Pete Distad has been named CEO of the soon-to-launch sports streaming service from ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros Discovery. Distad, who most recently served as an executive at Apple for a decade following six years at Hulu, will assume oversight of all aspects of the joint venture, including overall strategy, distribution, marketing, sales and more. […]
Digital video experiences and security specialist Irdeto, in partnership with Caretta Research, has released research that explores the current state of the video streaming market, with increasing revenues remaining a major challenge for service providers. Focused on how pay-TV, telco and streaming operators can build profitable video streaming platforms, Irdeto and Caretta’s research reveals the […]
Eighty-four per cent of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) decreased 0.2 Mbps and 15 per cent stayed the same, resulting in a lower average speed during February on the Netflix ISP Speed Index – a monthly update on which ISPs provide the best prime-time Netflix streaming experience. Netflix notes that these are considered normal moves as […]
Channel 4 Sales has unveiled the results of its Sponsorship Rocks study, a comprehensive analysis of broadcast sponsorship effectiveness. The study’s dataset, twice the size of the previous iteration of Sponsorship Rocks in 2017, now incorporates streaming data, creative coding, plus Barb reach and frequency data. At a time when the media industry is faced […]
LG Electronics has announced the global launch of the LG StanbyME Speaker (model XT7S), the company’s latest portable speaker which works in harmony with an LG StanbyME lifestyle screen or as a standalone speaker that can be taken anywhere. LG says its StanbyME Speaker is for design-conscious individuals who relish streaming content and music at […]
Digital content studio and media network, Little Dot Studios (an All3Media company), has expanded its partnership with Cineverse Entertainment, the streaming technology and entertainment company with a portfolios of streaming channels and content libraries, to now include long-form content licensing and Digital Copyright Management (DCM) services. Building on their existing channel management partnership, in which […]
Brightcove, the streaming technology company, has launched ‘Publisher Insights’, a new capability within the Media Studio Premium solution. Publisher Insights builds on Brightcove’s Audience Insights to provide real-time analytics specifically for news organisations and other real-time-driven content organisations. The product enables news organisations to quickly identify stories that drive viewer interest and help shape effective […]
Sports tech innovators NativeWaves and SportPass closed a strategic alliance including the mutual integration of technology, a bilateral distribution agreement as well as a joint use of software development resources. The partnership sees the two companies acting very closely aligned on the European, Asian and North American markets. NativeWaves will add SportPass’ Asport technology with […]
LG Ad Solutions, the specialist in connected TV (CTV) and cross-screen advertising, has released a sports study revealing that 72 per cent of UK consumers are increasingly comfortable streaming live sports. Over a third use three or more streaming apps to watch live sports, with Sky Sports (57 per cent), BBC (55 per cent) and […]
The European Commission (EC) has fined Apple over €1.8 billion for abusing its dominant position on the market for the distribution of music streaming apps to iPhone and iPad users through its App Store. In particular, the Commission found that Apple applied restrictions on app developers preventing them from informing iOS users about alternative and […]