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AMC, Amazon content deal

Amazon Prime Video has agreed a content deal with AMC that will see it receive first international rights to series from AMC Studios. The first new series covered by the deal is The Terror, a horror series produced by Ridley Sxott, whcih will launch in 2018. Amazon Prime will be able to stream the show […]

November 20, 2017

Layer3 launches Smithsonian Channel 4K VoD

After officially launching documentary-focused Smithsonian Channel in October 2017, cable network operator Layer3 TV is now the first MVPD (Multichannel video programming distributor) to carry the channel’s full 4K On Demand library. As the first US network to adopt a regularly-refreshed 4K On Demand model, Smithsonian Channel’s offering includes 10 hours of dedicated 4K content […]

November 17, 2017

TV tribes drive service provider success

A survey of consumer behaviour has revealed five types of ‘Television Tribe’, each with very different patterns in the way they consume and pay for content. The study, Television Tribes, from content protection and multiscreen television solutions provider NAGRA, in partnership with TV industry research firm Ampere Analysis, highlights the new reality of pay-TV consumer […]

November 15, 2017

Research: UK driving European VoD revolution

Research from global content services provider TVT Media shows the UK is at the epicentre of the explosion in OTT and VoD services across the European Union and Turkey, as 82 of its 226 OTT platforms – double any other EU nation – are VoD services targeted outside the UK. The research, commissioned by TVT […]

November 15, 2017

France: 40% growth for SVoD market

The numbers of SVoD users in France has grown by 40 per cent in 2017 so far, mainly driven by Netflix, ahead of French counterparts Canalplay and SFR Play, and Amazon Prime Video which has newly launched in the country. Some 21 per cent of Internet users now subscribe to SVoD, up from 15 per […]

November 15, 2017From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

Netflix: Public bingeing exposes private behaviours 

Survey data from Netflix reveals 67 per cent of people will risk embarrassment, awkwardness and spoilers to watch their favourite shows and movies in public. In a world with 2.4 billion smartphone users, mobile viewing is on the rise and ‘binge-free zones’ are a thing of the past. But as millions of people take full […]

November 15, 2017

CCS predicts Apple SVoD, enhanced Google AI in 2018

CCS Insight has revealed its predictions for the, media, Internet and enterprise and mobile sectors for 2018 and beyond. This year, the predictions cover a broad array of technology areas, with references to the impact of artificial intelligence, the rise of Internet players and their move towards the operator space, and the adoption of new […]

November 15, 2017

Analyst: 4K not reaching devices

The UHD device market continues to excel with media streamers, set-top boxes, games consoles and UHD TVs all demonstrating significant growth, according to analyst firm Futuresource Consulting. The quantity of 4K content that is being created is also growing, but there is limited delivery of it to consumers, the company finds in its latest 4K […]

November 14, 2017

Smartone, EOLO-NGI, XFone climb Netflix Speed Index

Netflix has released October data for its Netflix ISP Speed Index, its monthly update on which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) provide the best primetime Netflix streaming experience. Taiwan’s Taiwan Broadband experienced the largest speed gain in October with an increase of 0.62 Megabits per second (Mbps). The gain brought its average monthly speed to 3.32 […]

November 14, 2017

Irdeto, Foxtel extend security partnership

Digital platform security specialist Irdeto has extended its long-standing security partnership with Foxtel, Australia’s leading pay-TV operator, with the aim of providing Foxtel with a reliable and stable security partner that will ensure premium content is securely delivered across any device, minimising revenue leakage from all forms of piracy. Irdeto Cloaked CA will now securely […]

November 14, 2017