Major film titles have seen nearly three times as many links to illegal streams appearing online since the beginning of the lockdown period, reports UK intellectual property protection body FACT. Analysis of specific films
Global sports channel beIN Sports is set to welcome back German football live starting on May 16th with a host of Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 games for viewers to watch exclusively across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). With most live sport still on pause across the world as a result of the Covid-19 […]
Does the world need another global streamer? ViacomCBS thinks so and has talked of plans to bring one to market, possibly an upgraded and rebranded version of CBS All Access, or maybe a refurbed Showtime. Bob Bakish, CEO, said it “will launch a broad pay streaming product in multiple markets over the next 12 months. […]
German platform operator M7 Deutschland has expanded its Ultra HD (UHD) portfolio. International travel and lifestyle channel Travelxp 4K HDR is now available to network and platform operators in the German-speaking markets for distribution to their subscribers. The world’s first travel channel in UHD/HDR resolution shows reports and features covering holiday destinations in more than […]
Men prefer to consume animated videos on YouTube when it comes to explainers, news and concept-based content, according to a recent analysis of YouTube viewership patterns by a news channel on the platform. The channel, Bisbo, shared this insight based on the spike in viewership it has seen during the nationwide lockdown. The locked-in audience […]
Premium content services and media technology solutions provider Vubiquity, part of the Amdocs Media division, has completed the provisioning of premium entertainment content from all major Hollywood studios to Singaporean quad-play operator StarHub’s transaction-based TV on demand (TVoD) service. As part of the engagement between the two companies, Vubiquity is providing StarHub with a wide […]
Peacock, NBCUniversal’s forthcoming SVoD service, will be available on Microsoft’s Xbox One family of devices, including Xbox One S and Xbox One X, when it launches in the US on July 15th, 2020. At that time, Peacock will offer a free tier featuring more than 7,500 hours of movies, shows, and timely live and on-demand […]
Ahead of the release of its report, COVID-19 Impact on Communications and Entertainment, market research and consulting company Parks Associates predicts consumer usage of TVoD (transactional video on-demand) service will increase significantly in 2020. The firm’s OTT Video Market Tracker reports that in Q1 2020, 14 per cent of US broadband households had used a […]
Analysts at research firm Ampere Analysis are publishing a regular podcast discussing the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on the entertainment industry. Here is a top line summary of the most recent discussing what it means for the entertainment industry now, and for a post-lockdown future. Ups and downs for US operators in Q1: Daniel […]
Starting May 8th, all customers of UK pay-TV operator Sky will be able to binge popular TV box sets as part of a new ‘ReWatch’ campaign. With people spending more time at home, Sky TV is making iconic box sets such as Game of Thrones, Chernobyl, Parks & Recreation and Intelligence available to all Sky […]