Research from Amdocs Media which explores the media consumption preferences of UK consumers suggests that the television is the most popular means of accessing their media subscription services (video, music and gaming). Fifty per cent of consumers surveyed selected
Australian consumers are feeling overwhelmed with the number of content streaming options available in the media landscape, according to Deloitte’s eighth annual Media Consumer Survey. The streaming battleground has confused audiences, suggesting aggregation could be one solution to the problem. There are currently more than 12 TV and movie services and eight music streaming services available […]
Tubi, the ad-supported VoD, made a series of announcements during its keynote address at MIPCOM. The company will launch its service in the UK in early 2020, with additional territories to follow as part of Tubi’s rapid international expansion. In addition, Tubi will launch Tubi Kids on October 21st, a new area of Tubi that […]
The Apple TV+ app will initially address only about half of the total US market, so the service is likely to encounter limited subscriber growth compared to competitors that have a wider reach, according to IHS Markit. For Apple, this could
Basketball Champions League has signed a three-year agreement with sports streaming service DAZN ofor the period 2019-2022 in Spain The agreement comes into effect immediately, with DAZN set to carry full coverage of the Basketball Champions League, running each season from October to May. With this agreement, DAZN will provide its viewers the opportunity to […]
Tru Optik, an audience intelligence and data-management platform (DMP) across Connected TV (CTV), has announced plans to power a free privacy compliance solution for CTV and Advanced Media called Privacy.TV. The solution will roll out in Q4 2019 in beta and become commercially available in 2020, offering OTT consumer opt-out and data transparency capabilities for […]
The UK is still the dominant player in the broadcast content and services market even as Brexit approaches. In fact the Office of National Statistics reveals the booming film and TV production sector made a significant contribution to the UK narrowly avoiding going into recession in the third quarter. The European Audiovisual Observatory, part of […]
Italy’s Economy Minister has confirmed that the country will impose a 3 per cent ‘online tax’ on large-scale web-based activity, and it will come into force in 2020 – a year later than first suggested. The 3 per cent tax will be applied to certain online transactions for companies with annual revenues worth at least […]
Mediaset and Atresmedia are involved in a new football TV war to acquire TV rights to the Euro 2024 tournament and Qatar’s Football World Cup in 2022 for their respective OTT platforms Mitele and Atresplayer, according to El Economista. Currenty, they are the two main bidders as Movistar has refused to make an offer, and […]
John Skipper, executive chairman of DAZN, has said the OTT sports service would need to acquire Premier League football rights before considering a UK launch. Despite being based in London, the platform currently only operates in the US, Japan, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Canada, Italy, Spain and Brazil. DAZN also holds rights to Champions League football […]