Italy’s Polizia postale (Postal police) in the city of Catania have conducted an operation against audiovisual piracy, with the execution of numerous searches and seizures in 23 provinces. Seventy people are currently under investigation for criminal association of a transnational nature aimed at the dissemination of conditional access television modules. They also face other charges […]
Connected entertainment specialist VIZIO has unveiled an upgraded design and user experience for WatchFree+, VIZIO’s free streaming service that comes built into millions of VIZIO Smart TVs. This latest update features a new look and feel, intuitive Electronic Programme Guide (EPG), faster and easier navigation, and personalisation features to the free streaming service. WatchFree+ has […]
The State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II, Birmingham hosting the Commonwealth Games, England facing Germany in the final of Women’s Euro 2022, and the final stages of Wimbledon saw viewers coming to BBC iPlayer in huge numbers during the third quarter of the year. Between July and September 2022, programmes were streamed 1.65 billion […]
November 3rd marked Netflix’s official launch of its ad-supported tier, notes research and strategy consultancy MTM. The platform joins other Subscription & Advertising Based VoD (SAVoD) platforms such as Discovery+ and NOW in the UK who offer tiered propositions, which includes a cheaper ad-inclusive tier. Disney+ also announced it would be replacing its basic package […]
The Federal Communications Commission asked Congress earlier in 2022 for authority to make content companies such as Netflix pay into the Universal Service Fund (USF) to help subsidise Internet access for households that can’t afford it. But the economics of Internet traffic dictate that idea would backfire by raising prices for consumers and lowering the […]
Findings from research firm Horowitz’s study, FOCUS Asian: State of Consumer Engagement 2022, indicate that only 34 per cent of Asian consumers feel that they are seeing more brands going out of their way to market and advertise to their community. They are much less likely than their Black (45 per cent) and Latinx (44 […]
Converged TV advertising delivery, personalisation and measurement platform Innovid has integrated its capabilities for UK and Germany-based clients with advertising technology specialist The Trade Desk in a move that provides independent, automated incremental reach analysis through The Trade Desk platform. Powered by the InnovidXP measurement platform, selected users of The Trade Desk will now have […]
Since 2015, Hub Entertainment Research’s annual Conquering Content study has examined the various ways US TV consumers discover and watch TV shows and movies. Highlights from this year’s study: 1) Seven in 10 consumers (71 per cent) say they’ve discovered a show in the past year that has become a favourite—and a strong majority say […]
YouTube Shorts, the short-form video experience from the sharing service – is launching on TV, with YouTube executives revealing the design process of expanding Shorts to this new surface, taking a deep dive on what it takes to bring mobile-first video formats to the TV screen. According to Neal Mohan, Chief Product Officer, bringing Shorts […]
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), the coalition dedicated to protecting the dynamic legal ecosystem for creative content, has shut down one of the largest football and live TV piracy operations in Latin America. The ACE action targeted futbollibre.net and televisionlibre.net, as well as 40 additional domains, all operated by an Argentinian man. This […]