Online entertainment has become the norm. We do everything online, from working and paying bills to shopping, reading and learning. Why would entertainment be any different? Every aspect of the entertainment industry has shifted to the digital. We can still attend entertainment events in the real world, but increasingly, even live entertainment is offered online. […]
DE-CIX, the Internet Exchange (IX) operator, has revealed another record-breaking milestone in the amount of global data traffic being exchanged at its locations in 2024. More than 3,400 connected networks exchanged over 68 exabytes of data traffic at DE-CIX’s locations around the world, corresponding to an increase of around 15 per cent compared to the […]
Not long ago, watching TV meant slouching on the couch, remote in hand, flipping through channels. Audiences were glued to their TV set with little say in what they watched or when. Fast forward to today, and television has changed in its entirety. Interactive features made sure of that, and now viewers have gone from […]
Henri de Fontaines will take over the operational management of French streaming platform M6+ in March. Julien Smadja, currently Deputy Managing Director in charge of streaming activities, will leave Groupe M6 on the same date. De Fontaines joined M6 Group as Strategy Policy Officer in 2003. Appointed Company Secretary of Studio 89 in late 2006, […]
Research commissioned by Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) polled the nation to discover how Brits envisage everyday life in 20 years’ time, with 61 per cent believing that life will be unrecognisable from the way we live today. Half (49 per cent) think social media will be banned for under sixteens, while 37 per cent believe […]
Channel 5 has reported that its streaming service, My5, grew at its fastest ever rate in 2024 with Barb TV Viewing Minutes (TVM) for the service up a record 53 per cent versus 2023. This record level of growth was higher than any other PSB streaming service over 2024 (based on Barb TVM year-on-year growth […]
Roku has reported that it surpassed 90 million streaming households in the first week of 2025. Roku is now in nearly half of all US broadband households. “Roku’s extensive scale sets us apart in the streaming industry, with more engagement than any other TV OS platform in the US,” said Anthony Wood, Founder and CEO, […]
Stream Hatchet, a streaming analytics and business intelligence platform and wholly-owned subsidiary of GameSquare, has released its Save Point 2024 report, which looks back at some of the biggest shifts in the live-streaming industry in 2024. This includes new live-streaming platforms, the most popular streamers, top games, new alternative content capturing viewer interest, and a new meta […]
Operative has announced that its cloud-based intelligent media management platform AOS is fully enabled to support Linear Streaming – the new media model that brings linear workflows to digital delivery channels. AOS helps companies unify and activate their data, optimise sales and transform operations to improve the sell-through and value of inventory across all platforms. […]
Tim Sewell, CEO at Yospace, a specialist in server-side ad insertion, has shared his predictions on OTT monetisation for 2025. “With ad-based streaming an increasingly important element of many media owners’ businesses, we’ll see a real desire to eke out the maximum value of ad inventory. That means a closer focus on dynamic ad insertion […]