ITV Studios has announced a raft of new sales in India totalling over 300 hours, from across its enviable scripted and non-scripted slates. A deal has been concluded with Lionsgate Play for World Productions’ forthcoming thriller Vigil, as well as Romulus, Cattleya, Groenlandia and Sky’s ambitious drama that reconstructs the epic tale of the founding of Rome. […]
Disney+ Hotstar has collaborated with MediaMath, a Demand-Side Platform (DSP) that delivers accountable, and performant advertising technology for brands to buy addressable media. This association enables advertisers and agencies to measure reach and frequency on OTT programmatic inventory in a brand-safe environment. With this offering, brands can purchase premium inventory through Programmatic Guaranteed (PG) and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A report on US family co-viewing trends and kids’ influence on video streaming in the home from premium kids’ and family AVoD network and studio WildBrain Spark and digital TV analyst company nScreenMedia, covers timely and topical trends across co-viewing, device usage, attitudes to video sources and ad-supported content. The headline data in the report, […]