The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) has announced that NBCUniversal have signed the ASEAN Subscription Video-on-Demand Industry Content Code, joining other industry players including ASTRO, dimsum, DOONEE, HOOQ, iflix, iWant, Netflix, tonton and TVB. The Content Code, first released in June 2018, is a self-regulatory framework that aims to ensure the commitment of online streaming […]
The release of September’s US Comscore All Devices Viewership report has SendtoNews (STN) reaching new record highs in both Unique Viewers and Video Views. STN publishers delivered content to over 37,201,000 unique viewers totaling 529,263,000 video views across the United States for September of 2019. STN saw incredible year-over year growth, increasing by 135 per […]
Transport infotainment platform specialist GoMedia has signed a multi-territory deal with Verizon Media to bring Yahoo Search, a Verizon Media brand, to the onboard infotainment systems on Greyhound buses in North America. The Yahoo Search function will be built into Greyhound’s GoMedia-developed infotainment solution, which enables passengers to browse the Internet through a reliable connection, […]
StreamAMG, a provider of live video and OTT services, has appointed Hugo Sharman as Chief Executive Officer. He assumes the role as the co-founders of the video streaming business – Duncan Burbidge and Joe Bray – prepare to leave StreamAMG following the completion of its sale to the PA Media Group. Sharman will be responsible […]
Bitmax, the digital media management and licensing company, has been chosen by legendary independent director and actor Robert Townsend to perform a range of services for his latest movie Making of the Five Heartbeats, including localisation so it can be monetised across OTT platforms. The movie will be distributed across Apple iTunes, Vudu, Amazon Prime and […]
Amazon Prime Video today announced the documentary Andy Murray: Resurfacing, an unprecedented account of the tennis champion’s painstaking rehabilitation from injury told in his own words, will launch exclusively on Prime Video. With inside access to his life, it follows Andy from the inner sanctum of surgical theatres, to the most intimate of spaces shared […]
BBC Three and World of Wonder have confirmed that a second-series of the UK version of the award-winning global hit RuPaul’s Drag Race will air in 2020. Having brought RuPaul’s Drag Race UK to British screens for the first time to critical acclaim, BBC Three have opened applications to find another set of sickening queens […]
Centro, a global provider of advertising technology, announced the expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) decisioning on its Basis platform to optimize campaigns towards viewability, cost-per-acquisition (CPA), or video completions. Machine learning powers the optimizations by using real-time analysis of multiple targeting parameters on all impressions to find the combination of factors with a high probability […]
Ofcom has selected Melanie Dawes, a senior UK civil servant, to be its new chief executive. The 53-year-old was the most senior woman in the civil service as permanent secretary at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The Guardian reports Ofcom’s board is ready to appoint Dawes but the announcement of a successor […]
Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google (FAANG) are set to account for 63 per cent of global OTT subscription revenue in 2019, a total that will largely hold steady through 2023, when these companies will represent 60 per cent of the market, according to the World Information Series–Service Provider (WIS-SP) service from Ovum. Moreover, FAANG […]