VoD companies have officially inaugurated the European VOD Coalition. The Coalition gives a voice to the successful European audiovisual streaming sector. It will engage with policy makers and regulators across Europe on behalf of companies who invest in and distribute audiovisual content in Europe as part of their core commercial activities. The European VOD Coalition […]
Findings from a study conducted by video advertising software provider FreeWheel, a Comcast company, in collaboration with an independent research company, Happydemics, suggests that across Europe, Smart TV device adoption is rising. The study assessed how UK viewers use CTV and their media platform preferences and sought to understand their attitudes towards video on demand […]
Google and Crunchyroll, the anime streaming service, have announced a new, multi-year strategic partnership to accelerate and support Crunchyroll’s global scale ambitions. The announcement builds on Google’s existing partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment that includes collaboration across Android, Google TV and Android TV OS, YouTube, Google advertising solutions, and Google Cloud. Crunchyroll is an independently […]
BritBox International, the BBC & ITV joint venture, will launch in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland on April 28th, offering thousands of hours of British content. The streaming service’s Nordic debut will extend Britbox into eight countries internationally, following successful launches in the US, Canada, Australia, and South Africa that join BritBox in the UK. […]
A range of European organisations, representing key stakeholders in the film and audiovisual creation, production and distribution value chain, have welcomed the findings of the latest European Audiovisual Observatory (EAO) study on the Circulation of European films on VOD and in cinemas, complementing the EAO’s Yearbook 2021/2022 Key Trends. They say that responding to evolving […]
Italy has upgraded its viewer figures ratings system to encompass all platforms and devices. Alongside the 45 million TV sets in Italian homes, the ‘Total Audience’ system now includes the estimated 75 million connected screens, the head of the Auditel ratings measurement company, Andrea Imperiali, told a parliamentary hearing. ‘Total Audience’ combines the existing system […]
Orange Spain has reached an agreement with Rakuten to integrate its streaming service onto its platform. Almost 700,000 Orange’s subscribers will now have access to Videoclub Rakuten TV, offering a library of 6,000 titles. For Jorge del Puerto, head of European Partnerships at Rakuten TV, the deal “is a milestone in our strategy as we […]
Amagi, a global leader in cloud-based SaaS technology for broadcast and connected TV, has announced the general availability of Amagi ON-DEMAND, its robust content management solution for orchestrating Video-On-Demand (VoD) content workflows. The product has already seen successful deployments from early adopters. The product uses cloud automation to make every stage of the online content […]
ZEE5 Global, the platform for South-Asian content, has announced a compelling content line-up in Tamil at a glittering star-studded gala – Oru Awesome Thodakkam in Chennai. In attendance at the soiree were some of the most noted stalwarts of the Tamil entertainment industry including renowned director, screenwriter, and producer Vetrimaaran who is releasing his first […]
Netflis has unveiled 18 new movies and TV series coming soon to the platform. In a blog post, Netflix’s Anna Nagler (Local Language Series – CEE) and Łukasz Kłuskiewicz (Content Acquisitions – CEE) outlined the new projects: Since the beginning of Netflix’s journey in Poland, we have been in awe of the creativity of the […]