Analyst: Global OTT revenues to reach $129bn
Global online TV episode and movie revenues will reach $129 billion (€110.2bn) in 2023; more than double the $53 billion recorded in 2017. About $16 billion will be added in…
Viacom launches Nickelodeon Play app in CEE
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has announced the launch of its first mobile video streaming app in partnership with an affiliate platform in Central and Eastern Europe. Effective from today,…
Sony launches POP app in PS Store
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has partnered with Sony Interactive Entertainment, UK to launch the POP App, a new on-demand app for kids featuring some of the best-known shows from SPT’s…
Sky, Netflix join for ‘Ultimate On Demand’
Netflix is coming to Sky Q and with it a new Sky subscription pack: Ultimate On Demand. Ultimate On Demand will be the UK’s biggest on demand TV service, bringing…
Ofcom CEO: ‘Broadcasting regulation could tackle online harm’
Sharon White, CEO of UK communications regulator Ofcom, has suggested that the body’s experience of regulating broadcasting might be relevant to tackling online harm, as the Government considers possible legislation.…
IHS: Content discovery key to customer satisfaction
According to the Connected Devices and Media Consumption survey from IHS Markit, TV content discovery is at the heart of the battle among TV and video providers to convince consumers…
Viacom’s Bakish: “Piracy takes away jobs”
Declaring that the company has “an incredible collection of IP and brands” Viacom President and CEO Bob Bakish has said the programmer will continue to work with its competitors in…
Africa’s E&M industry enters new wave of convergence
Africa’s entertainment and media industry has entered a new phase – a third wave of convergence – according to PwC’s Entertainment and media outlook: 2018 – 2022: An African perspective report.…
Netflix hires Bodyguard
Netflix has struck a deal with ITV Studios Global Entertainment for the streaming rights to thriller series Bodyguard to its members globally outside of the UK and Ireland and China…
Viacom chief: “We’re not creating another Netflix”
Bob Bakish, President and CEO of Viacom, has suggested that the programmer’s future streaming services will not attempt to create a Netflix—style platform. Speaking at the RTS London Conference, Bakish…