All VOD articles – Page 9
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NewsCanal+ Group seeks exclusive Disney+ deal in France
Vivendi’s Canal+ Group is reportedly in advanced talks with Disney to be the exclusive third-party carrier of its upcoming streaming platform Disney+ in France.
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NewsApple TV+ launches 1 Nov & Niantic’s Pokemon Go surpasses $3bn
28 Oct - 1 Nov: Your guide to what’s happened this week in the media, entertainment and technology industry.
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Industry TrendsApple bites into the streaming market
In the first of series of reports on the new players launching into the streaming market, Tim Dams looks at the Apple TV+ offer – and weighs up its chances of success.
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NewsHBO and Sky strike new EU programming deal
Comcast-owned European pay-TV giant Sky and WarnerMedia’s HBO have renewed their long-running output deal.
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NewsSony shutters PlayStation Vue platform amid streaming competition
Sony has scrapped video streaming service PlayStation Vue amid increased competition in the global streaming market.
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NewsSVoD and pay-TV thrive in Spain
Consumer spend is forecasted to exceed €3 billion in 2019 for the first time in the Spanish entertainment market, according to a report by Futuresource.
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NewsDiscovery launches AVoD service in UK and Ireland
Discovery has launched dplay, an advertising video-on-demand service combining content for Discovery’s six free-to-air channels for consumers in the UK and Ireland.
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Executive InterviewsQ&A: Matt Hill, Thinkbox
Effective measurement is one of the key challenges faced by the TV ad industry, but moves towards mass addressability will play a key role in its future, says Matt Hill of UK commercial broadcasters marketing body Thinkbox.
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NewsFirst global women’s SVoD football service unveiled
Wnited, the world’s first global OTT service dedicated to women’s football, has been unveiled by Spring Media at Sportel Monaco.
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NewsFrance OTT player Salto gains triple investment
France Télévisions, M6 and TF1 are set to triple the investment in jointly backed on-demand service Salto, according to reports.
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NewsUK culture sec “open” to idea of scrapping BBC licence fee for subscription model
UK culture secretary Nicky Morgan has said she’d be open to the idea of ditching the BBC’s licence fee and replacing it with a subscription service.
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NewsO2 launches 5G in UK & Quibi adds to content portfolio
14-18 Oct: Your guide to what’s happened this week in the media, entertainment and technology industry.
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Industry TrendsCDNs: Innovation, higher bandwidth and interactivity
The advent of 4K and now 8K, as well as interactive applications that require sub-1 second latency, are obliging CDN service providers to enhance capacity and efficiency, writes David Davies.
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Technical Papers4K UHD HDR and immersive audio live streaming 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia for Samsung Smart TVs App
In this paper, Globosat presents the experience, challenges, techniques and results obtained by Globosat, in partnership with Samsung Brazil, with live streaming 56 matches of the 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP in Russia for connected TVs with 4K UHD HDR and immersive audio.
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Industry TrendsMESA tackles OTT sport opportunities
MESA’s post IBC2019 review looked at multi-territory OTT sports platforms. George Jarrett reports.
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NewsITV unveils technical partners for BritBox
Upcoming UK streaming service BritBox has unveiled a number of the specialist partners who will work with it ahead of its UK launch this quarter.
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Industry TrendsBlog: Turning talent on demand
The US streaming giants are growing revenues and eyeballs with a slate of multi-million dollar deals snapping up UK talent. Alana Foster examines the increasingly competitive market.
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NewsEU warns of 5G cybersecurity & tech giants face tax crackdown
7 - 11 Oct: Your guide to what’s happened this week in the media, entertainment and technology industry.
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NewsBBC unveils major revamp of iPlayer
The BBC has unveiled its biggest ever overhaul of on-demand platform iPlayer as it looks to compete with OTT providers such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Video.
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NewsDisney inks Amazon Prime streaming deal for LATAM
Amazon Prime has licensed a selection of Disney titles to exclusively stream in Latin America in line with the first slate of territories where Disney+ will roll out next month.
