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Five groups account for 65% of Italian TV offer

The five largest broadcasting groups present on the Italian market account for 216 TV channels out of 399, or 65 per cent of the total. Sky Italia is the biggest broadcaster in the terms of the number of channels (111), followed by Mediaset (38), Rai (27), Discovery Italia (24) and Fox Italia-Disney (16), according a […]

October 12, 2020From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Non-TV Premier League games now PPV

The Premier League has confirmed that all fixtures until the end of October will continue to be made available for fans to watch live in the UK – but five games per game week will only be available to view on a pay-per-view basis. Under these new arrangements, the current live match selections will remain […]

October 9, 2020

YouTube confirms F1 livestream

Having earlier announced its intention to offer live streaming of the Formula 1 Aramco Grosser Preis Der Eifel 2020 in Germany on the Formula 1 YouTube Channel, the platform has confirmed its coverage plans. The livestream starts at 11am CEST on October 9th with the first practice session. Fans will be able to watch the […]

October 8, 2020By Colin Mann

Survey: Americans plan to stream more this Xmas

Roku has announced findings from its 2020 Holiday Consumer Shopping study in partnership with The Harris Poll, offering insights into the rapidly evolving US consumer shopping landscape as the country heads towards its first holiday season since the pandemic started. The findings of the survey of more than 2,000 US adults also offers a deep […]

October 7, 2020

FITE acquires Lomachenko vs Lopez in UK

FITE, the digital platform for sports and entertainment, has acquired the exclusive rights in the UK for the upcoming October 17th Top Rank Pay-Per-View boxing event: Vasiliy Lomachenko vs Teofimo Lopez. FITE will announce more countries where this fight will be available via the FITE digital platform. Start time for the event will be 2:00am […]

October 7, 2020

UK agencies target illegal streaming operation

Trading Standards Scotland, Police Scotland and the City of London’s Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) have joined forces to target a major illegal distributor of premium TV content. The distributor, based in the West of Scotland, is believed to have provided illegal access to premium TV, sports and movie content to dozens of separate […]

October 5, 2020By Colin Mann

Analyst: African SVoD subs to more than quadruple

Africa will have 12.96 million SVoD subscriptions by 2025, up from 2.75 million at end-2019, according to the Africa SVoD Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. From the 10 million additions, South Africa will supply 3 million to take its total to 4.3 million and Nigeria will add 2.1 million to total 2.73 […]

October 1, 2020

Movie analytics solution gives PVoD insights

Entertainment analytics specialist Whip Media Group has confirmed the availability of a new movie analytics solution which provides key consumer data insights to media companies as they are shifting releases from theatrical to premium on-demand-platforms. With production slowing and theatrical distribution in flux, more viewing is taking place on digital platforms. The new CVM (Content […]

October 1, 2020

BritBox: ‘Ahead of subs plan’

Subscriber numbers for the UK BritBox SVoD service are ahead of plan, according to its MD, Will Harrison. Although unwilling to reveal exact numbers, Harrison told members of the UK Broadcasting Press Guild that BritBox was “very happy” at how the service had performed since its November 2019 launch.  He said that 2020 has been […]

September 29, 2020By Colin Mann

Analyst: SVoD to generate $100bn globally

SVoD revenues for 138 countries will reach $100 billion by 2025, double the $50 billion recorded in 2019, according to the SVoD Forecasts Update report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. SVoD revenues will exceed $1 billion in 16 countries by 2025; double from eight countries in 2019. The US will remain the

September 28, 2020