Indian content company Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEE) is launching a Premium Video on Demand (PVoD) service on leading content distribution platforms. With this new offering, consumers will now be able to watch their favourite new blockbuster releases in the comfort of their homes, along with their entire family at what Zee says is an attractive […]
MLS football club Inter Miami has claimed two historic firsts, initially by hosting its first match at Inter Miami CF Stadium. That same night, it also made history on the technology front as it became the first MLS club to live stream a match via its own App. Inter Miami, which has football icon David […]
Cinedigm and ZEASN, a provider of OTT and Smart TV solutions, have announced a partnership to bring Cinedigm’s OTT channels and assortment of content to tens of millions of ZEASN-enabled Smart TVs powered by ZEASN’s Whale OS, including all Philips, Magnavox and many other television OEMs. Through this collaboration, Cinedigm’s channels will be available on […]
AT&T has hired investment bank Goldman Sachs to advise it on a sale of its DTH pay-TV operation DirecTV. AT&T bought DirecTV back in 2015 and – including the operator’s borrowings – paid some $67 billion overall ($49 billion plus debts). But the AT&T purchase happened with the rise and rise of rival content bouquets […]
Consumer research from Leichtman Research Group (LRG) finds that 78 per cent of all US households have a subscription video on-Demand (SVoD) service from Netflix, Amazon Prime, and/or Hulu – up from 69 per cent in 2018, and 52 per cent in 2015. In addition, 55 per cent of US households now have more than […]
Latin America will have 100.35 million SVoD subscriptions by 2025, more than double the 42.15 million recorded at end-2019, according to the Latin America SVoD Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. “Latin America will enjoy a wave of US-based platform launches over the next year,” advises Simon Murray, Principal Analyst at Digital TV […]
Streaming media platform Plex has launched 42 channels on the Wurl Network. The channels, all launched in a single day, include such popular programming as Reuters, The Bob Ross Channel, Game Show Central, Deal or No Deal, Wipeout Xtra, FailArmy, The Pet Collective, People Are Awesome and WeatherSpy, from leading studios including Reuters, Cinedigm, Game […]
DVEO has created a new division called ZUMSTREAM, a cloud service for both OTT and IPTV oriented content distributors. ZUMSTREAM offers a large scope of services, everything from cloud playout, ad insertion, transcoding live, and DVR etc. For the past four months ZUMSTREAM and its developers have been testing it’s “cloudified software” applications with a […]
Since 2015, Hub Entertainment Research’s annual Decoding the Default study has tracked the TV source that consumers consider their TV ‘home base’: the source they turn on first when they’re ready to watch. This year’s study identifies viewers’ home base and the considerations that drive their choice of default. Highlights from the study:
Research from UK pro-copyright education body The Industry Trust for IP Awareness has revealed that those who illegally download or stream TV, Film and Sport content are at a higher risk than ever of suffering a host of negative personal and financial consequences. From viruses and hacking, to identity theft and fraud, latest figures