Subscription streamers in North America, such as Netflix and Disney+, have embraced ad tiers, and across both advertising and subscription revenues, ad tiers are now the dominant monetisation model in the region. Ampere Analysis expects these to account for more than half (54 per cent) of total subscription streaming service revenues in North America by […]
BBC Cymru Wales has agreed a new deal with the Football Association of Wales to broadcast selected games from the Novira Cymru Premier for the next three years. The agreement includes a minimum of 20 live games per season, which will be broadcast on BBC iPlayer, running until summer 2029. Extensive coverage updates will also […]
Anti-piracy body the International Broadcaster Coalition Against Piracy (IBCAP) has announced the opening of a significantly expanded anti-piracy lab in Denver. The new facility increases IBCAP’s operational capacity and, for the first time, gives broadcasters and content owners outside IBCAP’s traditional coalition model access to the organisation’s specialised technology, expertise and lab services. In addition […]
Consumers across Latin America face significantly higher cyber risks when using illegal live sports streaming services, according to new research commissioned by the anti-piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment’s (ACE) World Cup Anti-Piracy Task Force and authored by Dr Paul Watters. The findings, which tracks similar research conducted in other regions, come as […]
According to Mateusz Jędrocha, CPO at Adlook, Fox’s acquisition of Roku has been on the cards for years. “Fox was the only major broadcaster without a credible streaming distribution layer, while Roku was the leading CTV platform without a live content anchor. Together, both problems disappear. More broadly, it reflects a shift across the industry, […]
As the global entertainment market stabilises, findings from Futuresource Consulting’s Living With Digital study reveal a shift away from platform competition towards a more interconnected content ecosystem. Drawing on a nationally representative study of 14,000 consumers, across seven markets, the research highlights how audiences are increasingly engaging across cinema, streaming and transactional formats, with each […]
The Ravenna Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza), with the support of the Special Units for the Protection of Privacy and Technological Fraud and Goods and Services and numerous other units of the outfit, carried out over 100 searches and seizures throughout Italy. These were commissioned by the Bologna Public Prosecutor’s Office as part of an […]
The House of Creators channel has launched on Samsung TV Plus in France, aggregating the content of some of the best French entertainment creators on connected TVs. House of Creators brings together eleven must-know talents from the French creator economy for its launch. “We’re betting on launching a generalist, family-friendly creator channel, perfect for watching […]
Viaccess-Orca (VO), a specialist in OTT / TV platforms, content protection, and data-driven solutions, has announced that MasOrange has deployed VO technologies across its IPTV and OTT platforms as part of a targeted advertising and multi–brand service expansion. VO’s contribution spans client and server side targeted advertising components, the VO Secure Video Player, and the […]
Senior executives from YouTube will face questions from MPs on what the company is doing to ensure young people can find high-quality content on its platform, which, according to Ofcom, is now the most used app or site by children of all ages. The evidence session on March 10th is part of the Culture, Media […]