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Vestel adds Twitch to Smart TVs across Europe

Multi-brand TV manufacturer, Vestel, has announced the launch of a new app collaboration that is set to bring streaming service Twitch to more Smart TVs across Europe. The app has been rolled out to all Vestel-manufactured Smart TV ranges, including those designed for many top brands, including Hitachi, JVC, Telefunken and Techwood. With the app, […]

February 23, 2021

Survey: 33% Brits use streaming to combat loneliness

Research by Uswitch, the comparison and switching service, has uncovered that a third (33 per cent) of people said streaming online TV helped them to feel less lonely over the past year, with 43 per cent saying they’ve binged an entire series in a single day. A quarter (26 per cent) said they now exclusively […]

February 23, 2021

Report: Cloud gaming to significantly disrupt monetisation

Even though cloud gaming only represented 1 per cent of video games industry revenue in 2020, the technology is expected to fundamentally change the space over the next ten years growing at a compound annual growth rate of 40 per cent to 2030. In a GlobalData webinar, Associate Project Manager Rupantar Guha noted that cloud […]

February 23, 2021

Malaysia losing €610m annually from piracy

Malaysia’s media and entertainment industry is losing RM3 billion (about €610 million) annually due to digital piracy, and local players have appealed to Malaysia’s government to update existing regulations. Malaysia’s media producers and broadcasters say current rules do not protect copyright holders. They have pointed out that the government is losing out on hundreds of […]

February 23, 2021By Chris Forrester

YouTube unveils new kids programming slate

YouTube Originals has announced the premiere of a new animated series, Super Sema, the pick-ups of eight new shows including Book Tube Jr, The Eggventurers, The Guava Juice Show, Kid Correspondent, Lottie Dottie Mini, Millie and Lou, Supa Strikas: Rookie Season, and The Workout Badges, plus twenty-five projects in development. This new global slate is […]

February 23, 2021

Amazon orders All or Nothing: Juventus

Amazon Prime Video and Juventus Football Club have announced a new Italian Amazon Original exclusive behind-the-scenes docu-series, All or Nothing: Juventus, following the team through the current 2020/21 season. The new series will launch exclusively on Prime Video later this year in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. All or Nothing: Juventus will take […]

February 23, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Brazilian ISP consortium upgrades with Verimatrix

Verimatrix, a specialist in powering the modern connected world with people-centred security, has announced that MultTV, a consortium of 13 Brazilian ISPs, deployed Verimatrix Multi-DRM as part of a recent upgrade from its existing IPTV system to an advanced OTT solution spearheaded by Beenius, a Verimatrix partner and international provider of interactive TV solutions. Verimatrix […]

February 23, 2021

Grass Valley and Gravity Media partner

Grass Valley has finalised a $5 million, multi-year enterprise pricing agreement with Gravity Media to provide production solutions and advanced workflows across its international operations. This deal brings technological, operational and commercial benefits to the broadcast services company; Gravity Media’s purchase commitment to leverage more lines within the vendor’s broad portfolio and increase volume over […]

February 23, 2021

Robi Axiata: Building an OTT service from scratch

Robi Axiata is the second largest Mobile Network operator in Bangladesh. With a population of 161 million people, Bangladesh houses as many people as roughly 1/4 of the European population. Robi Axiata has almost 50 million subscriptions, which is more than the population of Spain. It is an understatement when we say this is a […]

February 23, 2021

LIVENow, Sky VIP partner for LAUGHNow Comedy Club

LIVENow has revealed details of the Sky partnership that will serve up some humour into the broadcaster’s loyalty programme. Sky VIP customers can enter for a chance to win complimentary access to a new, interactive livestreamed series LAUGHNow Comedy Club featuring Nina Conti, Reginald D Hunter and Ed Byrne. Sky VIP customers can also win […]

February 23, 2021