More than half (50.6 per cent) of US consumers prefer using ad-supported video (AVoD) services to reduce or eliminate subscription fees, according to research from multichannel streaming specialist Future Today, and Variety’s Variety Intelligence Platform (VIP+). Similarly, viewers find the ads shown while streaming are considerably more relevant to their interests compared to those shown […]
beIN Sports and beIN Sports Xtra have officially launched on YouTube TV in the US as part of the optional Sports Plus add-on package which includes more than 20 networks for $10.99 (€9.30)/month. This latest launch serves as a substantial expansion of beIN Sports’ distribution across the US and brings a robust library of live […]
OKAST, the white-label video streaming platform publisher, has announced a new agreement with Multi-Channels Sport Group for the launch of MCS Extreme. Born in 2010 in France, the TV channel MCS Extreme quickly became a reference in extreme sports before being integrated into the SFR Sport and RMC Sport packages. The channel is now launching […]
The Media Ratings Council has suspended its accreditation for Nielsen’s national TV ratings service after Nielsen was found to be undercounting TV audiences. In response to the news, Dave Otten, CEO and co-founder of JW Player, said he believes Nielsen will soon be obsolete as more audiences switch to streaming (for context, JW Player’s software […]
Multi DRM and content protection service provider PallyCon has launched what it says is a powerful anti-piracy solution for OTT platforms. The solution tracks and mines illegal content leakage and sends a red alert to the source of the illicit content generator. The solution, supported by forensic watermarking integration, globally monitors content leakage. It issues […]
NetRange, a global provider of white-labelled, turnkey Smart TV and OTT ecosystems, has renewed its partnership with KTC to provide KTC customers with a customisable Smart TV app portal offering for individual markets through the NetRange Smart TV App Store. Built on NetRange’s HTML5 portal, KTC’s app store now offers a customised service without the […]
A group of entrepreneurs are readying to launch La Séptima, a new DTT channel with national coverage in Spain, along with an OTT platform aimed at Latin American distribution. The channel is scheduled to go live towards the end of the year, or early in 2022. The project is headed by Marcos de Quinto, former […]
Australian pay-TV operator Foxtel has launched its iQ5 streaming set-top box which it says will make it easier than ever before for customers to experience the best in world-class entertainment, all in one place, streamed live and on demand. The device features a simple plug and play set-up allowing customers to be streaming up to […]
When it comes to reaching OTT and social media audiences, Welsh public broadcaster, S4C, is showing how to harness the power of digital broadcasting. The Carmarthen-based broadcaster is delivering content faster than most other media outlets and in addition to localising it in Welsh, they are publishing on more than 100 digital channels micro-targeted to […]
TV Anywhere Africa (TVA), an emerging media-technology (mediatech) company has partnered with Globacom, a leading mobile network operator in Nigeria with about 40 million active data subscribers and over 50 million voice subscribers, to launch GloTV in Nigeria. TVA partners with telecom operators, internet service providers, and independent media players to enable profitable delivery of […]