ViacomCBS shares continued to tumble following its plan to raise $3 billion, down as much as 35 per cent in the week as some media analysts marked it a ‘sell’. ViacomCBS suffers as the streaming frenzy that lifted its shares by more than 100 per cent in the past three months has reversed. ViacomCBS shares […]
CBS Sports has announced an agreement for Paramount+, ViacomCBS’ subscription streaming service, to serve as the exclusive English-language home in the US of qualifying matches for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 for the CONCACAF region of North America, Central America and the Caribbean. The deal, which comes into effect immediately, includes six away matches […]
CBS will be the new US home of Italian football having beaten ESPN to the rights. CBS will hold the rights to Serie A and Coppa Italia games from next season for three years. The games will be shown on CBS Sports as well as the Paramount+ streaming platform. The financial terms of the deal […]
ViacomCBS plans to sell $3 billion (€2.5bn) in stock to invest in streaming. The group launched its D2C streaming service Paramount+ earlier this month, and in 2019 it bought Pluto TV, an ad supported streaming platform. A year ago, after Viacom and CBS were re-combined, ViacomCBS shares traded at $11.28. They were $36 in December […]
The National Football League (NFL) has signed long-term agreements with media partners Amazon, CBS, ESPN/ABC, FOX, and NBC for the distribution of games over television and digital platforms, as well as additional media rights. With these agreements, the NFL has expanded its digital footprint to reach a broader audience while maintaining its commitment to keep […]
The Paramount+ streaming service launched in Latin America on March 4th, and data from JustWatch, the international streaming guide, has revealed the top content after its first week in service. The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, which was released last year, was the most watched movie on the platform, whilst most of the rest […]
Global data and technology company Spherex has unveiled their new technology solution that enables media and entertainment companies to seamlessly and easily adapt their content to be compliant, relevant, rated, and culturally appropriate for any global market. With more than 1 billion OTT subscriptions worldwide currently (source: Omedia) and OTT revenues to exceed $2 billion […]
Analyst firm Futuresource Consulting’s latest Living with Digital survey, in field in December 2020, has once again highlighted the continued upwards trajectory of digital video uptake in H2 2020, after an already impressive and partly pandemic-fuelled first half. The survey reported greater uptake across all types of video services covered. Transactional digital video continued its […]
Latin America will have 116 million SVoD subscriptions by 2026, up from the 53 million recorded at end-2020, according to the Latin America OTT TV and Video Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. Brazil will contribute 44 million to the 2026 total, followed by Mexico with 29 million. “There will be a wave […]
ViacomCBS has launched the new Paramount+ streaming service in Latin America with more than 5,000 hours of content. Paramount+ will be the Latin American home of SHOWTIME, Paramount+ Original Series premieres, CBS Television Studios, and select movies from Paramount Pictures. The service will also feature a variety of content and local productions from iconic ViacomCBS’ […]