Music video network Vevo has unveiled a new data science capability to support the creation of more impactful programming and ad products across Vevo’s expanding connected TV (CTV) footprint. Now Internet-enabled, the TV screen is delivering more value to the music industry than ever before, as a result of the vast consumer adoption of smart […]
Findings from the 2022 Video Streaming Industry Report, by video business intelligence and predictive analytics specialist NPAW, reveal that although global streaming adoption continued growing overall in 2022, the myriad of content options launched in the past two years mean that individual services on average captured a smaller share of users’ daily watching time. NPAW’s […]
Anti -piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has confirmed that it has shut down the Hanoi-based piracy operation USTVGO. Visitors to the site were greeted with a message saying: “Sorry, we are closed”. The infringing live-streaming site had been in operation since 2018 and was providing illicit access to more than 100 […]
Following a record-breaking 2022 that saw fans stream more than 115 million hours of F1 footage, F1 TV has unveiled its presenter line-up and a new package of features, as it looks to bring the drama and excitement of Formula 1 to fans around the world for the 2023 season. Following a record breaking 2022 […]
The EFL, which runs the three football leagues below the Premier League, has issued an Invitation to Tender (ITT) for interested parties in respect of its broadcast rights from season 2024/25 onwards, with speculation suggesting that they are set to double in value to over £200 million (€227m) a season. Streaming companies such as Viaplay […]
Intigral, the media arm of stc Group, the Saudi Arabian Telco Conglomerate, a provider of digital entertainment and sports content in MENA, that has selected content discovery and viewer analytics specialist ThinkAnalytics’ Think360 personalised content discovery and viewer engagement platform for its stc tv and Jawwy TV streaming services. As well as launching personalised user […]
Global SVoD revenues will reach $124 billion (€117.3bn) by 2028, up from $99 billion in 2022 according to the SVoD Forecasts Update report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. The US will add $5 billion of the $25 billion additional revenues between 2022 and 2028. Second-placed China will gain an extra $1 billion. “This growth […]
North American OTT TV episode and movie revenues will reach $107 billion (€101bn) in 2028; up from $74 billion in 2022, according to the North America OTT TV & Video Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. The US will contribute $30 billion from the $33 billion additional revenues, with Canada supplying the rest. […]
Breakaway professional golf tour LIV Golf is launching LIV Golf Plus, the league’s new app and global streaming site enabling fans around the world to watch live and on-demand coverage of the 2023 LIV Golf League. Viewers in more than 180 global territories will have the ability to tune in to LIV Golf tournaments beginning […]
Ruth Vitale, CEO of US creative industries trade body CreativeFuture, has called for members of Congress to discuss site blocking legislation. Writing an opinion piece in political blog The Hill, Vitale notes that after 30+ years of working as an indie film distributor, she became CreativeFuture’s CEO out of a deep concern that the US […]