Ad-funded streaming subscriptions (HV0D), continue to grow in Sweden. Currently, close to 400,000 households have chosen to acquire at least one streaming service that is partly financed by advertising. Even though HVoD is a relatively new concept, growth has been strong during the year. Since the beginning of 2024, Mediavision reports a growth of 40 […]
BBC Studios and CDA have announced that BBC Studios’ Player service will launch on CDA Premium from September 1st. BBC Player will be available to the entire CDA Premium subscriber base, providing them with a wide range of BBC programming on-demand. BBC Player is the local on-demand destination for BBC content in Poland. CDA Premium […]
Netflix has announced that its docu-series on WWE co-founder and former CEO, Vince McMahon, will premiere soon on the streaming service. It was widely believed that the project, which has been in production since 2020, was scrapped following allegations of sexual assault and sex trafficking made against McMahon in June 2022, which eventually saw him […]
A report from Hub Entertainment Research reveals that US sports fans are open to more sports and games becoming available on streaming platforms. Key findings from the second wave of Hub’s What’s the Score: The Evolution of Sports Media survey include: 1) Sports fans assume that in general, traditional broadcast or cable networks can deliver […]
The subscription video on demand service revenue in Japan is expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.8 per cent from $4 billion (€3.6bn) in 2023 to $5.6 billion in 2028, driven by the strong growth in SVoD subscriptions and unique SVoD household penetration, and a steady rise in the average […]
The US ad market saw a nearly 14 per cent increase YoY in July 2024 according to Guideline’s latest numbers – the strongest month in the 15th consecutive month of marketplace expansion, with Olympics ad buying driving significant growth. In fact, the five days of July Olympics accounted for 43 per cent of the all […]
Quantcast, a programmatic advertising platform, is entering a new strategic partnership with smartclip, RTL Group’s adtech development unit and a leading provider of adtech solutions across Europe. Marketers working with Quantcast will have access to premium programmatic video supply across all screens and devices, including over-the-top (OTT) and connected television (CTV). This collaboration aims to […]
The Arvato Systems Vidispine team and TMT Insights have announced a partnership aimed at modernising sports media supply chains to compete in today’s multi-channel, multi-platform distribution landscape. In response tglobal demand for sports content, the companies say they have joined forces to help content owners and distributors optimise their lens-to-lens delivery pipelines and accelerate distribution into broadcast, FAST, […]
DirecTV Inflight, a distributor of content in the commercial aviation industry, has launched an IPTV service for business aviation in collaboration with Satcom Direct (SD), the business aviation solutions provider. This media streaming technology offers business aviation customers access to live TV programming, including a comprehensive sports lineup. The solution is completely hardware-free, allowing passengers […]
NFL stars and brothers, Travis and Jason Kelce. have signed a podcast deal with Amazon, reportedly worth $100 million (€90m). The three-year deal gives Wondery, an Amazon partner company, exclusive multimedia rights to the brothers’ popular New Heights podcast. The siblings launched the podcast in 2022, which sees the pair interviewing celebrity guests and discussing […]