Harmonic has announced that Mowies, a LatAm-based on-demand media platform, with a unique revenue model for creators of feature films, documentaries, TV series, theatrical performances, concerts and other original content, is optimising its workflow with Harmonic’s VOS 360 cloud streaming offering. Based on a pay-as-you-grow business model, Harmonic’s VOS360 SaaS is helping Mowies expand its […]
StarzPlay, the MENA region SVoD service, has announced the launch of a new add-on in partnership with BluTV, Turkey’s largest local subscription video-on-demand service, which is globally available for all Turkish and Arabic speaking audiences. With this new partnership, StarzPlay subscribers will have access to BluTV’s Turkish catalogue featuring popular local drama series, all dubbed […]
Kantar, the insights and consulting company, has announced a global collaboration with Streamhub, the technology company transforming video audience analytics, to incorporate data from its video tagging technology into Streamhub’s enterprise analytics platform. Media owners will now be able to use Streamhub’s enterprise platform to analyse any digital video content that integrates Kantar’s video-tagging technology, […]
A report from Ampere Analysis shows the rapid rise of SVoD services in the US. There are now more subscriptions to services including Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, HBO Max and Disney+ than there are people in the US. The pandemic and stay-at-home measures, the launch of new studio-backed subscription services, and
Freeview Australia has launched its free enhanced HbbTV (Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV) service, which it says will provide Australians with a more seamless integration between broadcast and on-demand BVoD services. As well as providing a more streamlined way to search and discover a world of free-to-air (FTA) entertainment across more than 35 channels, it also […]
Netflix and Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) have agreed a multiyear, exclusive first pay window licensing deal in the US for theatrically released SPE feature films, beginning with their 2022 film slate. This new agreement builds upon Netflix’s pre-existing output deal with Sony Pictures Animation films to now include all SPE film labels and genres. Under […]
Discovery and Comcast have announced the launch of discovery+ on Xfinity Flex, providing Xfinity Internet customers in the US with access to the streaming service. Additionally, discovery+ will begin its rollout to X1 in the coming weeks, giving Xfinity TV customers access to more Discovery programming online alongside all the live and on-demand content they […]
Drama series Rebel – the Erin Brockovich-inspired story starring Katey Sagal – will stream exclusively on Star on Disney+ from May 28th. The series tells the story of Annie ‘Rebel’ Bello – a blue-collar legal advocate without a law degree who is inspired by the life of Erin Brockovich. “The work that Erin Brockovich does in this world is so […]
The rollout of Disney+ in Southeast Asia is going strong, as the streaming platform launched in India in April 2020, followed by Indonesia in September 2020 and more recently Singapore in February 2021. With approximately 30 millions subscribers already (30 per cent of all Disney+ subscribers), Disney surpassed its own previsions. Different factors can explain […]
Italian broadcaster Mediaset is relaunching its VoD activities this month, with the merger of its two existing platforms, Mediaset Play and Infinity. Renamed as ‘Mediaset Play Infinity’, the new streaming platform will feature new graphics and include a new Smart TV application. It will offer both free content from the Mediaset terrestrial TV networks and […]