Global revenues from traditional pay-TV and OTT TV episodes and movies will reach $265 billion (€298bn) in 2018; up from $254 billion in 2017 and $234 billion in 2015, according to the TV Databook report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. “This growth comes despite pay-TV revenues falling by $4.4 billion in 2018,” explained Simon […]
The UK’s Minister for Intellectual Property, Sam Gyimah, has highlighted the continued Government clampdown on users and providers of illicit streaming boxes who cause damage to the nation’s £92 billion (€103.45bn) creative industries. It comes as the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) publishes its response to a Call for Views on illicit streaming. This finds that […]
Pay-TV is the worst rated service in Spain with 18.6 per cent households dissatisfied with it, according to a report from media regulator CNMC. Despite the fact that more and more Spaniards watch pay TV, with 6.1 million pay TV homes in the country, the dissatisfaction with the service(s) is higher than that in electricity […]
OTT sports service DAZN has agreed a six-season deal to show FA Cup matches in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, from the this season to 2023-24. The FA Cup will join DAZN’s other English football content which include matches from the League Cup and the Championship. DAZN’s FA Cup coverage will begin from the third round […]
Eleven Sports is set to deliver a La Liga first in Portugal this weekend when the sports provider live streams Barcelona v Sevilla on Facebook. The move marks the first time that a La Liga match will be streamed live on Facebook in the country. “Live streaming on social media is further evidence that we […]
Simplestream, a specialist in live VoD and OTT services, has announced the launch of its Sport Video Platform. This end-to-end, cloud-based, white label solution seamlessly enables broadcasters, rights holders and distributors to launch and maintain next generation OTT services on multiple screens and across territories where the rights permit. Key features include low latency streaming, […]
Broadpeak and Inca Networks, a specialist in intelligent video delivery, have partnered to provide Minnesota-based ISP Hiawatha Broadband Communications (HBC) with a reliable and scalable IP video delivery solution. The subscriber management and user experiences are powered by Espial’s Elevate Cloud IPTV platform, which is a TV-as-a-service solution that enables HBC to offer IPTV and […]
At the 2018 NAB Show New York, executives from FOX Television Stations; NBC and Telemundo Owned Stations Group; Univision; TEGNA (for Pearl TV), and Nexstar Media Group (for SpectrumCo) announced their collaborative effort and support for the introduction of next-generation broadcast TV standard ATSC 3.0, designed to enhance greatly over-the-air services for viewers while bringing […]
Eleven Sports, the OTT sports broadcaster, has confirmed it will abandon its controversial decision to stream La Liga football matches on Saturday afternoons during the traditional UK blackout period for live football. However, the company signalled it is ready to challenge the decades old ruling, and pointed to the fact that the blackout would seem […]
According to the last SVoD Barometer conducted by Médiamétrie, 30 per cent of French online users aged six years and older used an SVoD service during the past 12 months, which is 10 points higher than in December 2017. This means that an estimated 13.6 million people watch series, films, documentaries or cartoons via a […]