OTT / Streaming
Netflix Dynamically Adjusts Bitrates to Match 4K Content (TVB Europe)
Netflix has developed algorithms that dynamically adjust the bit rate to match the content being streamed by viewers. The idea is that if a viewer watches 4K or HDR content, the bi... More
La Liga TV Goes Free Until October (DTE)
Premier Sports’ dedicated Spanish football channel La LIga TV will be free for Sky customers in the UK through to the beginning of October. The channel, which launched in the UK ... More
Red Bee to Support New Sports AVOD Service (BTN)
A new, free ad-supported sports streaming service named SportTribal TV will launch later this year. The new service will be powered by Red Bee Media’s broadcast-grade cloud infra... More
UK Cinemas Disappointed That ‘Mulan’ Will Release on Disney+ Instead (Gizmodo UK)
It's been a bad old year for the cinema industry, and the news that Disney's new live-action remake of Mulan will go to the Disney+ streaming platform instead of theatres really ha... More
NAGRA Report: Pirate Subscription Services a $1 Billion U.S. Industry (MESA)
A new report from NAGRA and nonprofit internet safety awareness group Digital Citizens showcases how illegal piracy subscription services in the United States have grown into a bil... More
Report: UK Adults Doubled Time Spent on Streamers in April (TBI)
UK adults doubled the amount of time spent on streamers during the peak of the Covid-19 lockdown, a report from the country’s media regulator has found. Ofcom revealed the findin... More
The Binge Watching Crackdown Begins (Sifted)
France is preparing to crack down on binge-watching. The French government is looking at how much time consumers spend streaming videos online as part of its broader thinking on cu... More
iPlayer Requests Up 47% (Advanced Television)
A record-breaking number of viewers turned to BBC iPlayer in the first half of 2020, with 3.1 billion requests to stream programmes, up by 47 per cent on the previous year. April-J... More
DAZN Bags 90% of Champions League Matches in Germany (DTE)
The extent of DAZN’s UEFA Champions League rights buy in Germany has been revealed by the sports streamer. Dubbing itself as the “new home of live football” in Germany, DAZN ... More
Study: UK SVOD Growth Slows After Disney+ Surge (Advanced Television)
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
The Next Streaming Showdown is a Race for Eyeballs in Southeast Asia (Bloomberg)
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
F1 to Stream Nürburgring Return for Free on YouTube (DTE)
YouTube will livestream the Eifel Formula 1 Grand Prix from the Nürburgring in Germany. The video platform has announced a deal with the leading motorsport competition to broadcas... More
Bitmax Helps Move ‘Fantastic Fungi’ Doc to Premium VOD Channels (MESA)
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
League of Ireland Gets RTÉ Sport-Powered OTT Service (SportsPro)
The League of Ireland (LOI) and domestic public broadcaster RTÉ Sport have teamed up to launch a new over-the-top (OTT) streaming service. The Football Association of Ireland (FAI... More
Sky to Close Spanish OTT Platform (BTN)
Sky SpainSky, which launched in 2017 in Spain in order to compete with HBO and Netflix, will cease its OTT service in the Spanish territory as of 1st September. The platform has no... More
Real Madrid, Arsenal on Board as Twitch Launches Sports Channel (SportsPro)
Spanish champions Real Madrid are among four elite European football clubs to sign strategic partnerships with Twitch as the global streaming service launches a dedicated sports co... More
As DAZN Resumes UK Launch Can it Avoid Eleven Sports’ Mistakes? (SportsPro)
DAZN, the anointed ‘Netflix of Sport’, has announced plans to resume launching its services globally via a beta service covering boxing bouts in July and August free of charge ... More
BT Sport to Air Champions League Final on YouTube (SportsPro)
UK pay-TV broadcaster BT Sport will provide free coverage of the 2019/20 men’s Uefa Champions League and Uefa Europa League finals via its official YouTube channel. Tomos Grace, ... More
Marseille to Stream Matches on Twitch (TVB Europe)
French football club Marseille will stream two upcoming matches on Twitch, the first French team to do so on the streaming platform. The games against Austrian side FC Pinzgau on 1... More
Survey Reveals UK Streaming Habits (DTE)
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
