Sky Sports has further strengthened its position as the home of the Premier League by winning the rights to show clips from every Premier League game across its digital platforms. The three-year agreement, starting from the 2016/17 season, will see clips from every Premier League match being made available to both mobile and online users, […]
According to the latest broadband report from Futuresource Consulting, video now accounts for the majority of broadband traffic. This is mainly being driven by the continued global growth of OTT services, such as YouTube and Netflix. Futuresource expects
OTT TV and video revenues in EEMEA [19 countries] will reach $2.6 billion (€2.4bn) in 2020; up from only $52 million recorded in 2010 and the $616 million expected in 2015, according to Digital TV Research’s Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa OTT TV & Video Forecasts report. From the $2.21 billion in revenues to […]
ESPN Player will deliver the 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games – starting on July 25th in Los Angeles, California – as a free channel available to all in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The 2015 Games will feature competitions in aquatics, gymnastics, track and field, basketball, football and many other summer sports involving […]
Amino Technologies, the provider of digital entertainment solutions for IPTV, Internet TV and in-home multimedia distribution, has conditionally agreed to acquire the entire issued share capital of broadcast hybrid TV and connected home solutions provider Entone for a total consideration of $73 million (€67.2 million). Donald McGarva, Chief Executive of Amino, said the proposed acquisition […]
Quickplay, the global specialist in powering premium video to any device, has concluded its fiscal year and announced it can reach one billion addressable viewers via its managed video platform service. In response to increased demand for OTT video services globally, Quickplay has up-scaled its service platform to become one of the largest end-to-end managed […]
Italy’s TIM has signed content deals with NBC Universal and Twentieth Century Fox for its on demand streaming service TIMvision. The multi-year agreement with NBC Universal will enable the telco to offer its subscribers numerous movie titles produced by Hollywood majors, including box office hits such as Fifty Shades of Grey, Fast & Furious, upcoming […]
In a further sign of the importance of multi-channel networks to established entertainment groups, MTG has acquired 51 per cent of Zoomin.TV, the online video entertainment network, content production and advertising sales house. This follows MTG’s announced investments in ESL (the world’s largest esports company) and Splay (Scandinavia’s number one MCN and digital content creator) […]
Netflix’s impressive recent quarterly results pointed to continued subscriber growth, driven in particular by further international expansion. In addition, Netflix spoke of its desire to move consumers up to higher pricing tiers. Analysis from Futuresource Consulting points
NetRange, the global leader of white label Smart TV solutions, announced it has finalised a cooperation with Vonetize, a fully managed VoD services company bringing top-tier content to millions of users worldwide. Users of NetRange’s Smart TV Portals all over the world can now choose from a broad range of Vonetize’s high quality content portfolio, […]