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STV Player launching UK-wide on Virgin Media

STV, the Scottish broadcaster, has agreed a deal with Virgin Media which will give its TV customers across the UK access to the STV Player. The STV Player app and catch-up service was integrated into Virgin Media’s STBs for viewers in Scotland in December 2018.  This new deal ensures that STV content can now be […]

June 11, 2020

Research: Consumers’ VoD content FOMO

Consumers believe they are missing out on VoD content as a result of lack of availability and price, according to research from advertising technology and consumer insights specialist Rakuten Advertising. The research, conducted among more than 4,500 adults across Europe, shows that

June 10, 2020

Italy launches Vatican VoD service

A new VoD platform broadcasting Christian-inspired series, films and documentaries has gone live in Italy. Branded ‘VatiVision’, the service is a joint initiative of Italian cloud computing platform Vetrya and Officina della Communicazione, a producer of religious and cultural content for various Vatican institutions and Italian broadcasters. The main sponsor of the project is UBI […]

June 8, 2020From Branislav Pekic in Rome

France: Salto goes beta before autumn launch

French VoD/SVoD platform Salto – a joint venture between TF1, M6 and France Télévisions – has begun its first test phase, a few months before its planned commercial launch later this year. “We’re in the starting blocks, the test phase has started on Wednesday” managing director Thomas Folin told AFP. Initially scheduled for Q1 of […]

June 3, 2020From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris