Latin America’s media and entertainment industry is projected to grow by 9.4 per cent in 2025, reaching $55 billion (€52.7bn), significantly outpacing the global average of 6 per cent growth and exceeding the 3.3 per cent growth expected in the US. Nearly half of these revenues will stem from streaming video, which is forecast to […]
Backscreen, the cross-gen OTT platform vendor, has partnered with Scalstrm, a leader in sustainable and efficient streaming technology, to enhance Backscreen video streaming capabilities. This collaboration hardens video delivery services of Backscreen with exceptional streaming performance and sustainability of the Scalstrm solution. Backscreen will integrate Scalstrm’s Origin solution within its video processing flow combining OTT […]
Xperi has partnered with Tubi, the free streaming service, to bring an array of free content to TiVo OS powered TVs across the UK. Tubi, owned by Fox, offers a content library of over 250,000 movies and TV episodes, a growing collection of exclusive originals and over 250 live channels. TiVo OS will play a key role […]
DAZN has provided a company update, which offers an overview of the sports streaming service’s strategy as well as the milestones and financial performance for the prior year. In 2024, DAZN reports that it streamed over 90,000 live events across more than 200 markets. “The scale that an audience of over 300 million regular viewers […]
Whale TV has selected OneTrust, the platform helping organisations use data and AI responsibly, to power privacy-first, personalised experiences across its streaming operations. Whale TV will replace its existing consent management solutions with OneTrust’s Consent Management Platform (CMP) to centralise and simplify consumer consent and preferences on its Whale TV operating system (OS) and owned and […]
Nielsen’s The Gauge report for the December 2024 interval was bookended by the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, both of which are historically known for accumulating high volumes of TV viewing in the US. These drivers contributed to a 4 per cent increase in overall time spent watching television compared with November, with each holiday also […]
Proximic by Comscore, a division of Comscore, and a provider of audience and content targeting solutions for programmatic activation, has released its third annual State of Programmatic Report for 2025. A key finding shows that 72 per cent of respondents are planning to increase programmatic investments in 2025, demonstrating advertisers’ continued reliance on programmatic strategies. […]
Deutsche Telekom and RTL Group’s business unit, RTL Deutschland, have announced an agreement to renew their cooperation in streaming, which started at the end of 2020, for another five years. Under the terms of the agreement, RTL+ Premium is automatically included in most price plans of Deutsche Telekom’s TV offer, MagentaTV, without additional fees for […]
Last year brought big changes to the streaming industry – from major mergers to shifting viewer habits – with last year’s What to Expect from Fast Channels TV report predictions of seeing more niche content, greater sports coverage and significant advancements in user experience all proving to be spot on. Now, it seems ad-supported streaming […]
Bitmovin, a provider of video streaming solutions, announces that kicker, a leading German digital sports publisher, has chosen the Bitmovin Player for Web to elevate its video streaming capabilities and drive revenue growth. The collaboration will support kicker’s aim of enhancing the audience’s viewing experience and maximising ad revenue. kicker is one of Germany’s most […]