Barclays: £200m SVoD fund
Barclays Corporate Banking is doubling its SVoD fund to support UK TV producers to £200 million (€224m). The £100 million fund was launched in March 2017 in response to the…
US online video sector developing faster than EU
US Internet users are more likely to watch online video on a smart TV or smartphone than their European counterparts. They are less likely to view online video via computer,…
Italy: Movies must be in cinema before streaming
In an attempt to protect its film industry, Italy is planning to introduce a law requiring all domestic films to be first screened in cinemas before being broadcast on demand…
Orange Spain strengthens SVoD service
Orange Spain is strengthening its SVoD service with the addition of new content from Cartoon Network and Adult Swim. A wide selection of content from the Turner channels is available…
Netherlands: Pay-TV revenues up 7.2%
Research conducted by Telecompaper shows that the Dutch TV and video market is growing strongly. Revenues in the second quarter for pay-TV services amounted to €556 million, up 7.2 per…
AT&T, Fox renew cross-platform deal
AT&T and Fox Networks Group have renewed a multi-year deal to continue distribution of Fox programming across AT&T’s video platforms DirecTV, DirecTV NOW and AT&T U-verse. The renewal includes Fox-owned…
1 in 3 Spanish homes pay for online content
An increasing number of Spanish households are consuming content online according to the latest data from the CNMC Household Panel covering the second quarter of 2018. Forty-four per cent of…
Sky: ‘Legislation not needed for PSB on-demand’
David Wheeldon, Group Director of Policy and Public Affairs for Sky, has suggested that that UK’s public service broadcasters (PSBs) should be working with platforms to make their content available…
Orange Spain adding Amazon Prime Video
Orange Spain will soon add the Amazon Prime Video streaming service to its TV offer. The service will be launching “in the next few months” according to Orange, with a…
Study reveals why different forms of TV and video co-exist
The average UK viewer now watches nearly 5 hours of TV and other video a day, according to The Age of Television study conducted by research and strategy consultancy MTM…