The first sign that the US video streaming market is approaching saturation is revealed in a forecast from research and consulting firm, Strategy Analytics, which shows the growth rate slowing for the first time. US consumers will spend $6.62 billion on video streaming services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime and Hulu in 2016. Although this […]
The European Commission has proposed an update of EU audiovisual rules to create a fairer environment for all players, promote European films, protect children and tackle hate speech better, as well as presenting a new approach to online platforms. The proposals are part of a three-pronged plan to boost e-commerce by tackling geoblocking, making cross-border […]
Live streaming is booming globally as audiences demand more real-time connections to their favourite content on their preferred devices, reports Ooyala. That’s particularly true in top (and topical) media categories like news and sports where content has far more value delivered live than via on-demand replays. Meanwhile, social media companies understand the rising value in […]
FYI Television, now part of Ericsson, has been selected by leading media and marketing company Gannett to provide TV listings across its USA Today Network. The exclusive multi-year deal will see Ericsson provide TV listings services for both Gannett’s print and digital products including the iconic title, USA Today, and a raft of titles across […]
ATEME is providing its Kyrion encoders to drive 70 major content channels for FPT Telecom, one of Vietnam’s top three telecommunications providers. The encoders will be deployed on the premises of major content providers where they will encode content and stream it back to the FPT operations centres in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. […]
Findings from Roy Morgan Research reveal that 95.4 per cent of Australians watch TV – but exactly what ‘watching TV’ even means has been changing fast, says the firm. Nine in 10 Australians 14+ (90.2 per cent) watched any ‘Linear’ free-to-air (FTA) television during an average week in the first four months of 2016: they […]
Grabyo will live stream Atletico Madrid v Athletic of the Spanish Women’s First Division to Facebook on May 28th at 11.45am (CEST). This match will be the first competitive football fixture to be live streamed to Facebook by a European football league. The match between third-placed Atletico Madrid and first-placed Athletic will be broadcast to […]
A report from the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) shows that €170 million, or 5.2 per cent of all music sales, were lost in the EU in 2014 as a result of music piracy. Overall, in music sales, €57 million was lost in physical formats (e.g. CDs) and €113 million in digital formats. This […]
Paywizard, the specialist in subscriber management for pay-TV, has formed a partnership with Ideal Systems, a systems integrator in Asia Pacific, to bring advanced subscription, billing and CRM capabilities to pay-TV and OTT operators in APAC. By leveraging Ideal Systems’ reputation across the APAC region for innovation in system integration, Paywizard says it can better […]
The slow retreat of total multichannel video subscriptions picked up speed in the period ended March 31st, according to a report from SNL Kagan. The decline came amid relatively upbeat cable performance, with the platform posting its best first-quarter in eight years. SNL Kagan estimates the combined cable, direct-broadcast satellite (DBS) and telecommunications (telco) sectors […]