OTT / Streaming

 

BBC to Livestream Dua Lipa, Coldplay Glastonbury Sets Globally (Advanced Television)

The BBC has announced it will livestream headline Glastonbury performances to a global audience, with Dua Lipa and Coldplay’s 2024 Pyramid Stage sets available to view on the rec... More

Getting Off the Carousel and Making CTV a Viewer-Centric Experience (Xperi Blog)

The CTV has become a rich source of monetisation for providers. The provider looks at this not simply as helping get the viewer to the content the viewer loves, but as getting them... More

As Streaming Giants Cut Back on Spending Growth, Europe’s Broadcasters May Capitalise (THR)

In a new forecast, Ampere Analysis predicts that after reaching the same spending level as commercial broadcasters for the first time in 2023, spending by subscription video-on-dem... More

UK: 19.5M Homes Had Access to a SVOD Service in Q1 2024 (Senal News)

A new research revealed that the SVOD penetration in the UK has seen an increase of 0.7m households since Q4 2023.... More

New Ampere Podcast: Apple’s Movie Licensing Strategy, and Analysing Churn Behaviours in US Customers

On this episode of The Amp Podcast, Senior Analyst Jaanika Juntson analyses YouTube's unique position in the entertainment market, Research Manager Rahul Patel looks at why Apple T... More

The French Open Pulls Record Audience Numbers for WBD (DTVE)

Its programming of the French Open has delivered its highest tournament television audience on its linear networks in eight years.... More

Streaming Overtakes Dutch Linear Viewing (BTN)

For the first time, Dutch viewers spent more time watching streaming services than live TV. In Q1 streaming made up 25% of average daily viewing time compared to 21% for linear TV.... More

ITV Teams With Friend MTS in the Battle Against Piracy

Friend MTS announced that ITV, the UK’s largest commercial broadcaster, has chosen Friend MTS’s anti-piracy services to help protect ITV content. With Friend MTS’s 24×7 Glob... More

Global SVOD Revenue to Grow by Nearly $117B Over the Next 8 Years (DTVE)

Global SVOD revenue growth will average 13.3% per year over the next eight years, adding $116.6 billion in net new revenue, according to new data. The report emphasises that the ke... More

MENA Streaming Revenue to Reach $1.2B at End of 2024 (Digital TV Europe)

Total streaming revenues in the MENA region exceeded $1bn in 2023 and are predicted to rise by a further 13% to more than $1.2bn by the end of this year, according to new research.... More

WBD Extends Wimbledon Rights in 11 European Markets (BTN)

The Championships, Wimbledon will continue to be shown on Warner Bros. Discovery’s channels and platforms following a new long-term rights extension with The All England Lawn Ten... More

BBC Studios Rolls Out FAST Channels on Pluto TV Across EMEA (DTVE)

BBC Studios will roll out three new Top Gear FAST channels on Pluto TV over the coming months in the Nordics, in addition to its existing Top Gear FAST channel available in the reg... More

Reaching Global Audiences Through AI-Enhanced Localisation (Vubiquity Insights)

The rise and subsequent ubiquity of streaming services has created a world where it’s possible to create content that can be seen and embraced by a global audience. This is only ... More

Netflix Racked Up 90B Views in the Second Half on 2023 (Señal News)

The platform published its viewership report from July to December 2023, revealing the most watched titles came from a variety of genres, from drama and kids to comedy, action and ... More

Ampere Analysis: Growing Fatigue with Online Video Services is Increasing the Risk of Subscriber Churn

Ampere’s latest consumer research shows that Internet users are becoming increasingly overwhelmed with the number of online video services they have access to. As of Q1 2024, acr... More

Red Bee Media Partners with Who’s Watching TV to Deliver Services to World Poker Tour

The partnership entails WPT contracting for the WWTV Explorer Service, a program and schedule analysis tool that provides access to comprehensive TV programming, past and future li... More

The Rise of FAST Channels (RSG Media Blog)

The television industry is undergoing a significant transformation with the emergence of Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV channels. These Streaming Services that are accessed via a l... More

Frustration (and Hope) for Sports Fans in the Era of Streaming TV (Xperi Blog)

For sports fans in the streaming era, finding the games they want to watch remains one of the most complicated discovery tasks. There are many reasons for this: distribution rights... More

UK’s Freely Officially Launches (TV Tech)

Freely—the new streaming service backed by Britain’s leading broadcasters BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5—is now available through the next generation of smart TVs now on s... More

Paramount Streaming’s CEO on the Future of Free Streaming (FastCompany)

As streaming services continue to raise prices, customers have turned to more affordable options. Free ad-supported TV (or FAST) allows viewers to watch a variety of programming fr... More

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