The European VOD Coalition has welcomed the opportunity to provide input to the European Commission’s consultation on the White Paper, How to master Europe’s digital infrastructure needs?. The Coalition brings together video-on-demand and digital entertainment companies that share common values and invest in and distribute audiovisual content in the Europe Union as their core commercial […]

Curiosity had announced a new distribution partnership with Harbour Rights, a leading international distribution company based in Hong Kong. The alliance will bring Curiosity’s documentaries and factual entertainment content to a broader audience across various platforms, including TV, VoD and inflight entertainment, in multiple territories across Asia. Titles in the deal include: Ancient Engineering – […]

The premium VoD landscape in Southeast Asia (SEA) is witnessing a robust resurgence, as revealed by the latest Q1 2024 analysis conducted by ampd, the digital measurement platform owned and operated by Media Partners Asia (MPA). In Q1 2024, SEA’s premium VoD sector exhibited stability and growth, with a total viewership of 96.3 billion minutes, […]

The European VOD Coalition has announced the appointment of Julia Maxwell as its first Executive Director, effective immediately. Maxwell will focus on expanding the Coalition’s presence in Europe, driving its advocacy efforts across the EU institutions, as well as policy makers, media and civil society. Her focus will be on championing the interests of the […]

Barb, the TV audience measutement specialist, has announced a major upgrade to CFlight, its joint-industry total-campaign reporting service. Through extended reporting of traded audiences, CFlight now gives advertisers and media agencies investment accountability on ad campaigns across both linear and VoD services. As part of the upgrade, CFlight has incorporated 14 of the most used […]

NPAW, a specialist in video streaming analytics, has announced the findings of its 2023 Video Streaming Industry Report, revealing a significant year of engagement and quality improvements for the industry. The most notable finding of the report is the consolidation, in the second half of the year, of the upward trend in daily user engagement […]

Sopra Steria, the digital transformation provider, and media expert TRP Research have partnered to help broadcasters, commissioners, programme-makers and advertisers, to better understand the way television and VoD services are consumed across different devices and platforms by UK audiences. Bringing together Sopra Steria’s data analytics and user design capabilities, and TRP’s knowledge of the media […]

Barb, the industry’s standard for understanding what people watch, has awarded the CFlight Landscape Study to insights consultancy BVA BDRC. Barb says the study will enable it to accurately estimate the size and profile of audiences to TV platforms in the UK and understand the household dynamics of VoD consumption. Barb assumed governance responsibility in […]

Friend MTS, the video content security and anti-piracy provider, has announced the appointment of Simon Thornberry as Chief Operating Officer (COO). Thornberry will focus on enabling the development of existing sports and VoD markets, as well as other content ownership and creation markets, by delivering repeatable, scalable customer experiences, primarily through the increased use of […]

Evidence-based insights and consulting company Kantar has released its latest Entertainment on Demand (EoD) data on the US streaming market. Kantar’s EoD study uncovers the following behaviours and findings within the VoD market between October and December 2023: Video Streaming has reached near total market saturation. By December 2023, 123 million US households held at […]