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ESPN Player tips off NCAA Basketball season

ESPN Player will bring full coverage of the 2019/20 NCAA Basketball season to fans in Europe and Africa. The live and on-demand sports streaming service will give subscribers the opportunity to watch more than 2,000 top college basketball games via the ESPN Player website and app. ESPN Player will provide fans with a seamless viewing […]

November 8, 2019

BritBox launches with C4, BT & EE

BritBox, the SVoD service created by UK PSBs the BBC and ITV, has opened for business, bringing what it describes as the greatest collection of British boxsets with the finest homegrown talent to viewers for £5.99 (€6.95) a month in HD and across multiple devices. BritBox has signed a partnership deal with fellow PSB Channel […]

November 7, 2019By Colin Mann

No Netflix on older Samsung TVs

Samsung has confirmed that Netflix will no longer be supported on some of its older smart TV models. From December 1st, the Netflix app will no longer work on some 2010 and 2011 models. Samsung wrote on its support page: “Due to technical limitations, Netflix will no longer be supported on 2010 and 2011 TVs […]

November 7, 2019

Analysis: Original content vital for SVoD differentiation

Analyst firm TDG has been actively reporting on the original content arms race amongst Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime Video (the ‘Big-3’) for several years, and its research has highlighted the increased role it is playing for both customer acquisition and retention. With major services such as Apple TV+, Disney+, and HBO Max hitting the […]

November 6, 2019

Sabio launches App Science TV

Sabio, the technology and media company behind App Science, has announced the launch of App Science TV, the company’s advanced TV solution. Sabio says its AppScience Graph approach brings a new level of insights to the TV landscape. The App Science platform was developed to analyse the app ecosystem, locations, and other consumer behaviours from […]

November 6, 2019

ESPN Player to stream entire 2020 XFL season

ESPN Player will bring subscribers every single game of the returning XFL – the professional American football league owned by Vince McMahon’s Alpha Entertainment. The streaming service will bring coverage of the entire XFL 2020 season, including the playoffs, to fans in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) anytime, anywhere. Viewers will have the […]

November 5, 2019By Nik Roseveare

ACE action forces pirate operation closures

The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) – a global coalition dedicated to protecting the dynamic legal market and reducing online piracy – has achieved another major win when the operator of two giant sources of illegal, unauthorised content, agreed to cease all operations. Prior to this ACE action, Openload and Streamango were massive piracy […]

November 1, 2019By Colin Mann

Sony axing PlayStation Vue

Sony has confirmed that it is shutting down PlayStation Vue – its OTT TV service in the US – on January 30th 2020. In a blog post, the company cited the competitiveness in the pay-TV industry and a desire to focus on gaming as the reasoning behind its decision. The live streaming service launched in […]

October 30, 2019By Nik Roseveare

True Royalty TV on Roku via Vimeo

True Royalty TV, the SVoD service for Royal Family fans, is leveraging Vimeo’s OTT technology to accelerate its direct-to-consumer business. Vimeo now powers True Royalty TV in all markets, including the US, UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The announcement was made today by Gregor Angus, CEO of True Royalty TV. Vimeo, the online […]

October 29, 2019

Report: Japan finally embracing streaming apps

Liftoff, a specialist in mobile app marketing and retargeting, has released its annual report on the state of mobile technology adoption in Japan with Adjust, experts in mobile measurement and fraud prevention. While streaming giants have yet to crack the country’s subscription market, the study reveals

October 24, 2019