Disney is to launch a subscription service next month in the UK. The SVoD service – DisneyLife – will also stream books and music alongside movies and TV shows. Classic titles such as Snow White, Jungle Book, and Cinderella, along with Pixar’s entire catalogue and the archive of Disney Channel shows will all be available. […]
Three quarters of English football fans (77 per cent) would like more live Premier League games available on TV, new research reveals. The research, carried out among more than 1,000 football fans and commissioned by Virgin Media, reveals that two-thirds believe the rising cost of Premier League live TV rights means they will pay too […]
Parks Associates consumer research finds the majority (58 per cent) of broadband households in the US use at least one OTT video service on a monthly basis, while more than 25 per cent of households use two or more services. “Despite impressive penetration, growth of US OTT services has slowed recently, indicating the overall market […]
Roku is launching its streaming players in France. Consumers in the country with a Roku streaming player can stream entertainment from 1,500+ streaming channels, including Netflix, Google Play, Spotify, YouTube, Daily Motion, France 24 and soon content will be added from LA VOD videofutur, Deezer, ARTE and others. “Roku streaming players give consumers choice and […]
Formula E – the electric single-seater car race series inaugurated by motorsport’s governing body – is looking to enhance further its position as the leading digital motorsport channel by a new collaboration with Facebook to enjoy unprecedented levels of exclusive content and opportunities to engage with drivers, teams and events taking place throughout the course […]
SES Platform Services, one of Europe’s leading technical media service providers, has today launched its new LUCID online video platform (OVP), providing customers with everything they need to set up their own online video offering. Combining Linear TV Streaming, Catch-up TV and VoD into one online platform, LUCID OVP provides the building blocks for Platform […]
By the end of 2019, almost 85 per cent of UK households will have signed up to bundles of at least two telecom and media services from the same provider. According to a multiplay services forecast by CCS Insight, multiplay services will continue to disrupt the market. Telecom and media companies will be forced to […]
Molotov, a new service for the distribution of television channels, has entered into OTT distribution agreements with a number of major French television broadcast partners including TF1, France Télévisions, M6, Arte, Nextradio TV, Lagardère Active, La Chaine Parlementaire, Public Sénat, Groupe AB, Disney Channel, Turner, Viacom, Euronews, France 24, TV5 Monde, TRACE, Gong média, Nolife, […]
Online and mobile commerce giant Alibaba Group has made a non-binding proposal to the board of directors of multi-screen entertainment and media company Youku Tudou to acquire all outstanding shares of Youku, including shares represented by American depositary shares (ADSs, each representing 18 ordinary shares of Youku), that it does not already own for $26.60 […]
Increased demand for HD channels and VoD has fuelled the growth of the global IPTV market, according to a report from Transparency Market Research. The report indicates that growing at a strong CAGR of 18.1 per cent from 2014 to 2020, the value of the worldwide IPTV market stands to rise from $24.94 billion in 2013 […]