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NFL Game Pass on DAZN sees strong audience growth

DAZN, the sports streaming platform and global home of NFL Game Pass, has reported another successful year in partnership with the NFL. The 2024-25 season saw the number of paid NFL Game Pass subscribers grow by 23 per cent year-on-year and free users by 47 per cent year-on-year by Super Bowl LIX. NFL Game Pass […]

February 19, 2025

Data: Linear TV consumption continues to decline globally

Data drawn from Kantar Media’s annual international TGI Global Quick View report, covering 37 countries and more than 80,000 respondents (from 2021 to 2025), reveals that the proportion of adults globally who say that nearly all of their TV/video watching is through TV channels has fallen from 12 per cent in 2021 to 7 per […]

February 18, 2025

Study: Streaming ads drive higher trust, recall, purchase intent

Magnite, the independent sell-side advertising company, has unveiled the results of its latest study, Why Streaming TV Is a Must-Buy, which highlights how UK audiences engage with streaming TV and the effectiveness of ads within premium content environments. The findings underscore the growing importance of streaming TV as a trusted and impactful advertising channel. Key […]

February 18, 2025

La Liga blocks illegal streaming platforms

As part of its ongoing commitment to protecting intellectual property rights, Spain’s top-flight football league La Liga has successfully blocked illegal broadcasts from the DazcFutbolios and RBTV77 platforms. These illegal platforms, which allowed the unauthorised broadcasting of football matches, operated via both website and app, utilising Cloudflare’s infrastructure to conceal their criminal activities alongside legitimate […]

February 18, 2025By Colin Mann

Canal+ expands partnership with Samsung

Canal+ and Samsung Electronics have extended their strategic partnership to cover over 40 territories globally. This new partnership reinforces will include the distribution of Canal+ applications on over 25 million Samsung Smart TVs. The deal marks the expansion of the collaboration between the two groups in Canal+ European, Asian and French Overseas Territories, alongside the […]

February 18, 2025

Saudi invests $1bn in DAZN

Saudi Arabia is to invest $1 billion (€0.95bn) in DAZN and a forming new JV with the sports streaming service owned by Sir Leonard Blavatnik, as the country doubles up its bet on the global sports market. Surj Sports Investment, the sporting arm of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), will acquire a “single-digit” minority […]

February 17, 2025

Report: Ad insertion tops streaming challenges

Bitmovin’s latest Video Developer Report indicates an increasing role of AI, the slow adoption of next-generation codecs, and continuing challenges when it comes to ad insertion. It also demonstrates a disconnect between sustainability efforts and cost implications Key Challenges and Opportunities from the Report This year’s Video Developer Report saw advertising (15 per cent) remain […]

February 13, 2025

All3Media FAST channels on Titan OS

Titan OS, the Barcelona-based technology, entertainment and advertising company, has announced its partnership with All3Media International, the independent TV and film production, digital and distribution group, to launch a trio of new channels. Through this partnership, Titan OS strengthens its content offering with the launch of three new single-IP channels, featuring popular programmes including Great […]

February 13, 2025

Star India wins blocking injunction

The Delhi High Court has issued an interim injunction in favour of Star India which bars the IPTV Smarter Pro media player and other defendants from illegally streaming the broadcaster’s copyrighted content. Justice Mini Pushkarna, who granted the order, noted that Star India had established a prima facie case for an injunction and would suffer […]

February 12, 2025By Colin Mann

Sky rolls out Sky Glass Gen 2

Sky has unveiled its new Sky Glass TV, featuring brighter 4K HDR screen and an enhanced seven-speaker Dolby Atmos sound system built in. Sky Glass comes with Sky TV built in, with no dish or box required to stream over Wi-Fi. There are three sizes available: 43”, 55” and 65”, as well as three updated […]

February 11, 2025