DistroScale, the company behind DistroTV, has announced the launch of ‘Wedding TV by Love Stories TV’ on its platform, with a special focus on Indian weddings. This launch is powered by the DistroTV Platform Services, which offers a solution for media brands to create, monetise, and distribute their own streaming TV channels. ‘Wedding TV by […]
In recent years, Over-The-Top (OTT) TV streaming platforms have taken the world by storm – from streaming services to gaming sites, these platforms have revolutionised the way we consume content and entertainment. But OTT isn’t just changing the way we absorb media, it’s also transforming the business landscape. With the current number of digital streaming […]
Global FAST revenues for TV series and movies will reach $17 billion (€16.1bn) across 138 countries in 2029, up from $8 billion in 2023, according to the Global FAST Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. The US will contribute 38 per cent to the 2029 total, down from 56 per cent in 2023. […]
Pluto TV, the FAST TV service, has announced its launch on Bouygues Telecom STBs in France. The Pluto TV app is now available on the Miami, Bbox 4K and Bbox 4K HDR set-top-boxes, offering the French public free access to over 100 curated channels. This partnership is the first of its kind with a telecommunications […]
Setting a new industry benchmark in digital channel monitoring, Amagi, the global leader in cloud-based SaaS technology for broadcast and connected TV, has announced a strategic alliance with TAG Video Systems, a leader in software-based, IP-native monitoring solutions. This collaboration is primed to revolutionize the quality of FAST broadcast streams leveraging TAG’s state-of-the-art features. “Channel […]
A+E Networks has named Mark Garner to the newly created position of Executive Vice President, Head of Global FAST Channels, effective immediately. The announcement was made by Steven MacDonald, President, Global Licensing & International, to whom he reports. “As FAST continues to be a critical area for growth around the world, we are thrilled to […]
Mythical Entertainment’s linear channel, Mythical 24/7, has launched on Plex. This is Mythical 24/7’s fifth launch since successfully launching on The Roku Channel back in March. Award-Winning Content Creators, Digital Superstars, and the Founders & Co-CEOs of Mythical Entertainment, Rhett McLaughlin & Link Neal (AKA Rhett & Link), have bootstrapped Mythical Entertainment into a 90+ […]
Digital media network, Little Dot Studios, an All3Media Company, has partnered with Dubformer, an AI dubbing start-up, to localise and dub 100 hours of broadcast quality YouTube programming from English to Spanish. Following a surge in demand for premium factual content in the Spanish speaking areas of the US and mainland Spain, Little Dot Studios […]
FilmRise, the film and television studio and streaming network, is expanding its content offering available on Samsung TV Plus to include additional FAST/AVoD channels in the US and Canada. The deal includes over 600 hours of new programming including 19 TV series and over 120 films. The additional programming brings the total content from FilmRise […]
MVPDs must evolve into ‘super aggregators’ and forge strategic partnerships with historic competitors in order to defend their incumbent positions in the next decade of streaming, according to a white paper by Caretta Research. In How to be a Pay-TV market leader by 2030, the Caretta team cites the need for MVPDs to embrace “coopetition” […]