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Quickplay unveils Quickplay Shorts

Quickplay, a provider of OTT solutions, has launched Quickplay Shorts, a new product that both creates and syndicates vertical short-form content from live and VoD long form video, and a social infinite vertical scroll front-end experience. Integrating into existing OTT ecosystems and apps, it empowers streamers to reach and engage younger audiences and unlock new […]

January 6, 2025

NBC Sports: Most-watched year since 2016

It was a banner year for NBC Sports in 2024, from the industry-record three NFL playoff games on one weekend in January – highlighted by Peacock’s record-setting presentation of the first-ever exclusive live streamed playoff game – to the most-watched Kentucky Derby in 35 years, the conclusion of the most-watched Premier League season ever, golf’s […]

December 31, 2024

Channel 4 launches Un-algorithmy algorithm

Channel 4 is giving streamers a new way to watch over Christmas and into 2025. The ‘Un-algorithmy algorithm’ sees the UK commercial PSB launch a dedicated section on its streaming app and website where viewers can access recommendations and content collections created solely by humans for humans. Unlinked from Channel 4’s algorithm and recommendation engines, […]

December 23, 2024By Colin Mann

Canal+ renews VIDAA partnership

VIDAA and Canal+ have announced the renewal of their partnership for the distribution of Canal+ applications on Smart TV’s running on VIDAA OS, adding Central Europe, Vietnam, Myanmar, French Overseas Territories and French-speaking sub-Saharan Africa to Poland, France and Switzerland. Canal+ applications will be pre-installed on all VIDAA-powered Smart TV, enabling users to easily access […]

December 23, 2024

France: YouTube claims lead over linear; SNPTV responds

YouTube has become a key destination for viewers in France, and is now the leading destination for video viewing in the country among users aged 15 to 49 years old. YouTube says it has also overtaken traditional linear channels, citing Médiamétrie’s figure of 42 million users each month. “YouTube is a unique video platform that […]

December 20, 2024From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

Atresmedia, TelevisaUnivision bring ViX to Spain

Spanish TV group Atresmedia and TelevisaUnivision have partnered to launch bring the latter’s ViX streaming service to Spain. From January, ViX will be available via Atresmedia’s streaming platform Atresplayer under subscription and with no advertising. Subscribers will gain access to 15,000 hours of premium content including original TV series, cinema, live sports, and soup operas […]

December 20, 2024From David Del Valle in Madrid

LG launches free audio streaming service

LG Electronics has launched LG Radio+, the company’s ad-supported audio streaming service, now available on LG smart TVs running webOS 6.0 and above. This new service allows users to access a selection of podcasts and radio programmes. For a streamlined user experience, LG Radio+ will work with the LG ThinQ app, providing users with a […]

December 20, 2024

Report: SUBtember helps Twitch set subscriber records

Stream Hatchet, a streaming analytics and business intelligence platform and wholly-owned subsidiary of GameSquare, has released its Save Point 2024 report, which looks back at some of the biggest shifts in the live-streaming industry in 2024. This includes new live-streaming platforms, the most popular streamers, top games, new alternative content capturing viewer interest, and a new meta […]

December 20, 2024

Italy: Illegal streaming network taken down

An illegal network, which broadcast unauthorised television programmes, series and other content from streaming platforms on the Internet and social networks, has been taken down in Naples by the Guardia di Finanza. The operation, which involved the Economic-Financial Police Unit of Naples and the Special Unit for the Protection of Privacy and Technological Fraud of […]

December 18, 2024By Colin Mann

DFL launches Bundesliga OTT service with OneFootball

The DFL (Deutsche Fußball Liga) is making Bundesliga live content more widely accessible in selected international markets through a dedicated international OTT offering through a partnership with OneFootball, the football media platform. Building on the successful debut in India in August 2024 – which offers exclusive live coverage of all Bundesliga 2 matches – the […]

December 18, 2024