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NAGRA NexGuard solution integrated with Akamai

NAGRA, a Kudelski Group company and independent provider of content protection and multiscreen television solutions, has announced that its NexGuard Streaming watermarking solution for OTT has been integrated with Akamai, the intelligent edge platform for securing and delivering digital experiences. The integrated solution leverages Akamai’s edge platform to bring an added level of anti-piracy enforcement […]

April 21, 2020

All 4 draws record views

All 4, the VoD service owned by Channel 4, has achieved its highest number of quarterly views ever across Q1 of this year, driven by titles including Friday Night Dinner, Gogglebox, The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer, Hollyoaks, Celebs Go Dating and Brooklyn Nine-Nine. This record breaking period includes All 4’s […]

April 20, 2020

Report: Streaming rockets in SE Asia

Total online video weekly streaming minutes on mobile grew 60 per cent in aggregate across Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore between January 20th and April 11th 2020, according to a report published by Media Partners Asia (MPA). With the disruption and subsequent lockdown measures enforced during the Covid-19 pandemic, total online video streaming weekly […]

April 20, 2020

Report: Disney+ France delay boosted demand

Parrot Analytics reports that the share of demand for Disney+ is up 7.54 per cent in France since March 11th, when the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the Coronavirus a global pandemic. While Disney pushed back the launch of its SVoD service in France to April 7th, demand for the service registered the largest growth […]

April 20, 2020

Artemis Fowl joins Disney+ on June 12

As previously reported, Disney’s adaptation of Artemis Fowl, the first in a series of fantasy novels by Eoin Colfer, is set to forego a cinema release and debut straight on the Disney+ streaming platform. Disney has now confirmed that the movie will stream exclusively on the SVoD platform from June 12th. From director Kenneth Branagh, […]

April 20, 2020

Netflix record high market value

Netflix has a higher market value than oil giant ExxonMobil, as the streaming platform continues to benefit from increased viewership during coronavirus lockdowns around the globe. Shares in the SVoD giant jumped 5 per cent higher in early trading on Wall Street on to a new record high of $448 (€411.8), taking its market value […]

April 17, 2020

Study: US users stream 8hrs a day in lockdown

The time that Americans have spent streaming has gone through the roof since the start of Covid-19, according to new research conducted by OnePoll on behalf of AVoD service Tubi. A study of 2,000 Americans with access to a streaming service found the average person is now streaming eight hours of content per day and […]

April 17, 2020

Spain: Euskaltel expands free VoD catalogue

Euskaltel continues to increase its home entertainment offering, and is now adding Replayteka to its on-demand video catalogue, with 100 new films free of charge, thanks to the agreement reached with em>A Contracorriente Films, the leading film distribution company in Spain. The cinema special, A Contracorriente Film Edition, will be added automatically to Euskaltel’s TV […]

April 17, 2020

Dorcel and Vixen sign TV & VoD deal

Dorcel and Vixen Media Group have announced the signing of an exclusive contract in the adult industry. On May 1st Dorcel, already present in more than 75 countries, becomes the exclusive worldwide TV and TV based VoD distributor for all Vixen Media Group brands, including: Vixen, Blacked, Tushy, Deeper, Blacked Raw and Tushy Raw. This […]

April 17, 2020

Super RTL launches Toggo with 3SS

3 Screen Solutions (3SS), a provider of software solutions for set-top boxes and multiscreen entertainment, has been selected by Germany’s leading children’s broadcaster Super RTL for the launch of Toggo, its AVoD kids’ service which went live on April 8th. Aimed at youngsters aged 0-13 years, Toggo will see a staged service launch, starting with […]

April 17, 2020