The combined content library would boast a platform with 4,300 unique titles (movies and TV seasons) from Discovery+ and 3,500 from HBO Max in the United States, according to Ampere Analysis.
The first quarter of this year saw the streamer commission the highest proportion of reality titles in its history, with reality in the top three commissioned genres overall, Ampere Analysis noted in its latest report.
Over the past year, three of the four major US professional sports leagues have agreed new lucrative domestic TV and digital media rights deals, all with new streaming clauses, Ampere Analysis noted in its latest report.
While 2020 was a challenging year for the NZ market, the year-over-year decline of 9% it experienced is not unprecedented and is more consistent with the average decline of recent years, according to a new Ampere Analysis report.
This growth in original commissions, as well as the ongoing expansion of animated catalogues across Netflix, Amazon, HBO Max, and other SVOD platforms, reflect a heightened interest in the genre, according to Ampere Analysis.