The total pay-TV services revenue in Hong Kong will grow at a very sluggish compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 0.7 per cent between 2020 and 2025, primarily due to intense competition from pure play OTT video streaming service platforms such as Viu, reveals GlobalData, a data and analytics company. According to GlobalData’s Hong Kong […]
Babeleye, a global specialist in content metadata for video plathorms, has integrated its Electronic Programme Guide (EPG) solution into the HD+ Service, the recently launched premium broadcast TV service marketed by SES HD+ Ghana, a subsidiary of SES. The HD+ EPG is based on DVB standards, and is currently presented in English language. Theodore Asampong, […]
The Government’s failure to enable a viable and alternative form of funding for the BBC means it will be forced to rely on the TV licence fee for the term of the next Charter, according to a cross-party group of MPs. In a wide-ranging Report, The future of public service broadcasting, the House of Commons […]
More than two-thirds (67 per cent) of UK advertising professionals think connected TV (CTV) is a more effective ad channel than linear TV. That’s according to research by ad platform Unruly, which also revealed
Amagi, a global leader in SaaS for broadcast and streaming TV, has announced that leading international sports content company, Inverleigh, has employed Amagi’s unified cloud-based platform to help reach newer audiences. Inverleigh is a leading premium sports content company that creates high-value content solutions for over 500 broadcasters globally. With operations in Melbourne, London and […]
Data and insight company REaD Group and InfoSum, the decentralised marketing infrastructure, have announced a partnership that will make REaD’s UK-wide comprehensive and permissioned database of online and offline consumer data available for brands, publishers and more to discover new insights and improve audience targeting. InfoSum empowers companies to unlock the full potential of their […]
Bloomberg Quicktake’s live stream channel reached 7.4 million average monthly viewers over its first three full months (December 2020 through February 2020), since launching on on November 9th last year. The OTT network reports that it also had 56 million average monthly viewers of its on demand videos across social platforms over the same time […]
Last week’s Cheltenham Festival saw a record number of streams for a British horseracing event. The numbers were achieved using Phenix, the real-time streaming technology platform that delivers synchronised streams across all devices at broadcast scale. Stats Perform, the sports tech player in data and artificial intelligence, has worked with Racecourse Media Group (RMG) to integrate Phenix’s proprietary and […]
Netgem has announced a series of upcoming launches with ISPs starting with InternetTY, a fast-growing FTTH player in the Liverpool, Manchester, North Lincolnshire and Staffordshire areas. Netgem has also confirmed the upcoming launch of SuperStream with leading Irish provider Pure Telecom, and UK ISP Origin Broadband is also set to start marketing the service. Netgem […]
Above-inflation price rises of up to 33 per cent are failing to curb Brits’ enthusiasm for film and TV streaming services, according to research by Priestley, the insight-led digital marketing consultancy. The study shows that young Brits are increasingly bouncing between services, using free trials and one-month subscriptions to binge-watch the latest films and TV, […]