Neil Mortensen, Director of Audiences, ITV, has suggested that TV is now in its third age, characterised by TVs connected to the Internet, time-and place-shift our viewing, with more choice, more quality and control than ever before. Speaking in a panel session on ‘Content, Consumers and Everything In Between’ at the Royal Television Society Cambridge […]
The UK Culture Secretary, Nicky Morgan has pushed for the biggest events in women’s sport to become ‘listed events’ on free-to-air TV, so that mass audiences can watch them and be inspired by the achievements of our women sport stars. Morgan also encouraged public service and commercial broadcasters to do more to secure their future […]
UK broadcast regulator Ofcom has published final conclusions on the relationship between BritBox – a proposed new streaming service from ITV and the BBC – and the BBC’s publicly-funded (or ‘Public Service’) activities. As required under the Corporation’s Charter and Agreement, Ofcom has assessed whether the BBC’s involvement in Britbox represents a ‘material change’ to […]
Marking its first distribution deal with a major US video and Internet provider, sports streaming service DAZN is now available to Comcast customers on Xfinity Flex and will be available over the Internet to millions more on Xfinity X1 this autumn. “We’re thrilled to give our Xfinity X1 and Xfinity Flex customers access to DAZN’s […]
Eros Now, a South Asian entertainment OTT video platform by Eros International, a global Indian entertainment company, has announced a collaboration with Microsoft to build a next generation online video platform on Microsoft Azure targeted at its consumers across the globe. This is a unique association for Microsoft in India in the online video space. […]
JW Player, the onlineflexible video platform, has announced the launch of an enhanced Video Player Bidding solution for all clients. Video Player Bidding provides media companies with an integrated solution to connect with high-quality advertisers and brands from across the globe. Since adding three new demand partners over the last six months, the company has […]
Gross SVoD subscriptions increased by 139 million in 2018 to 508 million – or up by 38 per cent, according to the SVOD Databook from Digital TV Research. The net subscriber count rose by 83 million in 2018 to reach 357 million – up by 31 per cent. This means that the average SVoD subscriber […]
The Asia Pacific online video industry will generate $27 billion (€24.4bn) in advertising and subscription revenue this year, up 24 per cent Y/Y from 2018, according to a new report, Asia Pacific Online Video & Broadband Distribution 2020, from research, advisory and consulting firm Media Partners Asia (MPA). This pie is forecast to expand at […]
Xfinity Flex, the OTT service from US cableco Comcast, is now included with an Xfinity Internet-only subscription, providing millions of new and existing customers with the ability to easily access streaming services and manage their connected home devices right on the TV. The service comes with an Internet-connected, 4K streaming TV device, Xfinity Voice Remote, […]
Inter Milan and DAZN have announced a distribution agreement which will see the presence of Inter TV content within the streaming platform. Inter TV is the first thematic channel of a football club to become part of the DAZN offer in Italy. DAZN users, especially Inter fans, will have access to the entire channel schedule, […]