With its larger catalogue, subscriber base and revenue, U-Next is now better positioned than any other domestic SVOD service to challenge the dominance of Prime Video and Netflix in Japan, according to Ampere Analysis.
The agreement sees FAST and AVOD rights to highly popular British scripted and unscripted programming including “Hell’s Kitchen” and “Kitchen Nightmares” franchises and new content like “Upstairs, Downstairs.”
The movie “Barbie” was the queen of 2023 home entertainment, with 700.000 sales across Disc and Digital EST and VOD, according to figures from the British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) and Official Charts Company (OCC).
Expanding its reach across Nordic countries and marking its debut in the Finnish market, the offering will be fully localized for each market and viewers will have access to the premium wildlife and nature programming on the linear channel as well as the platform’s VOD service.