UK advertising market to grow from 6.3% in 2015 to 7.2% for 2016, and from 5.8% to 7.2% for … Continue reading

Amazon Prime Video to be India’s cheapest SVOD service 10 November 2016

Amazon Inc is set to take on it’s arch rival Netflix by providing the cheapest Subscription Video-on-Demand in India with Amazon Prime Video subscriptions offering introductory price of $7.50 compared to USA and UK subscription plans available for $8.99 a … Continue reading

UK’s Netflix, Amazon Subs shun TV 07 November 2016

According to a recent study by Zuora and UK-based research house YouGov, some 43% of SVOD users (which amounts to about half of Netflix and Amazon Video subscribers) do not watch normal TV anymore. The study states that about 27% of the British … Continue reading

UK ad spends are £10 Bn in 2016-Q1 27 October 2016

According to a recent survey, despite having the economic uncertainty, UK’s advertising market grew by 0.4 percentage points, which means that the total ad spends are recorded at £9,999 million, standing at a cumulative yearly growth of 5.2%. Growth in … Continue reading

James Bond spies Canadian SVOD CraveTV 25 October 2016

Canadian SVOD service CraveTV, which is owned by telco Bell, has has inked a programming deal with MGM and acquired the rights to James Bond library of films, giving its upcoming movies a feature of the famous British spy. The 007 collection, … Continue reading

Trace to launch an SVOD Service – Trace Play 24 October 2016

According to CEO Olivier Laouchez, the youth focused international media group – Trace TV is all set to launch its much awaited SVOD service named Trace Play by the end of this year. The new SVOD service will be available in … Continue reading

Research states VR uptake in UK will be Slow 14 October 2016

According to a recent study by Strategy Analytics, VR uptake in the UK is going to be a ‘slow burn’ this year, amounting to only 3% of Brits owning VR headsets. The research stated that 92% of the VR hardware sales … Continue reading

Swedish Telco Toca Boca launches Kid’s VOD Service 07 October 2016

Sweden-based mobile app specialist Toca Boca launches a subscription video streaming service named as Toca TV in 150 countries across globe, featuring original and curated short-form videos. The service caters to 5-9 year old kids, specifically,  families with iPad tablets. The company has … Continue reading