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Research: 56% UK homes have SVoD (Advanced TV)
Published May 28, 2020Data insights and consulting company Kantar has launched its new Entertainment On Demand service in the UK, designed to help entertainment industry and investors understand the full entertainment subscription service consumer journey. The service reveals the following consumer behaviours in the three months to April: 6 million new video streaming subscriptions were purchased across the […]
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Streaming service providers’ ad spend up 87% year-on-year (Rapid TV News)
Published May 28, 2020Ahead of the launch of HBO Max, which is said to have tripled its ad spend ahead of launch, streaming providers’ ad spend has more than tripled since the week beginning 10 May 2020 says research from advertising intelligence and sales enablement platform provider MediaRadar. This represents an 87% rise on an annual basis as […]
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Pay-TV revenues to continue to plunge over the next five years (Digital TV News)
Published May 28, 2020Global pay TV revenues for 138 countries peaked in 2016 at $202 billion. Revenues will fall to $150 billion in 2025 – despite the number of pay TV subscribers rising by 35 million between 2019 and 2025. Revenues will decline in 61 countries between 2019 and 2025. The US will provide the most dramatic fall […]
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Arrow Signs Artificial Intelligence Deal With GrayMeta (Creative Planet Network)
Published May 28, 2020Leading factual producer Arrow International Media (Arrow) has signed a deal with GrayMeta, an intelligent metadata solutions company powered by machine learning (ML). The collaboration will give Arrow access to artificial intelligence software, which will enable the company to log and access its catalog of unused content for the first time. This deal follows Arrow’s […]
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Disney+ to launch in Japan in June (TBI Vision)
Published May 28, 2020The Walt Disney Company’s streaming service Disney+ is to roll out in Japan next month, as part of an exclusive partnership with local mobile phone and cable operator NTT Docomo. Current subscribers to Disney Deluxe, the service launched by Disney and NTT Docomo in March last year will receive an automatic upgrade to Disney+ at […]
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15 million UK homes accessing SVOD (Broadband TV News)
Published May 28, 2020The number of UK homes that have access to a subscription video on demand service has topped 15 million. In its latest Establishment Survey data BARB says 15.01 million homes (53%) have a subscription to either Netflix, Amazon Prime Video or Now TV. The figures are for the quarter ending March 31, 2020, just as […]
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Pluto TV expands UK content (Advanced TV)
Published May 28, 2020Pluto TV’s European content push is entering its next round for British viewers. The ad-funded streaming service launches seven new channels on May 29th. The expanded line-up offers viewers a range of content from sci-fi to mystery and drama to reality TV, including Pluto TV Sherlock Holmes, a 24/7 channel of films and series from […]
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Nordic households spending €149 per month on media (Digital TV Europe)
Published May 28, 2020Nordic households are spending an average of €149 per month on media services. According to a new study from Mediavision, Nordic households spent on average €149 on media and access (broadband and mobile telephony) per month during spring 2020. Norway has the highest total spend by far, driven by high access spend while Denmark has […]
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Updated Heat Map: The Kitchen Dubbing Studios International (The Kitchen)
Published May 27, 2020It is the goal of The Kitchen to maintain as close to normal operations in all studio locations, while keeping our team members as safe and secure as possible during the COVID-19 pandemic. While we recognize that may be a difficult, if not impossible goal, we are attempting to modify standard operating procedures, while maintaining […]
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DAZN Agrees to a Technology and Intellectual Property License Agreement with the Kudelski Group (NAGRA)
Published May 27, 2020The Kudelski Group (SIX: KUD.S), the world leader in digital security, today announced a technology and intellectual property license agreement with DAZN, a global leader in digital content distribution. “This agreement further validates the relevance of the Group’s technology and intellectual property to the streaming video market. It provides DAZN with a framework to access […]
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Sky customers get three new channels added for free from today (Radio Times)
Published May 27, 2020The launch of three brand new Sky channels – Sky Nature, Sky History and Sky Documentaries – available both on live and on-demand. The channels will all be available to Sky customers at no extra cost and will show a range of original factual programming in addition to exclusive shows from US networks including HBO, […]
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Serie A demands outstanding payments from broadcasters (Digital TV Europe)
Published May 27, 2020Italy’s Serie A has demanded the final installment in payments from broadcast rights holders for the currently suspended season. According to Reuters, Sky Italia, DAZN and sports agency IMG are being called on to pay an outstanding total of around €220 million as the final installment of the season. A statement from the league said: […]
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DAZN seeking investment to save service (Broadband TV News)
Published May 26, 2020Len Blavatnik’s DAZN is said to be exploring its options to secure its financial future. Dubbed “The Netflix of Sport”, DAZN has been a big spender in its acquisition of European football and boxing. However, the global Covid-19 pandemic has meant subscribers have paused their payments, telling the streaming service they are disappointed at the […]
