Launching your own streaming platform can feel like navigating uncharted territory. Between content acquisition, monetisation, marketing, and the technical setup, it’s easy to feel like there’s a lot to figure out. FAST Channels TV has worked with dozens of content owners to launch successful FAST platforms. In this guide, the company answers the questions it […]
Tubi, Fox Corporation’s AVoD service, has announced the launch of Productubity, a new Chrome extension designed to help users stream smarter, and sneakier, while on the clock. Productubity lets streamers toggle from Tubi to a fictitious work screen with a single click, to keep the content on screen from being detected by their boss and […]
Data from Openreach – the UK’s wholesale broadband network – shows that data usage on its new Full Fibre network alone is up more than 35 per cent between January and June 2025, compared to the same period in 2024. And overall traffic on its national broadband network increased by five per cent in the […]
Nagravision, a Kudelski Group company, has announced that OpenTV ENTera, a fully integrated, AI-powered digital services platform designed to deliver premium streaming experiences and multi-service propositions, is now available for purchase via AWS Marketplace. Built for video service providers looking to deliver richer entertainment offerings and drive viewer engagement and revenue, OpenTV ENTera combines lightning-fast […]
Hispanic consumers are leading the way when it comes to consumption of streaming content, according to a Nielsen report. In fact, streaming drives 55.8 per cent of total TV time for Hispanic viewers, surpassing the 46 per cent for the rest of the US. Furthermore, Hispanic audiences outpaced general US viewership of streaming services YouTube, […]
Disney and Pixar’s sci-fi adventure film Elio will land on the Disney+ streaming platform on September 17th. The movie’s debut onto the platform follows the success of last year’s Inside Out 2 which became the #1 film premiere on Disney+ in 2024, driving 30.5 million views globally in just 5 days. The film tells the […]
The BBC has announced that it is expanding its low latency streaming trial on BBC iPlayer beta, increasing the number of supported devices and extending the testing period. This broadcaster says the next phase will allow it to measure more precisely how well low latency streaming performs outside of its lab and in people’s homes, […]
Disney+ is upgrading its streaming output with the superior HDR10+ technology. The news means that Disney+ joins Apple TV+, Prime Video and Netflix in adopting HDR10+ (along with Dolby Vision when available in its programming content). While the app update has commenced rolling out, Disney+ has not yet started streaming shows or movies in HDR10+, […]
Wapa Media announced a strategic partnership with Wipr, the broadcast television channel for the Puerto Rican Corporation for Public Broadcasting, to distribute cultural and entertainment content from Puerto Rico to Puerto Ricans living in the continental US through its FAST channel Wapa+. As part of this collaboration, audiences in the U.S. will have access to […]
Roku has announced that for the third consecutive month, US viewers spent more time streaming content on Roku-powered devices than watching traditional broadcast television. According to Nielsen data, streaming on Roku-powered devices accounted for 21.4 per cent of all TV viewing time in the US during July, surpassing broadcast TV’s 18.4 per cent share. This […]