Satellite TV provider DirecTV has extended access to its VoD content and streaming platform DirecTV Go to four additional Latin America countries; Argentina, Peru, Ecuador and Uruguay. DirecTV Go has been available in Chile and Colombia since last year. It will now be available to all post and prepaid customers on any smart TV or […]
Findings from cloud-based video production, editing and distribution platform Grabyo suggest that video audiences are watching on social media and online streaming services more often than pay-TV services in all major markets except the UK. The report surveyed over 9,600 people across the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, France, Australia, and the United States. The majority […]
Attendees to this year’s Glastonbury Festival will upload some 35 social media posts, take 143 photos over the whole festival, and make a combined 25.3 million calls, according to a study by EE. Researchers who studied the habits of 1000 Glastonbury-goers also found that on average, they will watch 16 performances and perhaps pine for […]
Internet TV streaming service netgem.tv has integrated Amazon Alexa Video Skill APIs into its TV boxes, which it says simplifies the viewer experience by making content searchable and controllable by voice. The implementation also removes the need for users to ask for the netgem.tv skill for Alexa by name, meaning you no longer need to […]
SVoD service Netflix is introducing a range of increases of up to €2 to its premium subscription fee in Spain a few months after it did likewise in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The price for a subscription with HD quality and simultaneous use on two devices goes from €10.99 to €11.99 per month while the […]
Yahoo UK has announced three new staff hires, continuing its focus into original content. Richard Hatherell has been appointed as Head of Video, Nicola Oakley as Head of Audience Development and Graham Smith as Homepage Editor. The new hires highlight Yahoo’s increased focus to expand its original, quality journalism and further investment into building the […]
Since partnering with Comscore, a specialist in planning, transacting and evaluating media across platforms in January 2018, DISH Media has executed more than 100 cross-platform addressable advertising campaigns across DISH and Sling TV, using Comscore as currency. Comscore was one of the first third-party companies to offer services that measure addressable television impressions across all […]
Multichannel programmer Discovery and sports-focused live TV streaming service fuboTV have agreed a new, multi-year carriage deal that will bring 13 Discovery networks to fuboTV’s live TV streaming service in the coming weeks. The deal extends the strategic relationship between the companies that began with the former Scripps Networks Interactive (acquired by Discovery) and included […]
The BBC is providing coverage of all 18 courts in HD live for the first time ever at Wimbledon for 2019. In addition, BBC Sport’s digital service at Wimbledon will be larger than ever this year. The BBC’s ultra-high definition trials are being expanded, so that viewers with compatible TVs will be able to watch […]
WWE and BT Sport have agreed a new multi-year exclusive pay-TV deal that will make WWE’s weekly flagship programming available live in the UK and Ireland on BT Sport beginning January 2020. The rights were previously held by Sky. BT Sport will air both Raw and SmackDown exclusively live every week, delivering edge-of-your-seat action and […]