beIN Sports has announced the addition of beIN Sports Xtra, the network’s free, 24/7 English-language live sports streaming channel, to Samsung TV Plus, channel 1062. beIN Sports Xtra joins the nearly 100 free TV channels already on the Samsung TV Plus service. Established in December of 2016 in the US, Samsung TV Plus is pre-installed […]
Real Madrid finished 2019 as the most visited football club website in the world for the fourth consecutive year, according to figures published by Comscore, the official Internet measurement firm. In a statement, the La Liga football team said: “These excellent audience results are a reflection of Real Madrid’s efforts in the club’s digital transformation […]
Google Fiber, part of the Access division of Alphabet Inc, which provides gigabit fibre broadband Internet and IPTV to a number of locations in the US, will no longer be offering a traditional linear TV product to its new subscribers, saying it is happy to help everyone explore other options to get their favourite programming […]
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group), the Nordic streaming company, has extended its exclusive rights to Premier League football in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland in a new six year deal that runs from 2022 to 2028. Anders Jensen, NENT Group President and CEO, commented: “I am thrilled with this new and extended agreement that once […]
WWE has reported that Q4 revenues increased 18 per cent to $322.8 million (€294m) – the highest quarterly revenue in the company’s history. Full year revenues reached $960.4 million – also a company record. SmackDown, one of the company’s weekly flagship TV shows, successfully transitioned to FOX Broadcast in the US during Q4, where viewership […]
Europol, the law enforcement agency of the European Union, has supported a massive crackdown on illegal IPTV distributors in an operation executed by the Cybercrime Unit of the Bulgarian General Directorate Combating Organised Crime (Главна Дирекция Борба с Организираната Престъпност) of the Ministry of Interior and led by the Bulgarian Supreme Prosecutor’s Office of Cassation. […]
As Hollywood prepares for this year’s Oscars ceremony, insights from The Trade Desk highlight the power of film to inspire consumer behaviour, creating engagement opportunities for brands that extend well beyond awards season. The Trade Desk analysed conversion rates around the release dates of some of this year’s biggest hits – both on Netflix and […]
DRM technology specialist Intertrust and content protection service provider Friend MTS are extending their partnership agreement that enhances Intertrust’s ExpressPlay content protection platform with Friend MTS anti-piracy and watermarking technology services. Now, an additional layer of protection is introduced that is complementary to the ExpressPlay content security suite, which features ExpressPlay DRM and ExpressPlay XCA. […]
In 2019, ESPN Digital achieved its best year on record with an average of 95.5 million unique visitors per month, up +14 per cent year-over-year and 25.2 million more than the next closest competitor (+36 per cent over CBS Sports). This included its best month ever in September with an all-time high 109.3 million unique […]
Based on the actual budget analysis of 576 European live-action fiction films released in 2017, this is probably the largest pan-European data sample available to date on the financing of European fiction films. This report is the fruit of a major collaboration project between the European Audiovisual Observatory, part of the Council of Europe in […]