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DAZN expands subscription options in Italy

Sports streaming platform DAZN is planning to offer more subscription options in Italy, starting in time for the 2022/2023 football season. Instead of the single monthly fee of €29.99 (although many are still paying the promotional price of €19.99), there will be a wider tariff portfolio possibly based on the number of registered devices, streams […]

March 4, 2022From Branislav Pekic in Rome

NewsPlayer+ adds United News

NewsPlayer+, the UK-based global streaming news platform, has announce that United News, a 24/7 all-encompassing news service broadcasting live from Ukraine, is now available on their global streaming news platform as a guest channel. United News has been launched by the biggest media groups in Ukraine, who have united to broadcast one all-encompassing news service […]

March 4, 2022

Blonder Tongue, TiVo partner on IPTV tech

Blonder Tongue Laboratories, a designer and manufacturer of video telecommunications, cable, and fibre transmission technologies, and TiVo have unveiled the new Blonder Tongue NXG Cryptolink for TiVo Managed IPTV Service, an OTT Bulk IPTV Video Redistribution Technology for small and medium sized businesses (SMB) and hospitality location deployments of cloud-based IPTV video services. The new […]

March 3, 2022

JUMP announces QoE solution powered by Mux

JUMP Data-Driven Video -the pioneer behind the One-Stop-Shop data platform for all your video service needs-announces the launch of JUMP QoE. JUMP QoE provides users with a unique source of truth for video platforms. Leveraging Mux Data, content publishers now have real-time access to advanced video performance insights and engagement monitoring. With a complete understanding […]

March 3, 2022

Forecast: China pay-TV market stagnant 2021 to 2026

The pay-TV services revenue in China is expected to grow at a sluggish compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 0.6 per cent from $35.1 billion (€31.6bn) in 2021 to $36.2 billion in 2026, due to a steady decline in cable TV subscriptions and drop in overall pay-TV average revenue per subscription (ARPS), according to GlobalData, […]

March 2, 2022

Data: US OTT ad spend reached $1.3bn in 2021

As viewership on streaming platforms continues to grow, advertisers are chasing audiences. MediaRadar measures OTT advertising across a sampling of both standalone streaming platforms and TV Anywhere viewing from top linear networks in the US.  Among this sample, which includes Hulu, Peacock and other big players in this space, MediaRadar reports that total ad spend […]

March 2, 2022

Survey: Market potential for video quality automation

With poor video quality still an issue for numerous streaming providers, the market is increasingly moving toward video experience automation as a solution, according to a survey of OTT providers, broadcasters and multichannel video providers. The survey, which aggregated input from more than 200 respondents, showed that poor video quality is the top technical issue, […]

March 2, 2022

TOD SVoD launches in MENA

TOD, a new subscription-based OTT platform, has been unveiled to audiences across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The platform offers more than 10,000 hours of premium entertainment and sports content including blockbusters, top Arabic, Turkish, international, and children’s programming, together with a range of outstanding new TOD Originals. TOD exclusively hosts beIN Sports’ […]

March 2, 2022

DAZN Spain hikes prices; appoints CEO

Sports streaming platform DAZN is already preparing for the next football season following the acquisition of La Liga rights and a potential shared content deal with Telefónica giving access to all matches. The company has appointed former Vodafone executive, Bosco Aranguren, as CEO in Spain (effective April 18th) as it hedges its bets on the […]

March 1, 2022From David Del Valle in Madrid

TiVo launches TiVo Xtend ad solutions

TiVo, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Xperi, has announced the launch of TiVo Xtend, a suite of end-to-end advertising solutions built on the foundation of TiVo’s first-party deterministic TV viewership data. As TV consumption shifts away from linear and towards OTT and VOD, advertisers are seeing their reach decline from traditional TV buys. TiVo Xtend aims […]

March 1, 2022