Advanced Television

Articles

Sky Media, The Trade Desk programmatic partnership

Global advertising technology company, The Trade Desk, has announced a partnership with Sky Media, the advertising sales arm of Sky. The partnership will allow advertisers using The Trade Desk’s technology platform to access Sky Media’s premium broadcaster VoD content. Starting with select channels, the partnership will develop to allow brands and marketers to reach audiences […]

May 10, 2021

Switch Media wins Telekom Television contract

Switch Media has won the contract with Solomon Telekom Company Limited (STCL) to provide an online streaming service for its free-to-air television network, Telekom Television (TTV). Recently launched, the offering, which utilises Switch Media’s MediaHQ Lite online video platform, provides subscribers with a two-channel service that is available online across multiple devices including Chromecast streaming […]

May 10, 2021

Study: Limited SVoD access aids piracy growth

The growth of OTT services may be accompanied by a rise in pirated content, particularly where access to those services may be restricted, according to the findings of a group of academic researchers. The researchers studied the effects of

May 7, 2021By Colin Mann

Netflix Australia launches Netflix Pause publication

Netflix has launched its first publication in Australia, called Netflix Pause, which will take a deep dive into Netflix content – asking existential questions and exploring unexpected themes, all through the lens of film and TV. In a blog post, Michael Sun, Netflix Culture Editor, explained: “Netflix Pause is an email publication, and we’re pretty […]

May 7, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Comcast: Video #1 Internet traffic driver

According to US multiplay telco Comcast, video was the number one traffic driver for its Internet customers in 2020, accounting for 71 per cent of all downstream traffic over its network, a growth of 70 per cent from 2019. In analysing how its customers consumed video and entertainment in 2020, the biggest takeaway was that […]

May 6, 2021By Colin Mann

RTL Q1: Streaming services accelerate growth

Pan-European broadcaster RTL Group’s quarterly numbers for the first three months of 2021 show group revenue up 3.9 per cent organically year on year, with reported Group revenue down 4.2 per cent to €1.404 billion ascribed to scope effects and negative exchange rate effects. Thomas Rabe, Chief Executive Officer of RTL Group, says: “Our streaming […]

May 6, 2021

JW Player acquires VUALTO

In a move that it says strengthens its comprehensive video platform for success in the digital video economy, video software and data insights platform JW Player is acquiring live and on-demand video streaming and Digital Rights Management (DRM) solutions provider VUALTO. According to JW Player, the acquisition deepens its already robust offering to global broadcasters […]

May 6, 2021

Analysis: Frequent usage best churn antidote for Nordics SVoD

The fierce competition in the Nordic video streaming market shows no signs of slowing down in Q1. Following strong, pandemic-induced growth in 2020, Mediavision reports that customer retention is likely one of the most important issues this year for all SVoD players. Mediavision’s Q1 analysis shows that frequent usage plays a key role in reducing […]

May 6, 2021

WaterBear adding TVoD titles

Streaming platform WaterBear has announced a partnership with the Resilient Foundation, a non-profit organisation which funds critical storytelling around the world across short form, feature documentaries, journalism, live and news telling stories that may otherwise go unreported. WaterBear’s ‘Resilient Collection’ will see a number documentary films to rent land on the platform on May 7th, […]

May 6, 2021

Crystal Palace docuseries on Amazon Prime Video

The new Crystal Palace Football Club docuseries, When Eagles Dare, will launch exclusively on Amazon Prime Video worldwide on June 4th. When Eagles Dare charts Crystal Palace FC’s remarkable resurgence from financial ruin and administration in 2010, to playing in the 2013 Championship Play-Offs for promotion to the Premier League. The docuseries tells the extraordinary […]

May 6, 2021