Following strong speculation that such a move was imminent, streaming service Disney+ will expand its offerings for consumers by introducing an ad-supported subscription in addition to its option without ads, beginning in the US in late 2022, with plans to expand internationally in 2023. “Expanding access to Disney+ to a broader audience at a lower […]
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has reported a strong 2021 with record revenues and revealed an acceleration of its digital strategy which will see the launch in Q4 of ITVX, which it says is the first integrated AVoD/SVoD platform in the UK. But despite the revenue record, softer forecasts and the looming costs of the streaming […]
A third (34 per cent) of Southeast Asian viewers are now using OTT services, according to a study by The Trade Desk. The research also shows that the region welcomed 20 million new OTT viewers in the past year. There are now 200 million users who stream 9.7 billion hours’ worth of OTT content per […]
W4free, the AVoD service offering movies, documentaries and TV series, has completed a number of new feature film licensing deals which adds over 300 titles to the platform’s movie library. Titles are being made available to W4Free registered users in the UK beginning this month with more to follow in the coming months. Among the […]
Dell Technologies and Voot, the subscription video on demand and OTT streaming service owned by Viacom 18 are coming together to launch Dell XPS Youniverse Creators. The show will focus on creators, who excel in various art forms, coming together in a Creative Residency to collaborate and create masterpieces using the Dell XPS. The aim […]
Premium Video-On-Demand platform Rakuten TV has announce the release of their latest titles. March’s releases include original productions with motivational stories, the biggest Blockbusters, Oscar-nominated films and brand-new TV series.Available on AVOD from 2nd March, Rakuten TV will be releasing their latest original documentary, Ona Carbonell: Starting Over. The film follows the Olympic synchronised swimming […]
The increased shift of audience attention from linear TV to streaming/CTV holds great potential for both advertisers and broadcasters, according to audience measurement platform AudienceProject. In a blog post following the publication of the company’s study, Insights 2022 – Linear TV and streaming, which looks at the current state of linear TV and streaming consumption […]
Canela Media, a digital media technology company, has announced the completion of an oversubscribed $32 million (€28.6m) Series A funding round. The investment was co-led by Acrew Capital and Angeles Investors with participation from Link Ventures, TEGNA Ventures and Samsung NEXT. BMO Harris Bank provided an additional $10 million of capital. In addition, existing investors […]
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) video industry grew revenue by 11 per cent Y/Y in 2021 to reach $1.9 billion (€1.6bn), according to the GCC Video & Broadband Distribution 2021 report from Media Partners Asia (MPA). The report provides analysis of telecoms, online video, pay-TV and free TV industries across the six Gulf Cooperation Council […]
Shorts International, owner of ShortsTV, the global short film network, has announced that its FAST short film channels are now available on LG Smart TVs initially in the UK, Italy and Spain. The channels, under the ‘Shorts’ (UK and Italy) and ‘Cortos’ (Spain) brands, give millions more households across Europe additional access to a handpicked […]