Streaming platform and device specialist Roku is to debut ‘Roku Originals’, previously known as Quibi, on The Roku Channel on May 20th, in celebration of Streaming Day. This will mark the first time the ad-funded content is available in the UK, and Roku says it represents an opportunity for brands to access a new premium […]
Spain’s Orange TV has added Acorn TV, the streaming service of AMC Networks offering TV series from Britain and other English-speaking countries. Acorn TV offers subscribers of Orange TV a wide range of drama, mystery and comedy series and miniseries from the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and Canada, in both their Castilian dubbed and […]
Alchimie, the OTT subscription video platform, and All3Media International, have announced a strategic content partnership which sees them co-publish OTT channel Inside Outside in the US. The deal also sees 400 hours of All3Media International’s premium factual content being placed onto Alchimie’s French-speaking European network of themed SVoD channels. Alchimie and All3Media International will jointly […]
Almost one in five (19 per cent) Brits now spend over 16 hours – or the equivalent of two working days – watching streaming services every week, yet a quarter (25 per cent) aren’t prepared to pay for the privilege, according to findings from digital advertising technology company The Trade Desk’s latest report, The Future […]
SVoD subscriptions for 138 countries will increase by 591 million between 2020 and 2026 to reach 1,495 million – or up by 65 per cent, according to the Global SVOD Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. The peak year was 2020 when 201 million subscriptions were added. The total will cross the 1 […]
Global advertising technology company, The Trade Desk, has announced a partnership with Sky Media, the advertising sales arm of Sky. The partnership will allow advertisers using The Trade Desk’s technology platform to access Sky Media’s premium broadcaster VoD content. Starting with select channels, the partnership will develop to allow brands and marketers to reach audiences […]
Switch Media has won the contract with Solomon Telekom Company Limited (STCL) to provide an online streaming service for its free-to-air television network, Telekom Television (TTV). Recently launched, the offering, which utilises Switch Media’s MediaHQ Lite online video platform, provides subscribers with a two-channel service that is available online across multiple devices including Chromecast streaming […]
The growth of OTT services may be accompanied by a rise in pirated content, particularly where access to those services may be restricted, according to the findings of a group of academic researchers. The researchers studied the effects of
Netflix has launched its first publication in Australia, called Netflix Pause, which will take a deep dive into Netflix content – asking existential questions and exploring unexpected themes, all through the lens of film and TV. In a blog post, Michael Sun, Netflix Culture Editor, explained: “Netflix Pause is an email publication, and we’re pretty […]
According to US multiplay telco Comcast, video was the number one traffic driver for its Internet customers in 2020, accounting for 71 per cent of all downstream traffic over its network, a growth of 70 per cent from 2019. In analysing how its customers consumed video and entertainment in 2020, the biggest takeaway was that […]