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Analysis: Sports viewing shifting to online

Findings from target audience company GWI’s new data set, GWI Sports, indicate that consumers are increasingly turning to streaming services to watch sports events. The service aims to give sports teams, brands and agencies unique demographic and psychographic insights into the new sports fans. Based on a sample of over 23,000 Internet users aged 16-64 […]

May 13, 2021

CuriosityStream subs up 80%

The all-factual OTT service CuriosityStream, backed by Discovery’s founder John Hendricks, has reported subscription growth of 80 per cent year-on-year, and that it has bought One Day University. One Day University features over 500 unique talks and lectures from the best professors from over 150 colleges and universities in the US. Revenue in the first […]

May 13, 2021By Chris Forrester

Roku Originals debuting on May 20

Streaming platform and device specialist Roku is to debut ‘Roku Originals’, previously known as Quibi, on The Roku Channel on May 20th, in celebration of Streaming Day. This will mark the first time the ad-funded content is available in the UK, and Roku says it represents an opportunity for brands to access a new premium […]

May 13, 2021

Acorn TV launches on Spain’s Orange TV

Spain’s Orange TV has added Acorn TV, the streaming service of AMC Networks offering TV series from Britain and other English-speaking countries. Acorn TV offers subscribers of Orange TV a wide range of drama, mystery and comedy series and miniseries from the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and Canada, in both their Castilian dubbed and […]

May 13, 2021

Alchimie, All3Media content deal

Alchimie, the OTT subscription video platform, and All3Media International, have announced a strategic content partnership which sees them co-publish OTT channel Inside Outside in the US.  The deal also sees 400 hours of All3Media International’s premium factual content being placed onto Alchimie’s French-speaking European network of themed SVoD channels. Alchimie and All3Media International will jointly […]

May 13, 2021

Research: Brits streaming 2 working days a week

Almost one in five (19 per cent) Brits now spend over 16 hours – or the equivalent of two working days – watching streaming services every week, yet a quarter (25 per cent) aren’t prepared to pay for the privilege, according to findings from digital advertising technology company The Trade Desk’s latest report, The Future […]

May 12, 2021

Analyst: 1.5bn SVoD subs by 2026

SVoD subscriptions for 138 countries will increase by 591 million between 2020 and 2026 to reach 1,495 million – or up by 65 per cent, according to the Global SVOD Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. The peak year was 2020 when 201 million subscriptions were added. The total will cross the 1 […]

May 10, 2021

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