Research firm Parks Associates’ latest update of its Streaming Video Tracker reveals that just 5 per cent of US Internet households have only a pay-TV service, indicating legacy pay-TV companies continue to lose subscribers to streaming video services. However, the average annualised industry churn rate for streaming services is 50 per cent meaning many streaming […]
Advisory firm Media Partners Asia’s Asia Pacific Video & Broadband Industry 2024 report provides key insights to the adoption and monetisation of free-to-air TV, pay-TV, SVoD, premium AVoD and UGC / Social Video advertising in 14 Asia Pacific markets. “The Asia Pacific video industry continues to experience a secular shift from TV to online in […]
All-electric single-seater racing series Formula E has agreed a new strategic multi-year media partnership with Red Bull Media House, DF1 and ServusTV that will deliver all Formula E races live in Germany and Austria across free-to-air (FTA), pay-TV and digital channels beginning this coming season. Formula E races and qualifying sessions will broadcast live on […]
Mometu, a free VoD streaming service, is now available on Vizio in the US, bringing the brand’s film and TV catalogue to the smart TV brand. Vizio users have round-the-clock access to Mometu’s 50,000-plus hours of classic, international, and independent titles, all for free. Highlights include series favourites The Beverly Hillbillies and The Tales of […]
The number of SVoD users in Italy has started to decline, according to a report from the Communications Regulatory Authority (Agcom) that covers the first nine months of 2023. In September 2023, there were 15.3 million users, a slight decrease of 23,000 compared to the same month in 2022. Netflix, the dominant player in the […]
A new Freeview TV channel, That’s TV 2, launches on January 3rd celebrating 35 years since Australian soap Home and Away first launched in the UK. That’s TV 2 will be the new sister channel to That’s TV, offering a raft of classic TV shows to Freeview viewers including the very first season of Home […]
HIP HOP TV has announced an electrifying collaboration with FAST Channels TV, catapulting the enthralling realm of hip-hop culture onto the global stage. This groundbreaking partnership marks a pivotal moment in the evolution of HIP HOP TV, a renowned channel dedicated to delivering the hottest hip-hop TV shows, movies and music videos, while also providing […]
As the broadcast and consumer electronics industries prepare for CES 2024 in Las Vegas in January, Pearl TV, the consortium of US broadcast companies leading the nation’s transition to NEXTGEN TV, and its network partners, have revealed that since the NEXTGEN TV rollout commenced in 2020, broadcasters have driven nearly 18 per cent year-over-year growth in […]
AVoD and FAST channel operator and platform provider wedotv has launched all three of its FAST channels – wedo movies, wedo big stories, and wedo sports – in Germany on Prime Video’s premium free streaming service, freevee. In addition, these FAST channels will also be made available to freevee viewers in the UK in Q1 2024. […]
The Greek Public TV and Radio Broadcaster, ERT, has announced the availability of its international channel, ERT World, in the UK. The channel continues its expansion around the globe with its debut on Freeview via the Channelbox platform on channel 271. This expansion is particularly relevant for the vast Greek and Cypriot diaspora living in […]