Milan-based VoD platform Chili is making some of its content free of charge, accompanied by advertising. The platform, present in Italy, the UK, Poland, Germany and Austria, has now opened to the AVoD model having previously been exclusively TVoD. Although TVoD will remain the core business, according to founder and CEO Giorgio Tacchia, Chili wants […]
French SVoD service Blackpills has announced its platform will be available in France before the end of 2020 on four additional IPTV platforms; SFR, Bouygues, Orange, Free as well as on OTT service Molotov, smartphones, tablets and STBs. An international roll-out into 15 countries is set for Q1 2021. Dedicated to short form content, the […]
According to The Diffusion Group — a division of Screen Engine/ASI — by 2025 more than half of US broadband households will live without a MVPD (multichannel video programming distributon) service. During this time, pay-TV services will lose 36 per cent of their 2020 subscriber base, up roughly four-fold from the prior 5-year period (-9.5 […]
A study of the online content viewing behaviour of Filipino consumers has found that 49 per cent access streaming piracy websites or torrent sites. The levels of piracy went as high as 53 per cent within the 25-34 age demographic. The survey, commissioned by the Asia Video Industry Association’s Coalition Against Piracy (CAP) and conducted […]
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced that 386 applicants are qualified to bid in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Phase I auction. Phase 1 of the auction opens October 29th. In a Public Notice, the Rural Broadband Auctions Task Force, Office of Economics and Analytics, and Wireline Competition Bureau identified the qualified applicants and […]
The UK House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee is to undertake a new inquiry examining what economic impact music streaming is having on artists, record labels and the sustainability of the wider music industry. With streaming currently accounting for more than half of the global music industry’s revenue, the inquiry will look […]
South Africa’s government is contemplating opening up the country’s broadcasting rules. The idea is to permit foreign ownership – or at least shareholdings – in the nation’s broadcasting services. The government’s draft policy framework White Paper covers audio as well as audio-visual services. South Africa’s Department of Communications & Digital Technologies says that foreign ownership […]
EE has announced Match Day Experience features on the BT Sport app, which will be inclusive for new customers taking the Full Works iPhone plan with the new 5G iPhone. Through a set of new BT Sport App features that make the most of the UK’s number one 5G network, and optimised for the iPhone […]
With the world recently passing 100 commercial 5G networks, the shift to the new technology is poised to accelerate now that 5G smartphones are abundant and cost significantly less than widely expected a year ago. By the end of 2020, there will be nearly a quarter of a billion 5G connections worldwide, and this
Vevo, the music video platform, has announced a partnership with XITE to launch a new music video experience for Apple TV. Over the past year, Vevo has been working with XITE to effectively monetise its native music video connected TV apps through an ad sales partnership in the US and Europe. The two companies are now […]