Spain: 6.6m pay-TV homes
Pay-TV penetration is growing in Spain: in the second quarter of the year, pay -TV reached 6.6 million, up 8.1 per cent versus the same period in 20177, according to…
Research: Nordic SVoD homes growing
The appetite for streaming services among Nordic consumers continuously rises, according to analysis and consultancy firm Mediavision. currently, 5.3 million Nordic households subscribe to at least one VoD service. Furthermore,…
Facebook Watch: 400m monthly viewers
Fidji Simo, Head of Video at Facebook, has revealed that three months since its global launch, there are already more than 400 million people monthly and 75 million people daily…
Smithsonian OTT
Smithsonian Networks is going OTT with the launch of subscription based Smithsonian Channel Plus. The $4.99 per month service will feature over 1,000 hours of content from the network’s slate…
Research: Demand for Netflix originals to overtake licensed titles
New research by Parrot Analytics and Kagan, a media research group within S&P Global Market Intelligence, shows support for one of Netflix’s most important strategic goals: To have 50 per…
EU facilitates cross-border content access
Negotiators from the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council have reached a political agreement on the proposed copyright legislation on TV and radio programmes. The new rules will…
Eleven Sports at risk as UFC pulls out
Eleven Sports, the so-called “Netflix of Sports” may be on the brink of closure in the UK as the UFC triggers its right to walk away as the company has…
Discovery, European Golf digital partnership
Discovery and the European Tour have announced a new partnership that will see GOLFTV continue to expand its portfolio and move towards becoming the established ‘digital home of golf’ for…
Netflix 2019: Dealing with “frenemies” and rivals
A report from analysts at MoffettNathanson (MN) suggests there are already different strategies emerging from the rival OTT suppliers to Netflix. MN says that 2018 will go down as the…
Orange adds smart speaker to control TV
In 2019 Orange Spain will launch Djingo, a smart speaker that will enable subscribers to manage their TV service, make calls and control all home connected devices. Djingo will make…