Rakuten TV has announced the launch of its video streaming app for the PlayStation 5 gaming console across Europe. The app will provide users access to a range of content directly from their gaming console. Ranging from AVoD to TVoD and Live Channels, viewers will be able to buy and rent the latest Hollywood titles […]
International Nollywood broadcaster African Movie Channel’s Nolly Africa HD is now available on Plex. This new partnership was facilitated through a joint distribution deal with Amagi, the cloud-based specialist in the FAST, CTV, and broadcast space. With 17 million monthly active users, Plex offers free ad-supported TV shows and movies, FAST channels, and live TV channels […]
Streaming platform Rakuten TV is launching a new football FAST channel, DAZN Women’s Football, for football fans to enjoy all the excitement of the game they love, coinciding with the FIFA Women’s World Cup. DAZN Women’s Football Fast channel will give fans front row seats to the very best action in women’s football, including live […]
Football’s governing body FIFA is expanding OTT service FIFA+ as it becomes available on five new connected TV apps: Samsung TV, LG, VIDAA, Amazon Fire, and Android TV, and five new FAST channel platforms: Samsung TV Plus, LG Channels, VIDAA Channels, The Roku Channel and Rakuten TV. This move is aimed at allowing more football […]
Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment has launched its Free Ad-Supported Streaming Television (FAST) channel on the Philo streaming TV service. Philo viewers in the US can now access hundreds of hours of movies and television series – 24 hours a day at no additional cost to their subscription plans. The Philo app can be […]
Insight TV, the millennial-focused global channel operator, has expanded its North American distribution, launching three FAST channels on Philo, a virtual MVPD player. FAST Channels launching on Philo include, INFAST (Lifestyle), INTROUBLE (Sports) and INWONDER (Sci/Tech), devoted to Millennial and Gen-Z audiences, and will be included as part of the new group of FAST channels […]
Tubi, Fox Corporation’s free ad-supported streaming service, has announced the appointment of Anjali Sud as Chief Executive Officer for the company, effective September 1st. Sud, who will report to Paul Cheesbrough, CEO of Tubi Media Group, joins as Tubi recently became the most watched free ad-supported TV streaming service in the US. “Anjali is a highly accomplished […]
Amagi, the global leader in cloud-based SaaS technology for broadcast and connected TV, has announced it has been selected by TCL, one of the world’s best-selling and leading consumer electronics companies, to support its new streaming options for TCL TV users in the US Simplifying and accelerating the addition of channels to the platform, Amagi […]
According to findings from a new report, Is TV just TV?, by Samsung Ads and Verve, brands that advertise on streaming platforms are perceived to be five times more modern and five times more innovative when compared to brands that advertise in non-streaming environments. These figures jumped to eight times and six times, respectively, for […]
LG Ad Solutions has released findings from its latest study of perceptions and behaviours related to connected TV among Canadian consumers. Titled, The Big Shift: Canada Wave II, the study surveyed more than 750 Canadian consumers in June 2023 and found that Canadian TV viewership is shifting away from linear TV with 26 per cent […]