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In the latest development of its growing ultra-fast network across the UK, cable provider Virgin Media has extended its gigabit broadband services to almost a million homes in Gla... More

Keywords identified its Audio Services and Testing units as experiencing the most disruption from the coronavirus pandemic. Both activities typically take place onsite in studios, ... More

Global SVOD subscriptions grew by more than a quarter in 2019, a year with a number of high-profile streaming service launches and an ongoing trend towards cord-cutting. According ... More

New data suggest that after a surge of 6 million SVOD sign-ups during the three months to April, which covered the early Covid-19 lockdown period and launch of Disney+, new subscri... More

As streaming has transformed much of the world’s media landscape, most of the competition has been between Western outfits vying to conquer the big video markets of the U.S., Eur... More

Digital media management and licensing firm Bitmax is making the cult-hit documentary “Fantastic Fungi” available to major distribution platforms as a premium VOD release, firs... More

The stop-start English Premier League concluded last weekend, and the entire season proved a hit in the US with NBC scoring its highest viewership in four years. According to data ... More

Inexpensive streaming devices have seen a significant growth in sales during the first part of 2020, with the financial uncertainty caused by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic resul... More

Pay TV operator Canal+ has signed a deal with African utilities firm Bboxx in a “first of its kind” partnership to expand access to TV content across the continent. Bboxx is pr... More

Stay-at-home orders helped lift viewership in German-speaking Europe to 17.1 million in the first half of 2020. Revenues were already strong, with streaming driving a 89 percent ju... More

UK consumers now watch an average of one hour and 30 minutes of streamed content each day and pay for an average of two streaming services according to a consumer survey ... More

With Covid-19’s upheaval of the industry, this disruptive period has accelerated PVOD’s claim to the market. And, given the unprecedented nature of the PVOD business model, the... More

Two bodies representing Europe’s telecommunications industry have called on EU institutions and national governments to take a series of actions as they prioritise digital techno... More

Even during shelter-in-place, interest in video downloads remains stable. Will free video services finally take notice?... More

Customers of UK pay-TV operator Virgin Media TV can now watch Sky Cinema channels, as well as hundreds of movies on demand, via its Virgin TV Go app for the first time. Previously,... More

Online video sharing platforms, such as YouTube, need not reveal the personal details of users that illegally upload copyrighted material. The ruling from the European Court of Jus... More

As Bundesliga, La Liga, Premier League and Serie A returned last month, sports streaming surged across Europe, according to a new report. With sports on hold in March and April, ti... More

Disney+ will be available in HDR for the first time as part of an upgrade to the Sky Q set-top. The platform is releasing a new expanded view UI, simplified new show and sports cen... More

Paris is usually abuzz during its prestigious Haute Couture presentations in July, its hotels heaving with fashionistas and monuments turned into catwalk venues. But in a makeover ... More

Stay-at-home measures have been very good for SVOD platforms. According to a new survey, 23 percent of consumers added a streaming video service subscription since the start of the... More