Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group), the Nordic streaming company, has announced that its shift to a new operating model has led to a reduction in its overall workforce. The personnel savings are expected to be approximately SEK 250 million (€23.6m), with the majority impacting in 2020. This will enable NENT Group to offset USD currency […]
As 2019 draws to a close, Juniper Research has created its list of the top 10 technology predictions for 2020. The Top 10 5G – Last-mile fibre rollouts to be replaced by 5G connectivity. OTT TV – Advertising stakeholders to develop functional attribution Ecosystem. Mobility as a Service – Open data in transportation to drive […]
The Lego Channel has gone live in the US and Canada and is available across all major OTT streaming platforms, including Roku, Fire TV and Apple TV. The new app, developed in partnership with the multi-platform video distribution company Future Today, boasts over 1,000 videos and features series based on various Lego properties, including Lego […]
ESPN Player has secured the rights to broadcast three live NHL games a week in 61 countries. The coverage starts this week in countries including Belgium, Italy, Greece, Spain, Turkey, Nigeria, South Africa, Hungary, Romania, and covers all of sub-Saharan Africa. Fans in the countries will be able to access three live games per week […]
ODMedia Group has announced that Ziggo Sport – Vodafone Ziggo’s sports centric YouTube channel – has signed on with ODMedia Group. Expoza, ODMedia Group’s specialised YouTube division, will handle all aspects of management for the online sports channel to further expand the property into the future together with Ziggo Sport. Vodafone Ziggo launched its YouTube […]
Australia’s Seven Network has revealed plans to team up with multiplay telco Optus to develop a channel featuring Seven’s coverage of Tokyo 2020 in 4K Ultra HD, which will be exclusively available to Optus 5G Home customers via IPTV service Fetch. The intention is for Seven’s coverage of the Olympics to be available in 4K […]
Teltoo, a software-only decentralised video delivery technology company, has announced a partnership with Liberty Global to improve the overall bandwidth capacity for live streaming of the most popular events on television. By working with Teltoo as a peer-to-peer CDN partner, Liberty Global will have another tool that enhances their existing CDN and help continue to […]
Amino, the media and entertainment technology solutions provider, and sister-company 24i, an innovator of next-generation video experiences, have entered into an agreement with the Dutch MVNO Youfone to provide a fully-integrated, end-to-end video solution to refresh and expand its TV and OTT offering. The Dutch TV challenger launched its TV services in 2017 and will […]
Research and consulting company Parks Associates, ahead of the upcoming Future of Video conference in LA, has released its updated list of the top 10 US subscription over-the-top (OTT) video services. This list is based on estimated number of subscribers through October 2019, prior to the launch of Disney+ and Apple TV+, and includes paid […]
Vevo the music video platform, has announced that its catalogue of music videos will now be available on Samsung TV Plus with five genre-curated linear channels beginning with Vevo Pop (available on channel 1517). The Vevo Hip-Hop, Vevo Country, Vevo Latino, Vevo R&B channels will launch on Samsung TV Plus at a later date. Samsung […]