Forecast: India’s pay-TV market to see sluggish growth
The total pay-TV services revenue in India is expected to grow at a lethargic compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 0.7 per cent from $3.19 billion in 2020 to $3.30…
Noggin on Prime Video Channels in Europe
Noggin, Nick Jr’s learning subscription service for pre-schoolers, is launching on Amazon Prime Video Channels as an add-on subscription in the UK, France, Germany and Austria, significantly bolstering its footprint…
Comscore expands CTV footprint with Samba TV
Comscore, a partner for planning, transacting, and evaluating media across platforms, has announced its expanded TV measurement footprint driven by a new partnership with Samba TV, a global cross-screen television…
DocuBay on TCL Smart TVs
IN10 Media Network’s DocuBay, a premium global membership streaming service exclusively for documentary features, has announced multi-territory distribution deal with TCL Smart TVs, one of India’s fastest-growing TV brands and…
European club rugby launches OTT service
European club rugby fans around the world will have better access to the Heineken Champions Cup and European Rugby Challenge Cup with the launch of a new OTT platform, epcrugby.tv,…
Sky Sports to stream Women’s T20 cricket on YouTube
Sky Sports will stream all five matches of the T20 Women’s Cricket series between England and the West Indies next week. With Women’s Big Cricket Month taking place throughout September,…
YouTube TV adds MAVTV Motorsports Network
MAVTV Motorsports Network has signed a distribution deal with YouTube TV that will bring MAVTV-exclusive motorsports content to the sUS ubscription streaming service’s newest add-on package, Sports Plus. “It is…
NHK looks to scrap online cost limits
Japan’s NHK public broadcaster says it wants to scrap the 2.5 per cent limit of viewer fees which it spends on simultaneous online broadcasts. NHK says it will work to…
Malaysia: Huge decrease in streaming piracy
A study of the online content viewing behaviour of Malaysian consumers has revealed a 64 per cent decrease in consumers accessing piracy websites over the past 12 months. The survey…
Research: Studio ‘sales to own services’ now 30%
The share of content licensed to services owned by Studios across European markets has increased from 18 per cent in 2018 to 30 per cent in the last year, according…
fuboTV raises Q3 subs guidance
FuboTV, the US streaming service with a focus on sports, has raised its subscriber guidance for Q3 2020 as a result of the start of NFL and the autumn sports…
NENT Group raises Viaplay subs target
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group), the Nordic streaming company, has upgraded its Viaplay paying subscriber target for the current year to 3 million. The new target would see Viaplay add…
Pirate streamers warned by police
Norfolk and Suffolk Constabulary in the east of England has taken the unprecedented step of issuing individual warning notices to thousands of consumers believed to have been using an illegal…
Research: Finns favour TV screen for streaming
A TV screen is still the most popular choice for keeping up with the content in paid streaming services in Finland according to DNA’s Digital Lifestyle survey. DNA Hubi device,…
Canada: 2 charged with content piracy
The Nova Scotia RCMP has charged two people in relation to Operation Hotwire, a federal investigation into piracy of copyrighted television programming. In June 2019, Nova Scotia RCMP Federal Serious…
Vizio adds 10 Spanish-speaking channels
TV brand Vizio has announced the launch of 10 Spanish-speaking channels for SmartCast viewers across the US. The channels include top-rated multicultural productions from around the world and popular shows…