Pluto TV, the free Internet television service in the US, has announced new premium content partnerships with networks, studios, and digital media brands. These new partnerships, with premium content providers such as Lionsgate, MGM, and Warner Bros, will power the 100+ channels found on Pluto TV with content that includes thousands of hit movies and […]
Eurosport has revealed impressive audience figures during its coverage of the 2017 World Snooker Championship. Eurosport saw an average live audience of one million watching the world’s greatest players go toe-to-toe live over 17 days of competition at The Crucible in Sheffield, England. A tournament-best peak approaching 2.5m viewers tuned in to Eurosport to watch […]
Social video creation platform Wochit has announced an expanded, exclusive API deal with Getty Images, a specialist in visual communications. The multi-year agreement will bring users of Wochit’s semi-automated platform real-time access to content generated by Getty Images’ global network of over 200,000 contributors. Expanding on a relationship in place since 2012, the new agreement […]
According to research conducted by Dataxis, 2016 was the last year where the physical video market (DVD, Blu-ray rentals and sales) weighed more than the digital video market (SVoD, EST, TVoD) in Europe. SVoD will generate 70 per cen
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has revealed that Adam Crozier, Chief Executive, is stepping down from the Board and his role after seven years. Ian Griffiths will step up to a newly created combined role of Chief Operating Officer and Group Finance Director. Griffiths will also lead the executive team for an interim period, with Sir […]
Netflix has tapped into 5 million subscribers in Germany, taking a 20 per cent share of the OTT market, although Amazon Prime Video is still the market leader with a 47 per cent share. Netflix launched in the country in September 2014, where as Amazon Prime Video became available in February of the same year […]
Mobile operators should be doing more to leverage subscriber data in mobile advertising, particularly in the face of stalling service revenue. A Strategy Analytics report concludes that the majority of operators are failing to take advantage of strong demand for transparent, precise and verifiable audience data from media buyers despite being perceived as providing “gold […]
The FTTH Council Europe – whose mission is to accelerate ubiquitous, fibre-based connectivity for a competitive Gigabit Society – has organised a cross-industry debate in the European Parliament that will focus on Europe’s 5G ambition and investments in 5G enabler infrastructure, while also presenting the latest FTTH market data on where Europe stands in global […]
The Kudelski Group has completed an agreement to acquire Digital Video Norge AS (DVnor). The Oslo-based provider of media asset management services will collaborate closely with Conax. The company provides technology and competence highly complementary to the Conax content security portfolio, further strengthening Conax’ position in the industry for media consumption. The Kudelski Group says […]