China’s subscription video-on-demand services have strengthened their discount strategies this year, with “Singles’ Day” becoming a major opportunity for them to attract new subscribers, Ampere Analysis noted in its latest report.
German broadcaster RTL Deutschland is expanding its pay TV channel GEO Television with GEO Wild, a new subscription-based video-on-demand service offering documentaries on nature and wildlife.
The subscription video-on-demand market in Eastern Europe will rise from an expected 22 million at end-2021 to approximately 47 million subscriptions by 2026, according to a new study from Digital TV Research.
The UK government is considering introducing new regulations for subscription video-on-demand services to protect users from harmful material such as misinformation.
The number of UK households with a subscription to any subscription video-on-demand service is now 18.8 million homes (66%), up from 17.4 million during the third quarter of 2020, according to BARB.