Interest in online video is reaching record levels across the Nordics. More time is spent watching video online than ever before, and household spend on digital video is accelerating, according to a report from digital media consultancy firm Mediavision. But, it is now becoming
Discovery Communications has announced the launch of Motor Trend OnDemand, an automotive SVoD offeing for motoring fans available now on Amazon Channels in the UK. Hundreds of hours of content designed to fuel the passion of car enthusiasts and super fans will be available to stream, including digital series originals Roadkill, Dirt Every Day and […]
In a move set to benefit consumers and customers of both pay-TV platforms, Sky has concluded an agreement with BT which means Sky customers will have their choice of sports all through a single Sky TV subscription, while also broadening the reach of Sky’s entertainment channel brands to all major pay-TV services in the UK […]
Findings from video ad serving platform SpotX reveal explosive growth in global OTT video advertising spend across its platform. The OTT video category includes broadcast-quality inventory from TV networks, Multichannel Video Programming Distributors (MVPDs) and other live, linear and VoD streaming services delivered via connected TV devices as well as desktop and mobile screens. SpotX’s […]
UK live-streaming TV service TVPlayer has announced what is says us a UK first with the launch of its new recording feature: enabling online TV viewers to record in the cloud. The launch of the network personal video recorder (nPVR) service marks a key development for TVPlayer, with the platform now being able to supplement […]
BritBox, the SVoD streaming service from BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, and ITV, the UK’s biggest commercial broadcaster, will launch in Canada in early 2018. The service initially launched in the US in March 2017. The streaming service will celebrate the very best of British TV, and offer the most comprehensive collection […]
Samsung Electronics and Amazon Prime Video have confirmed that the entire Prime Video HDR library is now available in HDR10+, the new open standard that leverages dynamic metadata to produce enhanced contrast and colours on an expanded range of televisions. The Prime Video HDR10+ catalogue includes hundreds of hours of content such as Prime Originals […]
Data from analyst firm Juniper Research has found that SVoD services, provided by the likes of Netflix and Amazon, will drive a surge in OTT revenues to reach $120 billion (€102bn) in 2022, up from $64 billion in 2017. The research also found that over a quarter of global households will subscribe to SVoD services […]
Following its exclusive content deal with US premium broadcaster HBO signed in March, Orange’s premium bouquet OCS has added further content to its HBO-branded portal on VoD service OCS Go. The Tout l’univers HBO section makes thousands of hours of HBO movies and TV series available on a permanent basis. Titles include cult series such as The […]
Netflix has defended a tweet that referred specifically to 53 people who had watched its new Christmas film every day for 18 days. “Who hurt you?” read the tweet, addressed to them. Some viewers protested calling the tweet “creepy” for the platform to keep such close tabs on its audience, and mock them. Netflix said […]