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VEON launches KINOM in Uzbekistan

VEON, the digital operator, has officially launched the digital entertainment platform KINOM in Uzbekistan. With a content offering of more than 130 channels of linear TV, as well as on-demand films and TV series, KINOM will be accessible for all mobile users in the country. Developed locally in Uzbekistan, KINOM is the latest addition to […]

October 9, 2024

SkyShowtime adding Premium plan

SkyShowtime has unveiled its new Premium plan, which will be offered alongside its existing Standard with Ads and Standard (previously named Standard Plus) plans. SkyShowtime Premium will be available in all of SkyShowtime’s 20+ markets simultaneously on October 29th including Albania, Andorra, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, […]

October 8, 2024

EE retail partnership with Sky Stream

EE, the consumer brand for the BT Group, and Sky have announced a retail partnership that will see Sky Stream launch across EE stores, via the EE website and EE telesales from October 15th. The partnership builds on a relationship established in 2017 and forms part of EE’s strategy to partner with consumer electronics and […]

October 8, 2024

Kartoon Channel’s gaming FAST channel on Samsung TV Plus

Kartoon Studios has launched Kartoon Channel’s videogame FAST channel through Samsung TV Plus in three European territories – the UK Italy, and Spain. In addition, through a joint venture with Power Kids, Kartoon Channel will be offered in India. These new territories will immediately provide Kartoon Channel with a footprint of over 1.5 billion new […]

October 8, 2024

Report alleges CTV “surveillance”

The Connected TV (CTV) video streaming industry in the US operates a massive data-driven surveillance apparatus that has transformed the television set into a sophisticated monitoring, tracking and targeting device, according to a new report from lobbying group the Center for Digital Democracy (CDD). How TV Watches Us: Commercial Surveillance in the Streaming Era documents how CTV […]

October 7, 2024By Colin Mann

Freely on Fire TV

Everyone TV – the organisation behind streaming platform Freely and the evolution of free TV in the UK – has struck a deal with Amazon Fire TV In a significant development for the new platform, Freely will now be available on a wide range of new next-gen smart TVs which use the Fire TV operating […]

October 7, 2024

India: MX Player, Amazon miniTV combine

Amazon recently acquired certain assets of MX Player, including the MX Player app, a free streaming OTT service in India. With this acquisition, Amazon is merging two of India’s most popular free AVoD services – MX Player and Amazon miniTV into one service – Amazon MX Player. In September, over 250 million unique users accessed the […]

October 7, 2024

Orange Spain launches Orange TV Libre

Orange Spain has launched its new OTT service, Orange TV Libre, offering over 90 TV channels and live football for free until the end of the year. From January, the streaming service will cost €7.99 a month – €2 less than the €9.99 cost of its main rival Movistar Plus+. The streaming service is initially […]

October 4, 2024From David Del Valle in Madrid

Google unveils AI video search

Google has rolled out a new feature which will allow users to search the internet by taking a video on their smartphone. Video search will let users point their camera at something, ask a question about it, and get search results. Android and iPhone users globally can gain access to the feature by enabling ‘AI […]

October 4, 2024

Samsung TV Plus US adds K-Content

Samsung TV Plus has announced that nearly 4,000 hours of free-to-stream Korean shows and movies are now available on-demand on the service across a variety of genres, such as K-Dramas, K-Crime, K-Thrillers and K-Romance, among others. The K-Content, available to US users, comes from Koreaan production companies CJ ENM and NEW ID and distribution company […]

October 3, 2024