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Poland and Russia will take a commanding lead of Eastern Europe’s streaming television market by the end of the decade, with two-thirds of streaming TV revenue coming from those two countries, according to a new report published this week.
The report, from Digital TV Research, says Eastern European revenue will eclipse €6.4 billion (around $7 billion) by 2029, with Russia accounting for nearly €900 million (around $1 billion) in streaming TV revenue and Poland contributing another €645 million (around $700 million).
“This means that the remaining 20 countries will share $2.57 billion – or an average of only $129 million each,” Simon Murray, the Principle Analyst at Digital TV Research, said in a statement.
The report concludes that subscription-based video on-demand (SVOD) services will contribute nearly €4 billion (around $4.3 billion) to the streaming TV economy in Eastern Europe by 2029. Russia and Poland will be the only countries to have SVOD revenue that will eclipse $1 billion in revenue, according to the report.
Poland and Russia will take a commanding lead of Eastern Europe’s streaming television market by the end of the decade, with two-thirds of streaming TV revenue coming from those two countries, according to a new report published this week.
The report, from Digital TV Research, says Eastern European revenue will eclipse €6.4 billion (around $7 billion) by 2029, with Russia accounting for nearly €900 million (around $1 billion) in streaming TV revenue and Poland contributing another €645 million (around $700 million).
“This means that the remaining 20 countries will share $2.57 billion – or an average of only $129 million each,” Simon Murray, the Principle Analyst at Digital TV Research, said in a statement.
The report concludes that subscription-based video on-demand (SVOD) services will contribute nearly €4 billion (around $4.3 billion) to the streaming TV economy in Eastern Europe by 2029. Russia and Poland will be the only countries to have SVOD revenue that will eclipse $1 billion in revenue, according to the report.
- 3/26/2024
- by Matthew Keys
- The Desk
The anticipated goldrush for African creators sparked by Netflix’s 2016 entry into the market hasn’t entirely come to fruition, though the influx of investment from local and global streaming platforms has nevertheless been transformative for Africa’s screen industries. Budgets, production values and outputs are rising, and breakout hits — such as Netflix’s Nigerian thriller “The Black Book” and South African teen drama “Blood & Water” — highlight the power of global streaming services to deliver African stories to audiences around the world.
Yet as evidenced by Amazon Prime Video’s abrupt pullout from the African market in January, when the streaming giant announced it was shifting course to focus on “emerging” markets in Europe, a continent that was gearing up for the windfalls of blockbuster deals with deep-pocketed platforms also finds itself at the mercy of those companies’ sometimes fickle streaming strategies. “It feels much more like a studio system,...
Yet as evidenced by Amazon Prime Video’s abrupt pullout from the African market in January, when the streaming giant announced it was shifting course to focus on “emerging” markets in Europe, a continent that was gearing up for the windfalls of blockbuster deals with deep-pocketed platforms also finds itself at the mercy of those companies’ sometimes fickle streaming strategies. “It feels much more like a studio system,...
- 3/4/2024
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
More bad news for broadcast and cable TV.
Pay-tv households in the U.S. and Canada will fall below 60 million in 2029, a new study by Digital TV Research has found. If analyst Simon Murray is correct, the U.S. alone will barely be on the right side of 50 million pay-tv subs at the end of the 2020s.
It is just the latest evidence of the mighty fall for MVPDs — Multichannel Video Programming Distributor, like Comcast and Charter — especially when you consider where the business was just a decade ago. In 2015, across the U.S. and Canada, there were 111 million pay-tv subs; by 2029, we’ll have lost 46 percent of those homes.
Credit: Digital TV Research
Particulars aside, this handwriting has been on the wall for quite a while.
In November, Insider Intelligence forecast that by the end of 2023, viewers who do not pay for a traditional TV service will outnumber those who do.
Pay-tv households in the U.S. and Canada will fall below 60 million in 2029, a new study by Digital TV Research has found. If analyst Simon Murray is correct, the U.S. alone will barely be on the right side of 50 million pay-tv subs at the end of the 2020s.
It is just the latest evidence of the mighty fall for MVPDs — Multichannel Video Programming Distributor, like Comcast and Charter — especially when you consider where the business was just a decade ago. In 2015, across the U.S. and Canada, there were 111 million pay-tv subs; by 2029, we’ll have lost 46 percent of those homes.
Credit: Digital TV Research
Particulars aside, this handwriting has been on the wall for quite a while.
In November, Insider Intelligence forecast that by the end of 2023, viewers who do not pay for a traditional TV service will outnumber those who do.
- 2/26/2024
- by Tony Maglio
- Indiewire
Netflix is currently the streaming service with the biggest subscriber base across 13 Arabic-speaking countries but will lose this leadership position by 2029, according to a new forecast.
There will be 26 million SVOD subscriptions across the 13 Arabic markets by 2029, up from 14 million in 2023, according to research company Digital TV Research. Global streamer Netflix had 3.8 million subscribers as of the end of 2023, followed by Shahid VIP, a streamer owned by Middle Eastern media powerhouse Mbc Group, with 3.5 million and StarzPlay with 3.0 million, according to the firm’s estimates. The Saudi government owns a majority stake in Mbc Group.
The subscriber picture will, however, change in the coming years. By 2029, Shahid VIP will lead the pack with 5.8 million subscribers in the Arabic-speaking countries, followed by Netflix with 5.6 million and StarzPlay with 5 million, Digital TV Research predicts.
Its forecast also projects that Disney+ and Amazon will each reach 3.2 million subscribers across the Arabic-speaking countries in...
There will be 26 million SVOD subscriptions across the 13 Arabic markets by 2029, up from 14 million in 2023, according to research company Digital TV Research. Global streamer Netflix had 3.8 million subscribers as of the end of 2023, followed by Shahid VIP, a streamer owned by Middle Eastern media powerhouse Mbc Group, with 3.5 million and StarzPlay with 3.0 million, according to the firm’s estimates. The Saudi government owns a majority stake in Mbc Group.
The subscriber picture will, however, change in the coming years. By 2029, Shahid VIP will lead the pack with 5.8 million subscribers in the Arabic-speaking countries, followed by Netflix with 5.6 million and StarzPlay with 5 million, Digital TV Research predicts.
Its forecast also projects that Disney+ and Amazon will each reach 3.2 million subscribers across the Arabic-speaking countries in...
- 2/19/2024
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In what is being hailed as a milestone, Egyptian director Mohamed Diab recently became the first Arab helmer to direct a Marvel project when he took the reins of the limited series “Moon Knight,” while Netflix launched its latest Arab original show, “Finding Ola,” toplining Cairo-based Tunisian star Hend Sabry. Sabry plays a happy divorcee who embarks on a journey of self-discovery, reflecting changing female roles in the region and the streamer’s thematically groundbreaking Middle East strategy.
Meanwhile, Egyptian producer Mohammed Hefzy, whose production company Film Clinic was behind Netflix’s first Egyptian original skein, “Paranormal,” became a member of the 2022 Intl. Emmy Awards jury.
Hefzy points out that “Moon Knight” “opens doors for other Arab directors in the international TV arena” and notes that Marvel has also hired other behind-the-camera Egyptian talents such as editor Ahmed Hafez and composer Hesham Nazih. But still, it’s a Hollywood show.
Meanwhile, Egyptian producer Mohammed Hefzy, whose production company Film Clinic was behind Netflix’s first Egyptian original skein, “Paranormal,” became a member of the 2022 Intl. Emmy Awards jury.
Hefzy points out that “Moon Knight” “opens doors for other Arab directors in the international TV arena” and notes that Marvel has also hired other behind-the-camera Egyptian talents such as editor Ahmed Hafez and composer Hesham Nazih. But still, it’s a Hollywood show.
- 10/15/2022
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
The fast-growing Disney+ streaming service will reach more subscribers than Netflix in 2026, according to an analyst’s latest forecast.
Digital TV Research shared the prediction in a new report on Monday. It projects that the number of subscribers to Disney+ will reach 294 million in 2026, exceeding the 286 million that it estimates Netflix will reach then.
“However, Disney+ will only have more subs than Netflix in one country — India: 98 million Disney+ Hotstar subscribers versus 13 million for Netflix,” the report highlighted.
Said Digital TV Research’s principal analyst Simon Murray: “Disney+ Hotstar will ...
Digital TV Research shared the prediction in a new report on Monday. It projects that the number of subscribers to Disney+ will reach 294 million in 2026, exceeding the 286 million that it estimates Netflix will reach then.
“However, Disney+ will only have more subs than Netflix in one country — India: 98 million Disney+ Hotstar subscribers versus 13 million for Netflix,” the report highlighted.
Said Digital TV Research’s principal analyst Simon Murray: “Disney+ Hotstar will ...
- 2/15/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The fast-growing Disney+ streaming service will reach more subscribers than Netflix in 2026, according to an analyst’s latest forecast.
Digital TV Research shared the prediction in a new report on Monday. It projects that the number of subscribers to Disney+ will reach 294 million in 2026, exceeding the 286 million that it estimates Netflix will reach then.
“However, Disney+ will only have more subs than Netflix in one country — India: 98 million Disney+ Hotstar subscribers versus 13 million for Netflix,” the report highlighted.
Said Digital TV Research’s principal analyst Simon Murray: “Disney+ Hotstar will ...
Digital TV Research shared the prediction in a new report on Monday. It projects that the number of subscribers to Disney+ will reach 294 million in 2026, exceeding the 286 million that it estimates Netflix will reach then.
“However, Disney+ will only have more subs than Netflix in one country — India: 98 million Disney+ Hotstar subscribers versus 13 million for Netflix,” the report highlighted.
Said Digital TV Research’s principal analyst Simon Murray: “Disney+ Hotstar will ...
- 2/15/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Streaming, a silver lining of the coronavirus pandemic for hard-hit media companies, will boost many fortunes in the coming years — none more so than Disney’s.
That’s the upshot of a new forecast by UK firm Digital TV Research. It sees Disney+ getting a big lift from Covid-19, which has kept millions of people indoors across the world, with the platform reaching 202 million global subscribers by 2025. That’s way up from the company’s previous outlook for 126 million, and well ahead of Disney’s own predicted range of 60 million to 90 million by 2024.
“We have completely revised our forecasts for 138 countries in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic,” said Simon Murray, principal analyst at Digital TV Research. “A major impact of lockdown has been a steep rise in Svod subscriptions.”
Netflix, in the research firm’s view, will remain the global leader five years from now with 258 million subscribers. HBO Max and Apple TV+, notably,...
That’s the upshot of a new forecast by UK firm Digital TV Research. It sees Disney+ getting a big lift from Covid-19, which has kept millions of people indoors across the world, with the platform reaching 202 million global subscribers by 2025. That’s way up from the company’s previous outlook for 126 million, and well ahead of Disney’s own predicted range of 60 million to 90 million by 2024.
“We have completely revised our forecasts for 138 countries in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic,” said Simon Murray, principal analyst at Digital TV Research. “A major impact of lockdown has been a steep rise in Svod subscriptions.”
Netflix, in the research firm’s view, will remain the global leader five years from now with 258 million subscribers. HBO Max and Apple TV+, notably,...
- 5/11/2020
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
With Disney Plus now set for launch in Europe next spring, analysts say that the service’s powerhouse lineup – spanning “Star Wars,” Marvel, Pixar, Disney and National Geographic content – should position it strongly in the region’s increasingly crowded and competitive on-demand landscape.
British-based consultancy Digital TV Research forecasts that, by 2025, Western Europe will account for a quarter of Disney Plus customers worldwide, with about as many subscribers as pay-tv broadcaster Sky currently has. By that point, the Disney Plus library is expected to boast 620 movies and 10,000 show episodes.
The service is set to bow in North America and the Netherlands on Nov. 12 and in New Zealand one week later. On Thursday, in an analyst call following the company’s latest quarterly results, Disney chief Bob Iger announced March 31, 2020, as the rollout date for Disney Plus “in the U.K., France, Germany, Italy, Spain and a number of other countries in the region.
British-based consultancy Digital TV Research forecasts that, by 2025, Western Europe will account for a quarter of Disney Plus customers worldwide, with about as many subscribers as pay-tv broadcaster Sky currently has. By that point, the Disney Plus library is expected to boast 620 movies and 10,000 show episodes.
The service is set to bow in North America and the Netherlands on Nov. 12 and in New Zealand one week later. On Thursday, in an analyst call following the company’s latest quarterly results, Disney chief Bob Iger announced March 31, 2020, as the rollout date for Disney Plus “in the U.K., France, Germany, Italy, Spain and a number of other countries in the region.
- 11/8/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
In two years of operation, BritBox has snagged more than 650,000 subscribers in North America with its “best of British” lineup of drama, soaps, unscripted shows and live programming. Now that it’s lifted the lid on its plans to launch in the U.K. later this year, the question for co-owners ITV and the BBC is whether the service will succeed on home turf, where Netflix – which faces losing “The Office,” “Sherlock,” and “Love Island,” as the BritBox owners take back their shows – has already made inroads.
The international version of BritBox is a joint venture between ITV and BBC Studios. At home in Britain, ITV has more skin in the game with a 90% stake; the launch is a key part of CEO Carolyn McCall’s plans for Britain’s biggest commercial broadcaster. Pubcaster BBC will not fork over any cash for its 10% share, but has the option to invest...
The international version of BritBox is a joint venture between ITV and BBC Studios. At home in Britain, ITV has more skin in the game with a 90% stake; the launch is a key part of CEO Carolyn McCall’s plans for Britain’s biggest commercial broadcaster. Pubcaster BBC will not fork over any cash for its 10% share, but has the option to invest...
- 7/22/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Sky’s bumper full-year results this week were most likely its last before it gets bought by one of two U.S. media giants: Comcast or Disney-Fox. The numbers showed why both bidders have pushed out the boat to win control of Europe’s pay-tv leader, which Comcast’s Brian Roberts calls a “great business” and Disney’s Bob Iger calls a “crown jewel.”
Whichever side prevails, the resulting groups would have striking similarities and differences, and massive scale. One area where Sky’s new owner will have enormous strength is TV channels: Sky brings a raft of its own sports and entertainment channels, including the Sky Atlantic service, which has output deals with HBO and Showtime; it also has a joint venture with Disney-backed A+E for channels including History.
Add Sky’s channels to the nets from Fox Networks Group Europe and Africa, including Fox and Nat Geo, and...
Whichever side prevails, the resulting groups would have striking similarities and differences, and massive scale. One area where Sky’s new owner will have enormous strength is TV channels: Sky brings a raft of its own sports and entertainment channels, including the Sky Atlantic service, which has output deals with HBO and Showtime; it also has a joint venture with Disney-backed A+E for channels including History.
Add Sky’s channels to the nets from Fox Networks Group Europe and Africa, including Fox and Nat Geo, and...
- 7/27/2018
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Svod services are gaining ground in sub-Saharan Africa but the market, which is dominated by South Africa, faces a range of structural challenges according to industry experts.
Paid-for streaming services are rapidly becoming the norm in the West. Svod subs have overtaken traditional pay-tv customers in the U.S. and the U.K. and many international markets are expected to follow suit. Estimates for Ott subs in Sub-Saharan Africa, meanwhile, range between 500,000 and 1.5 million at end-2017. Gdp is rising, which bodes well for paid-for TV services, but a range of issues are holding back the kind of growth seen elsewhere.
“Online video in Sub-Saharan Africa has had a delayed and sluggish start compared to the rest of the world, and its impact continues to be minimal despite several service launches and expansions in recent years,” Ihs Markit said in its Africa TV and Ott report earlier this month. It cited a lack of infrastructure,...
Paid-for streaming services are rapidly becoming the norm in the West. Svod subs have overtaken traditional pay-tv customers in the U.S. and the U.K. and many international markets are expected to follow suit. Estimates for Ott subs in Sub-Saharan Africa, meanwhile, range between 500,000 and 1.5 million at end-2017. Gdp is rising, which bodes well for paid-for TV services, but a range of issues are holding back the kind of growth seen elsewhere.
“Online video in Sub-Saharan Africa has had a delayed and sluggish start compared to the rest of the world, and its impact continues to be minimal despite several service launches and expansions in recent years,” Ihs Markit said in its Africa TV and Ott report earlier this month. It cited a lack of infrastructure,...
- 7/24/2018
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
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