- February 17, 2025 — Nielsen has collaborated with JioStar to power advanced analytics for its OTT platform – JioHotstar, enabling advertisers and agencies to optimize campaign performance during the TATA IPL 2025.
- February 13, 2025 — U.S. MVPDs, plus Ampersand and the VAB, have announced unified guidance on multiscreen TV advertising terminology, aiming to align the industry around the various TV advertising delivery types.
- February 13, 2025 — Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) has released fourth quarter 2024 results. Streaming Households were 89.8 million, up 9.8 million from 2023. Streaming Hours were 127.1 billion, up 21.1 billion hours YoY.
- February 11, 2025 — Sky Link TV has adopted Bitcentral's ViewNexa streaming platform. With ViewNexa, Sky Link TV's app stepped up its capacity to deliver content on iOS, Android, Roku, mobile, web, and soon tvOS and FireTV.
- February 11, 2025 — TAG Video Systems and Witbe (Euronext Growth – FR0013143872 – ALWIT) have announced a partnership on video monitoring and quality assurance across the entire OTT content delivery chain.
- February 11, 2025 — Sky has unveiled its new Sky Glass TV, with a brighter 4K HDR screen and seven-speaker Dolby Atmos sound. Sky Glass Gen 2 runs on the Sky OS platform, the new name for Entertainment OS in the UK.
- February 10, 2025 — Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT) has announced that its VOS 360 Media SaaS and VOS360 Ad SaaS are now qualified on Akamai for the deployment of playout, broadcast and video streaming workflows.
- March 6, 2025 — Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF.A, LGF.B) and Lionsgate Studios (Nasdaq: LION) have reported results to December 31, 2024. North American OTT subscribers declined 6% YoY while growing 170,000 QoQ to finish at 12.57 million.
- February 6, 2025 — LG Ad Solutions has released findings from a study on the habits of sports viewers in the US, UK and Canada, revealing a dramatic shift toward CTV as the primary platform for live sports.
- February 2, 2025 — Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) has released its 2024 Communications Market Report analysing both international and domestic telecoms and broadcasting industries.
- February 5, 2025 — The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) has reported results for the quarter ended December 28, 2024. Total Disney+ subscribers decreased sequentially by 0.7 million in the quarter.
- February 4, 2025 — According to Mediavision's latest analysis of the Swedish market, the number of paid streaming subscriptions reached a new record last year, with newer services in particular gaining market share.
- February 4, 2025 — According to Parks Associates, 56 million (46%) US internet households are Cord Cutters. Additionally, 12% are Cord Nevers, having never subscribed to any sort of traditional pay TV.
- February 3, 2025 — Tubi (NASDAQ: FOXA, FOX) has announced a new shoppable experience, The Tubi Red Carpet Shop, in partnership with Shopsense AI, inspired by the upcoming TUBI RED CARPET AT SUPER BOWL LIX.
- February 3, 2025 — Paramount Global and Nielsen have signed a new measurement deal covering all Paramount platforms: national and local broadcast, all cable networks, and streaming on Paramount+ and Pluto TV.
- February 3, 2025 — Barb has released data from its Establishment Survey showing that 20 million UK homes (68.3%) had access to an SVOD service in Q4 2024. This is a slight dip from 20.1 million (68.8%) in Q2.
- February 3, 2025 — InterDigital (Nasdaq: IDCC) has initiated litigation against The Walt Disney Company, including Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+, over ongoing infringement of InterDigital's intellectual property.
- January 30, 2025 — Pixalate has released its Q4 2024 CTV Device Market Share Reports for the UK, US, Canada and Mexico. The reports provide data on the top CTV devices in each country by quarterly market share.
- January 30, 2025 — Telia Company (STO: TELIA) has reported results for the period January–December 2024. Across the Group, TV subscriptions were 3.555 million at year-end, up 81,000 in the quarter and up 125,000 YoY.
- January 30, 2025 — Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) has reported results for the quarter ended December 31, 2024. Domestic video customers fell 311,000 in the quarter. Peacock paid subscribers grew by 16% YoY to 36 million.
- January 30, 2025 — Amagi has released its 14th Amagi Global FAST Report, which highlights content providers’ shift toward unified, platform-agnostic distribution to amplify both reach and monetization.
- January 30, 2025 — According to an Advertising Association/WARC report, UK ad spend rose 9.7% to £10.6bn in the third quarter of 2024. BVOD ad spend is expected to have grown 12.4% at end-2024.
- January 30, 2025 — ThinkAnalytics' AI will be integrated into search, voice search discovery and personalized recommendations across DISH, Sling TV, and DISH Anywhere services - on both satellite and OTT platforms.
- January 29, 2025 — Backscreen is to integrate Scalstrm's Origin solution to enhance its video processing flow with features such as low-latency streaming, dynamic ad personalization and content repackaging.
- January 28, 2025 — Entertainment & Media (E&M) markets across South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya are expected to see revenue growth ahead of the global average (3.9% CAGR through 2028), according to PwC.
- January 29, 2025 — According to Mediavision, in the autumn of 2024 over 700,000 households in Sweden were paying for illegal IPTV - a new record, and a significant increase compared to the spring of 2024.
- January 28, 2025 — Magnite (NASDAQ: MGNI) is working with Sky New Zealand to power programmatic advertising on Sky’s premium live and on-demand sports streaming platform, Sky Sport Now.
- January 27, 2025 — Data for 2024 released by the British Association for Screen Entertainment in association with the Official Charts Company confirms that video is the most popular form of entertainment in the UK.
- January 21, 2025 — According to Omdia, TikTok and YouTube have emerged as the leading video platforms for 18-35-year-olds in the USA. In 2024, TikTok surpassed 1.9 billion monthly active users (MAUs) globally.
- January 23, 2025 — Chunghwa Telecom (TAIEX:2412, NYSE:CHT) has reported results for 4Q 2024. The company's IPTV/MOD + OTT video platform ended the year with 3.330 million subscribers up 151,000 in the quarter.
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