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Cinedigm debuts Cineverse streaming service

Cinedigm, the streaming technology and entertainment company super-serving enthusiast fan bases, has unveiled its new, flagship streaming service – Cineverse. Available immediately across iOS, Android and Roku apps, Cineverse offers a film & television library that leverages next-generation technology to make it easy and intuitive for users to stream content. Cineverse plans to add more than 10,000 […]

September 16, 2022

ACR upgrade for LG Smart TVs

LG Ads Solutions, the connected TV and cross-screen advertising service, is carrying out a rollout of its proprietary automatic content recognition (ACR) technology across LG TVs globally. The rollout will replace legacy technology, and put the new ACR solution on millions of smart TVs across Europe, Africa, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, and Australia. LG Ads Solutions […]

September 16, 2022

Forecast: APAC to add 205m SVoD subs by 2027

Asia Pacific will have 746 million SVoD subscriptions by 2027, up from 541 million in 2021, according to the Asia Pacific SVOD Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. China will have 364 million SVoD subscriptions in 2027 – or 49 per cent of the region’s total. India will add 92 million to reach […]

September 15, 2022

Research: Gaming drives greater spend than video viewing

Gaming and video viewing are among a wide range of media activities competing for user attention across a broad set of demographics. US consumers spend five times longer per day watching video than they do playing games, however, according to Ampere Analysis’s report The future of the Attention Economy: Games vs. Video, more money is […]

September 15, 2022

Paramount+ launches in Italy

SVoD service Paramount+ is launching in Italy with more than 8,000 hours of entertainment. Paramount Global has unveiled a content line-up that it says provides a broad slate for the whole family, spanning new and exclusive Paramount+ originals, hit shows and popular movies across every genre from Paramount’s iconic brands and production studios – including […]

September 15, 2022By Colin Mann

Whip Media partners with ITV Studios

Whip Media, the leading enterprise software platform and data provider to the world’s largest entertainment organisations, has announced that ITV Studios, the international content creator, producer and distributor, will utilise Whip Media’s platform for performance tracking of its popular entertainment content, including the company’s growing FAST (free ad-supported streaming TV) channels. ITV Studios, a part […]

September 15, 2022

Analysis: Economy fears impact US Home Ent spend

Noting high inflation figures in the US, actionable intelligence firm Aluma suggests that households are realising that the economy is only at the beginning of what will be a long recovery. “It is in this context that home decision-makers search for ways to reduce expenses, among them communication and home media services,” it says. When […]

September 15, 2022

Research: 68% US homes watch NFL

The latest update of Parks Associates’ OTT Video Market Tracker analyses the launch of NFL+, the OTT subscription service operated by the NFL in the US and the market context for the service, as part of the Tracker’s ongoing analysis of top industry and consumer trends in the OTT video space. Parks Associates consumer research […]

September 15, 2022

Study: Hispanic representation drives bingeability

Inclusion of Hispanic talent in front and behind the camera in streaming programmes has a direct correlation on the bingeability and cultural watchability i.e., Hispanic share of the audience of content for Latinos and all audiences, according to audience measurement, data and analytics specialist Nielsen’s latest Diverse Intelligence Series (DIS) report: Latino Led Content and […]

September 15, 2022

Netflix readies 2nd Tudum event

Netflix’s Tudum event returns on September 24th, with the streaming platform promising news and exclusive reveals from over 120 series and films. The 24 hour event will be hosted by and A-list cast including Jamie Foxx, Millie Bobby Brown, Noah Centineo, Choi Min-ho, Cho Yi-hyun, Zakir Khan, Prajakta Koli, Maite Perroni, Sheron Menezzes, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan […]

September 15, 2022By Nik Roseveare