SVoD service HBO Max has completed the roll out of a new user experience on desktop, iOS and Android mobile devices, and Amazon Fire tablets, where available globally. The re-platformed app delivers highly requested new features from HBO Max fans and marks the conclusion of moving all HBO Max apps to a new, more performant […]
Video streaming infrastructure provider Bitmovin has partnered with customer behaviour specialist Sceenic on a new integrated Software Developer Kit (SDK) to optimise fan engagement and interactivity. The new SDK is for the integration between Bitmovin’s Video Player and Sceenic’s Watch Together technology, which empowers audiences to watch synchronised video streams in an interactive virtual environment […]
Connected entertainment specialist VIZIO has revealed its payment and subscription management solution, VIZIO Account, which it says provides a seamless and accessible way for millions of VIZIO Smart TV users to subscribe to their favourite streaming services and take advantage of special offers – all in one place. Following a one-time log-in, users can easily […]
Connected entertainment specialist VIZIO has confirmed that the STARZ app is now available on VIZIO Smart TVs. Millions of VIZIO users across America can now access STARZ’s premium hit original series and library of on-demand movies. Highlights include STARZ original series from the Power Universe, Outlander and P-Valley, as well as titles such as Spider-Man: […]
Sports-first live TV streaming platform FuboTV’s financial results for the second quarter ended June 30th, 2022 show that its North American (US and Canada) streaming business delivered double-digit year-over-year growth in total revenue (up 65 per cent to $216.1 million), ad revenue (up 32 per cent to $21.7 million) and paid subscribers (up 41 per […]
Following La Liga and Movistar’s obtaining of a court order requiring the takedown of pirate TV websites 79 have been identified across different technologies (IPTV, Streaming) that are likely to be blocked. Among them are Acestream.org, Arenavision.site, rojadirectatvenvivo, ovostreams.com, iptvparatodos.app, and Torrent. There are pirate IPTV services that have M3U computer file lists to have […]
Pay-TV operator Sky and streaming service DAZN have signed what they describe as a major new strategic agreement in Italy that makes the DAZN app available on Sky Q from the August 8th and also allows Sky subscribers to access the ZONA DAZN channel via the Sky decoder for a special DAZN rate, offering seven […]
Video content budgets across India, Korea and Southeast Asia climbed 21 per cent in 2021 to reach $10.4 billion (€10.2bn) and are forecast to grow 15 per cent to $12.0 billion in 2022, according to the latest edition of Asia Video Content Dynamics from analyst firm Media Partners Asia (MPA). This report tracks video content consumption, […]
BARB, the UK’s television audience measurement service, has released data from its Establishment Survey for Q2 2022, showing a decline in the number of UK households with access to a subscription video-on-demand (SVoD) service. In Q2 2022, 19.19 million UK homes (67 per cent of households) had access to an SVoD service, a decrease of […]
Italian multiplay telco TIM has confirmed that the Group has reached an agreement with streaming service DAZN which allows the latter to distribute Serie A TIM football rights through any third parties. It says the deal will improve the options available to TIM customers, who will continue to watch matches through TimVision, which it describes […]