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New research from Aluma Insights has analyzed what viewers rank as the most essential and non-essential SVOD services, with Netflix coming out on top as being “indispensable to meeting household video needs.”

Parks Associates has released its updated list of the top 10 U.S. subscription OTT video services, with Prime Video occupying the top spot, knocking Netflix out of the leading position for the first time in the history of this annual report.

According to a recent study by Ampere Analysis, a combined offering of Disney+ and Hulu would comprise the largest share of the 100 most popular titles of any U.S. SVOD service.

Disney+ has greenlit the limited musical series Beauty and the Beast (working title), billed as a prequel to the 2017 live-action film, from Disney Branded Television and ABC Signature.

The number of SVOD subscribers in the U.S. is set to rise from 203 million last year to 317 million in 2025, according to Digital TV Research.

Just six months since its launch, Disney+ has made it into the top five SVOD services in the U.S. with take-up in 25 percent of U.S. broadband homes, according to Parks Associates.

Due to the concerns around coronavirus, Disney, NBCUniversal, Sony, ViacomCBS and Warner Bros. have decided to explore alternative options to hosting the L.A. Screenings in Los Angeles.

The PGA Tour has announced its new nine-year domestic media rights portfolio for 2022-2030, including deals with its existing partners ViacomCBS and Comcast/NBC Sports Group and new partners Disney and ESPN+.

Lauren Graham (Gilmore Girls) has been cast in the lead role in the new Disney+ series The Mighty Ducks, with Brady Noon (Boardwalk Empire) set to portray her son Evan.

IMDb TV has entered into a licensing agreement with Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer and International for more than 20 scripted TV titles, including Desperate Housewives and White Collar.