Seven out of ten Brits aren’t prepared to spend more than £20 (€22.50) per month on streaming services, a drop of £5 compared to September 2019 when the same proportion of the population was willing to spend up to £25, according to research by advertising technology company The Trade Desk. This could mean a reduction […]
Leading Spanish football club FC Barcelona has launched its new streaming service – Barça TV+ – together with its CULERS Premium Membership programme. Both offerings are part of the club’s new digital strategy and reflect the new ways in which fans are engaging with sports and entertainment brands worldwide. Barça claims to be the current […]
Video software provider Synamedia has unveiled the first in a series of reports designed to broaden understanding of global sports piracy in order to protect the value of sports rights. The Charting Global Sports Piracy report draws on results from a 10-country study of over 6,000 sports fans conducted
IAB Europe, the European-level industry association for the digital advertising and marketing ecosystem, announced at its virtual Interact conference that digital advertising grew 12.3 per cent in 2019 to €64.8 billion, driven by strong growth in out-stream video, mobile and social spend. On average €4 billion has been added to the digital advertising market every […]
French PSB group France Télévisions has launched on its digital portal for international territories. The service was initially slated for a March 31st launch, which was consequently delayed by the Covid-19 outbreak. Branded Outre-mer la 1ère, like France Télévisions’ overseas TV channels, the multi-format OTT platform looks to give a future to France Ô channel […]
Motivated by an article in the WSJ, Quibi issued a memo denying it would be making staff cuts – but confirming top execs would take a 10 per cent pay cut. “Nothing has changed since our last company meeting two weeks ago,” the memo from Quibi’s founders Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman. “As we said […]
The Schall Law Firm has confirmed it has filed a class action against Intelsat citing violations of 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder by the US Securities and Exchange Commission. “Investors who purchased the Company’s securities between November 5th and November 18th 2019, inclusive (the ”Class […]
The Director of the BBC World Service Group Jamie Angus has called on chat apps to open their platforms to trusted news sources like the BBC, as part of the global effort to counter misinformation during the global Covid-19 crisis. Speaking to the Media Masters podcast, Angus said: “WhatsApp has allowed the WHO to publish […]
Over 72 million homes and businesses across the US subscribe to broadband delivered by cable providers. With the rise of the Covid-19 pandemic, these connections are more important than ever, including home Wi-Fi networks, as many of daily activities move online. To better explain how changing consumer demand is affecting network usage and performance, NCTA […]
Sky has been nominated for a total of 25 BAFTA Television Awards, a record for the pay-TV broadcaster. This includes 14 nods for Sky Original drama series Chernobyl as the most nominated show this year. The total includes 17 nominations for British Academy Television Craft Awards and 8 nominations for the British Academy Television Awards, […]