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Jun 3, 2024 | 
tbivision.com | Rob Moyser |Anthony Kimble |Matthew Evenson |Neil Friedman
Switzerland’s pay-TV market fell for a fourth consecutive quarter in 1Q24, with subscriptions down by 17,000 (-0.4%) to reach 3.8 million customers. Omdia’s Rob Moyser explores what is being done by the country’s key players to stem these losses. The country’s top pay-TV operators, Swisscom and Sunrise, were the main drivers of this decline with the former losing 10,000 customers, while the latter lost 6,000 customers.
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May 24, 2024 | 
tbivision.com | Mark Layton |Matthew Evenson |Nick Mavroidakis |Neil Friedman
Forget the top 10 lists and watercooler talk, TBI’s Mark Layton delves into the latest Netflix engagement report to find out what the streaming giant’s viewers have really been watching and why licensed content is proving as valuable as its biggest originals. Netflix has published the second edition of its biannual engagement reports, offering detailed viewing data for its shows and movies between July and December 2023.
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Apr 29, 2024 | 
tbivision.com | Matthew Evenson |Anthony Kimble |Mark Layton |Richard Middleton
Squid Game‘s global success in 2021 reset the ambitions of globe-trotting drama and set new expectations for streamers. Omdia’s Matthew Evenson explores if the long-awaited sequel will reach similar heights. In the nearly two and a half years since the Korean drama Squid Game took the world by storm, no other non-English-language Netflix title has come close to replicating the level of fervor seen for the dystopian gameshow drama.
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Apr 22, 2024 | 
tbivision.com | Tony Gunnarsson |Matthew Evenson |Rob Moyser |Siobhán Crawford
With pan-European streamer SkyShowtime rolling out an ad tier across its 22 European markets tomorrow, Omdia’s Tony Gunnarsson explores how the move could help it compete with the global giants. Warszawianka and The Tattooist Of Auschwitz streamer SkyShowtime launched in September 2022, born as a joint venture between Comcast and Paramount.
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Mar 21, 2024 | 
digitaltveurope.com | Matthew Evenson
Omdia’s latest full-year data shows that the number of pay TV subscriptions in France surpassed 26m in 2022, achieving year-over-year growth of just 2.4%. Total subscriptions are set to remain around the 26m mark through the end of the forecast period in 2028. Total online video subscriptions are now firmly ahead of pay-TV subscriptions, growing by 15.4% from 31m in 2021 to 33.5m in 2022. This total will continue to increase in the coming years, surpassing 45m in 2027.
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Mar 11, 2024 | 
tbivision.com | Matthew Evenson
With Netflix preparing to shutter its Basic tier – the lowest priced ad-free plan – in the UK and Canada in the second quarter of 2024, Omdia’s Matthew Evenson explores the impact on the global streamer and its rivals. Netflix rounded out 2023 with one of its best sets of quarterly results in recent years. The company added over 13.1 million subscriptions in Q4, with more than five million added in EMEA alone, cementing its position as Netflix’s largest individual region.
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Feb 26, 2024 | 
tbivision.com | Matthew Evenson
With Netflix preparing to shutter its Basic tier – the lowest priced ad-free plan – in the UK and Canada in the second quarter of 2024, Omdia’s Matthew Evenson explores the impact on the global streamer and its rivals. Netflix rounded out 2023 with one of its best sets of quarterly results in recent years. The company added over 13.1 million subscriptions in Q4, with more than five million added in EMEA alone, cementing its position as Netflix’s largest individual region.
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Feb 12, 2024 | 
tbivision.com | Matthew Evenson
Griselda streamer Netflix has announced a partnership with French supermarket group Carrefour to offer its Standard with ads subscription tier as part of the Carrefour Plus subscription and loyalty scheme. Omdia’s Matthew Evenson explores what the streamer hopes to gain from this pact.
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Feb 8, 2024 | 
digitaltveurope.com | Matthew Evenson
For the first time, online video is the largest individual viewing platform in Eastern Europe in terms of the number of subscriptions. Omdia’s most recent full-year data (2022), shows there were almost 34m online video subscriptions, compared to just over 33.2m cable subscriptions. The 2022 launches of new online video services, such as Disney+ and SkyShowtime, in markets across the region pushed online video subscriptions to new highs in 2022 and beyond.
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Dec 4, 2023 | 
tbivision.com | Tim Westcott |Matthew Evenson
Hollywood strikes, cutbacks in programming spend, and dire economic conditions are all overshadowing the worldwide TV programming business in 2023. However, the return to production in the US – the uncontested superpower in TV programming – will make 2024 a year of growth, write Omdia’s Tim Westcott and Matthew Evenson. This growth may be modest, but channels and platforms still need high-quality programming, especially with the high level of competition in most markets.
