Lionsgate India and SonyLIV are partnering to kick off next week’s Diwali Festival with the launch of Lionsgate Play on the SonyLIV streaming platform. SonyLIV is one of the largest local broadcast-owned OTT platforms in India in terms of viewership and consumption. It holds the rights for hit series such as Indian Idol and Kaun […]
Conviva, the real-time measurement and intelligence platform for streaming TV, has released its State of the Streaming TV Industry Report for Q3 2018, which shows huge growth in global TV streaming. According to the data, a 52 per cent jump in plays and 63 per cent growth in total viewing hours was recorded year-over-year (YoY), including […]
Extreme Reach, the complete creative asset management platform for the ad industry, has released its Q3 2018 Video Advertising Benchmarks based on metrics from its third-party video ad server. The report offers insights based on key performance metrics. This most recent analysis of data on click-through, completion and viewability rates for video ads served on desktop, […]
GroupM, WPP’s media investment group, has released its second annual State of Video report offering intelligence on consumer video consumption, advertising platforms and demand. The report is co-authored by GroupM’s Futures Director, Adam Smith, and Senior Advisor, Rob Norman. It provides in-depth commentary on key trends concerning advertisers: declining linear TV viewing, new addressable television […]
Marking its third specialist OTT service, US TV network CBS has launched ET Live, a free 24/7 direct-to-consumer streaming network dedicated to all things entertainment. Developed in close collaboration between CBS Interactive and CBS Television Distribution’s entertainment news magazine Entertainment Tonight, ET Live expands the Entertainment Tonight brand beyond television, catering to entertainment super-fans with […]
SportsFix has partnered with ROKKI in providing the latest Asian sports content to all AirAsia’s destinations. Starting this month, all AirAsia guests on ROKKI-enabled flights will be able to watch certain SportsFix’s Asian sports content on their personal mobile devices. Premium sports content will be made available on 49 planes equipped with ROKKI, which guests […]
As TV-connected devices become commonplace in US homes, more consumers are choosing to rent and purchase digital movies. As of August 2018, 61 million households in the US had at least one Internet-connected TV, video game console, Blu-ray Disc player or streaming media player, representing year over year growth of three million homes, according to […]
Electric street racing series Formula E Championship has agreed what its describes as an “innovative” partnership with YouTube. Starting from the first round of the 2018/19 season in Saudi Arabia, says it will be working together with some of the biggest and best online content creators to serve up nothing but the finest all-electric street […]
The Auckland High Court has ruled that Internet-streaming service My Box cannot be represented as legal, and that using My Box (and other units like it) to show SKY movies, TV and sports programmes breaches copyright. Sophie Moloney, SKY’s General Counsel, welcomed the ruling. “This decision, along with the recent ruling against Fibre TV boxes in […]
With a new update to the ESPN App on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, fans in the US can now subscribe to ESPN+ and immediately begin watching thousands of additional live sports events, original shows and series, as well as access the entire 30 for 30 documentary series and more. The launch of ESPN+ on PlayStation 4 […]