SportsPro have announced that Turner Sports’ President, Lenny Daniels, will lead an exclusive keynote session at the inaugural OTT Summit USA in Atlanta, February 19th – 20th 2020. As the media landscape continues to rapidly evolve, Daniels’ session will provide insights and perspective on Turner Sports’ delivery of premium sports experiences and their portfolio-wide quest […]
Findings from specialist analysis firm Leichtman Research Group (LRG) indicate that the largest pay-TV providers in the US – representing about 93 per cent of the market – lost about 1,740,000 net video subscribers in Q3 2019, compared to a pro forma net loss of about 975,000 subscribers in Q3 2018. The top pay-TV providers […]
The Disney+ streaming service has already reached a major milestone, achieving 10 million sign-ups despite only launching on November 12th in the US, Canada and The Netherlands. The figure obliterates analysts estimates of 8 million sign-ups before the end of the year. Disney shares rose 3.5 per cent in reaction to the news. The service […]
Amazon has agreed a deal with Lionsgate to be the UK’s first window streaming home to the studio’s recently released and upcoming theatrical feature films. The multi-year deal, which begins on January 1st 2020, will enable Prime members in the UK, or those subscribing to the monthly standalone Prime Video service offer, to access recent […]
Driven by rising consumer demand for broadband services, European Union cable market revenue rose to a record high of €24 billion in 2018, up 3 per cent from €23.3 billion in 2017, according to the European Broadband Cable Yearbook from trade body Cable Europe and research firm IHS Markit | Technology, now a part of Informa Tech. […]
In a move that better positions the streaming giant to take on the recently-launched Disney+, Netflix and Nickelodeon have formed a new, multi-year output deal to produce original animated feature films and television series – based both on the Nickelodeon library of characters as well as all-new IP – for kids and families around the […]
US advertisers are spending more on online display formats than television for the first time this year, according to analysis by WARC Data. Television in the US shows that TV was still the largest display advertising medium in 2018, at $64.8 billion (the third-highest level ever recorded); it accounted for just under a third (31 […]
It hasn’t been a prosperous time for the C-Band Alliance of Intelsat, SES and Telesat. Both Intelsat and SES suffered significant mark-downs in the share prices on the back of negative comments from investment bank JPMorgan with its comments (which was reported on November 13th). In essence, the bank says that there are serious concerns […]
Vodafone Spain is reshuffling its TV line-up to boost subscriptions with personalised TV offers. The company has added five new packages with prices between free and €10 a month: Universal, Música, Deportes, Adulto and Caza. Each package can be taken individually. Deportes, at €5 a month, offers the main tennis competitions, cycling, skate, surf with […]
North America’s video on demand (SVoD) market will close 2019 with an estimated 147 million SVoD subscriptions, expanding at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9 per cent through 2023, according to data and analytics company GlobalData. GlobalData’s latest report, OTT Video Content, Pricing and Market Opportunity in the Americas, reveals that the US […]