- May 19, 2022 — Infovista has announced user experience testing solutions for resource intensive – and latency sensitive – OTT applications and interactive 5G services. The portfolio includes testing solutions for OTT video streaming.
- May 19, 2022 — The Gauge, the monthly TV viewing snapshot from Nielsen (NYSE: NLSN), has revealed that U.S. streaming reached another record high in April, capturing 30.4% of total TV viewing and surpassing its previous record of 29.7%...
- May 23, 2022 — According to Digital TV Research, global revenues from OTT TV episode and movies will reach $224 billion in 2027 up from $135 billion on 2021. About $21 billion will be added in 2022 alone.
- May 19, 2022 — Global streaming grew 10% globally, including continued growth in mature markets like North America (5%) and Europe (9%), during the first quarter of 2022 as compared to Q1 2021, according to the latest State of Streaming...
- May 19, 2022 — Nielsen (NYSE: NLSN) has expanded deduplication of CTV audiences to include Smart TV OEM inventory, providing viewership data inclusive of co-viewing across Samsung and VIZIO devices, in addition to other streaming platforms.
- May 18, 2022 — Pluto TV has expanded to the Nordics, launching in Sweden, Denmark and Norway. The service unveiled a programming line-up that features more than 70 unique and locally curated channels now live in each country.
- May 13, 2022 — U.S. consumers spent $8.7 billion on movies and television shows consumed at home and on the go in the first quarter of 2022. Spending rose almost 11% from the $7.8 billion consumers spent in the same period of 2021.
- May 17, 2022 — Leichtman Research Group (LRG) has found that the largest pay TV providers in the U.S. lost about 1,955,000 net video subscribers in 1Q 2022, compared to a pro forma net loss of 1,910,000 in 1Q 2021, and 1,960,000 in 1Q 2020.
- May 15, 2022 — NOS has carried out the first international holographic transmission using 5G in Portugal. At the event, the director of 'Top Gun: Maverick' was transported as a hologram from London to Lisbon to take part in the press...
- May 16, 2022 — Conviva is to unveil a streaming audience measurement standard to be released for general availability at CES 2023. The expansion is in partnership with premium streaming providers using Conviva’s real-time cloud...
- May 17, 2022 — According to Mediavision, as of Q1 2022, 60% of Swedish households subscribed to at least one paid video streaming service. Following several years of strong growth, the number of subscribing households has remained...
- May 11, 2022 — Innovid (NYSE: CTV) has announced findings from its annual Global Benchmarks Report. The report revealed that in 2021, CTV surpassed mobile as the channel with the greatest share of global video impressions.
- May 16, 2022 — According to Digital TV Research, Global SVOD subscriptions will increase by 485 million between 2021 and 2027 to reach 1.69 billion. Six US-based platforms will have 988 million paying SVOD subscribers by 2027, up from...
- May 10, 2022 — The European VOD Coalition has been launched to give a voice to the European audiovisual streaming sector. It will engage with policy makers and regulators on behalf of companies who invest in and distribute audiovisual...
- May 11, 2022 — The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) has reported earnings for its second quarter ended April 2, 2022. The company increased its total streaming subscriptions to 205.6 million, with 7.9 million Disney+ subscribers added in...
- May 12, 2022 — Netgem has announced a partnership with Gaumont to launch its Gaumont Classique SVOD service. To conceive and develop the service, Gaumont trusted the expertise of Netgem and its Content-as-a-Service platform.
- May 11, 2022 — Orange has reached an agreement with AMC Networks to offer AMC+ on-demand content for the first time in Spain. The service will be available to all subscribers with access to Orange TV’s entertainment offering from this June.
- May 5, 2022 — AMC Networks (NASDAQ: AMCX) has reported results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022. The company ended the quarter with 9.5 million paid streaming subscribers, representing Q1 net additions of 431,000.
- May 11, 2022 — Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment (Nasdaq: CSSE) and Redbox Entertainment (Nasdaq: RDBX) have entered into a definitive agreement under which Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment will acquire Redbox.
- May 11, 2022 — NetRange has partnered with Mango TV to bring its Chinese VoD content library to the NetRange Smart TV App Store. Mango TV used NetRange's single integration process, eliminating the need for content agreements with...
- May 10, 2022 — Globecast has partnered with France Televisions Overseas, and its Regionale Directorate Réunion La 1ère, to trial a 4K pop-up channel on La Réunion. Globecast and Orange created a trial of 4K contribution over 5G for the...
- May 9, 2022 — Parks Associates research has found that 43% of U.S. internet households have livestreamed online content in the past three months, with sporting events by far the most popular type of content at 61% of livestreaming users.
- May 9, 2022 — According to Digital TV Research, Global AVOD revenues will reach $70 billion in 2027, up from $33 billion in 2021. By then, thirteen countries will generate more than $1 billion annually, up from only five in 2021.
- May 5, 2022 — Replay has announced the alpha launch of Rewarded TV. Rewarded TV is a blockchain-enabled OTT streaming service enabling viewers to earn crypto in real-time for watching, sharing and engaging with their favorite content,...
- May 6, 2022 — DISH Network (NASDAQ: DISH) has reported results for the quarter ending March 31, 2022. Net pay-TV subscribers decreased approximately 462,000 in the quarter, closing at 10.24 million pay-TV subscribers.
- May 5, 2022 — TVUP Media Telecom has selected Ad Insertion Platform (AIP) to monetize its ad inventory through AIP's programmatic premium video ad network. TVUP’s OTT TV platform, Tivify, offers free access to more than 130 streaming...
- May 5, 2022 — fuboTV (NYSE: FUBO) has announced results for the quarter ended March 31, 2022. fuboTV's North American streaming business delivered solid year-over-year growth in total paid subscribers (up 81% to 1,056,245).
- April 27, 2022 — Türk Telekom has released results for the first quarter of 2022. Over the quarter total TV subscribers (IPTV, DTH and Tivibu GO) were stable at 2.9 million, with Tivibu Home subscribers (IPTV and DTH) remaining unchanged...
- May 4, 2022 — Together TV has launched its free to use streaming service with Red Bee Media. Together TV selected Red Bee Media's OTT streaming capability for its flexibility of branding, content management, video monetisation and...
- May 3, 2022 — Paramount Global (NASDAQ: PARA, PARAA) has announced results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022. In Direct-To-Consumer, global streaming subscribers rose to more than 62 million, adding 6.3 million total subscribers...
Spanish public broadcaster RTVE has launched a new online video service targeted at a young audience featuring original and interactive content. The new service, Playz, is designed to create an open space for young Spanish content...
Russian pay TV operator Tricolor TV is to realign its service on a hybrid model including on-demand services and a new brand. The new look service will kick off with a launch in the Russian Far East, where Tricolor TV has not been...
Netflix has cancelled the show that has been core to its popularity, House of Cards. The show will end after the upcoming sixth season is complete, with the decision made public soon after allegations of sexual assault were made against...
US streamer Hulu has appointed Fox Networks Group (FNG) chief Randy Freer has its new CEO, with incumbent Mike Hopkins switching over to Sony Pictures Television (SPT). Hulu is experiencing its moment in the sun, having become the first...
US and Canada-based OTT TV technology outfit Zone-TV is planning to tap the power of artificial intelligence to launch an OTT TV service with ‘linear-like’ channels that automatically schedule themselves according to the preference of...
The new premium content-focused version of Vivendi-owned video portal Dailymotion has launched in the UK and Switzerland, following its debut in France in July. The new version of the free Dailymotion platform is launching in the UK as...
Jeremy Clarkson petrol-head series The Grand Tour remains the most in-demand digitally produced original programme in Europe, exclusive data shows. Parrot Analytics stats from January 1 to August 31 of this year reveal the Amazon Prime...
HBO is the channel consumers in the US and Canada are willing to pay the most for, and 80% of consumers only want to pay for the channels they actually watch, according to TV technology outfit TiVo’s Q2 2017 Video Trends Report....
Netflix has committed a five-year, C$500 million (€340 million) spend on Canadian original programming, and will pay no local taxes as a result. The SVOD giant will invest the money in English- and French-language programming over the...
Amazon has launched of its Fire TV streaming device featuring support for 4K Ultra HD video, HDR and Alexa voice-enabled remote. The device, which Amazon says is 40% more powerful than the existing Fire TV Stick, will retail for US$69.99...
A disruptive landscape is changing the shape of the entertainment industry as we know it. Embedded operators are facing cord cutting from a millennial generation that don’t want to be tied down to hefty monthly bills for channels they...
What makes NOWTV so successful? There are several reasons, according to NowTV strategy & proposition director James Alexander.
“OTT has shortened the gap between content producers and end users,” Henrik Schneider, director of broadcast and media services division, Antenna Hungária told attendees at the OTTtvWorld Summit today.- “OTT has shortened the gap between content producers and end users,” Henrik Schneider, director of broadcast and media services division, Antenna Hungária told attendees at the OTTtvWorld Summit today.
“We are not a broadcast network. We have no intention of becoming a broadcaster. We want to become the world’s largest network of broadcasters,” Matthew Corbin, Global Product Marketing, Facebook told attendees at the OTTtv World Summit...
It’s half way through the busy season for TV Connect events, with TV Connect MENA wrapping up yesterday and only last week I made a whistle-stop trip to Budapest for Digital TV CEE. Next week sees the co-located OTTtv World Summit and...
Piracy is about more than just content stealing, it is a threat that has the potential to bring down whole networks. Niall Hunt talks to Conax EVP and Principal Architect Tor Helge Kristiansen about the right approach to ensuring network...- Dimitar Radev, head of content distribution & new platforms at Nova Broadcasting, quoted Apple CEO Tim Cook as he addressed attendees at Digital TV Central & Eastern Europe today. “The future of TV is apps,” he said, though...
With few local players in the region able to achieve Netflix’s scale, a lively panel discussion chaired by Anette Schaefer, Industry Analyst, BIG Picture, debated the prospects for OTT in key markets?
In a rapidly changing TV landscape where disruption is the norm, pay-TV operators are launching OTT services to combat churn and gain new revenue streams. Conax AS commercial product director Einar Vaagmo says the secret to success is...