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Disney+ removes Mulan paywall

The live-action remake of Mulan is now available to stream for all Disney+ subscribers. Previously the movie had only been available to Disney+ customers afyer paying an additional £19.99 / €21.99 / $29.99 to gain access to it. The film was pulled from cinemas following multiple delays brought about by the coronavirus pandemic. Disney chief […]

December 4, 2020By Nik Roseveare

Katherine Jenkins: Christmas Spectacular on BritBox

BritBox UK has announced that Katherine Jenkins: Christmas Spectacular from the Royal Albert Hall will be streaming on the service from December 7th. This festive celebration sees classical music superstar Jenkins present a unique Christmas musical from the iconic Royal Albert Hall. With exclusive access to the historic venue, the Welsh singing sensation performs seasonal […]

December 4, 2020

Kinetiq launches new video monitoring solution

Kinetiq, a TV intelligence platform, has announced the launch of a new video monitoring solution to monitor where, when and how video content is displayed across digital platforms. Leveraging Kinetiq’s Teletrax watermarking and fingerprinting technology, the new capability now enables content producers to monitor and measure video content across digital platforms, in addition tobroadcast, in […]

December 4, 2020

Princess Connect! Re: Dive available through Crunchyroll Games

Crunchyroll Games, the in-house publisher and distributor of interactive content from the world’s most popular anime brand, is collaborating with Cygames, the acclaimed developer of hit mobile titles, and funplex, a live-ops management and game operations company developed by GREE, Inc., to launch Princess Connect! Re: Dive to anime fans worldwide, with pre-registration launching 3rd […]

December 4, 2020

ITV Backing Business partners with eBay

ITV Backing Business, the B2B initiative aimed at supporting businesses and their return to growth, has announced a partnership with eBay, as the pair join forces to champion small businesses. Launching as a new co-branded commercial across ITV and STV on December 4th during I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here, the ad creative will […]

December 4, 2020

discovery+ launching in Jan

Multichannel programmer Discovery has revealed details of its SVoD service, discovery+. Declaring the day to be “very special and historic” for the company, President and CEO David Zaslav confirmed the global launch of what it calls a “definitive” non-fiction, real-life subscription streaming service, debuting in the US on January 4th, 2021. The new service will […]

December 3, 2020By Colin Mann

Survey: Traffic management, QoE top streaming concerns

A survey, Growing Demands for Video Streaming Drive Companies to Intelligent Traffic Management Solutions,  conducted by streaming media analyst Dan Rayburn and modern application and access networking specialist NS1, shows that traffic management challenges and visibility into quality of experience (QoE) issues are top concerns for companies that engage in video streaming. As a result, […]

December 3, 2020

Analysis: Sports rights-holders value D2C services

Media technology and services specialist MediaKind has unveiled the MediaKind 2021 Sports D2C Forecast, which it claims is the most significant analysis ever undertaken of the direct-to-consumer (D2C) OTT platforms owned and operated directly by sports rights-holders. The report explores a wide range of trends in the D2C sports space, including the use of live […]

December 3, 2020

Netflix to declare earnings in France

French Netflix subscribers have received a letter from the streaming platform saying that, from January 2021, Netflix Services France S.A.S is going to declare its annual local revenues to the French taxman, and will become the company to which their subscription contract will be linked. The platform had previously declared its income in the Netherlands […]

December 3, 2020From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

Forecast: Euro fibre 202m homes passed in 2026

The latest FTTH Forecasts for 2020 and 2026 have been revealed at the FTTH virtual Conference 2020, prepared by IDATE with the FTTH Council Europe’s Market Intelligence Committee. These numbers were reviewed after the Covid-19 initial wave during 2020. These market forecasts cover 39 countries  and provide an individual analysis for 15 countries . Estimates […]

December 3, 2020