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Year2021
Cord-cutters spending US$85 per month on streaming in US
Cord-cutters in the US are spending an average US$85 per month on alternatives to pay…
Omdia: Italian OTT surge eclipsing declining pay TV
A surge last year in OTT subscriptions in Italy is expected to continue, while a…
Spanish watchdog demands changes to Telefónica-DAZN F1 deal
Spanish competition and markets regulator the CNMC has demanded that Telefónica change the terms of…
Swisscom feels the pressure of ‘saturated’ TV market
Swisscom saw its pay TV base decline slightly in the year to June in what…
Rise of FAST lifts Amagi
The rise of free advertising supported streaming television (FAST) has been the key factor in…
Have your say in the first DTVE Summer Industry Survey 2021
Digital TV Europe has announced the launch of the first ever DTVE Summer Survey 2021….
LaLiga eyes DTC streamer
Spanish football league LaLiga is reportedly planning on launching a DTC streaming service for the…
Ocilion picks Vubiquity for VOD content
German IPTV provider ocilion has announced a partnership with Amdocs-owned Vubiquity. The five-year agreement will…
Sony’s Funimation closes Crunchyroll acquisition
Sony’s Funimation group has completed its $1.175bn acquisition of AT&T’s global anime streaming service Crunchyroll,…
Serie A lands on BT Sport
On the eve of the new season, BT Sport has acquired the UK broadcasting rights…
Sky hires Prasanna Gopalakrishnan as CTO following global search
Sky Group has announced the appointment of Prasanna Gopalakrishnan as its chief technology officer. The…
UK’s BARB extends reporting to TV on smartphones
UK audience measurement organisation BARB has extended its viewing reporting of linear TV to encompass…
France’s SFR sets out packages with Amazon Ligue 1 offering
Amazon’s new French top-tier football offering is now available as part of a set of…
Spanish watchdog gives qualified welcome to new media law proposals
Spain’s markets regulator the CNMC has published an update on plans for a revision of…
Polsat unveils new online and multiscreen offerings in line with rebrand
Polish pay TV provider Polsat Plus Group has unveiled two new online and multiscreen TV…
Real Madrid and Barcelona state objections to LaLiga-CVC deal
The top two clubs in Spanish football – Real Madrid and Barcelona – have publicly denounced the…
Unified Streaming brings Unified Origin software to Microsoft Azure
Video streaming tech provider Unified Streaming has announced the availability of its Unified Origin software…
discovery+ launches on VIZIO TVs
Discovery has announced the expansion of its discovery+ streaming service to VIZIO smart TVs. The…
Synamedia buys ContentArmor for forensic watermarking tech
Video software provider Synamedia has announced the acquisition of forensic watermarking form ContentArmor. Terms of…
Amazon Fire TV gets first Spanish-language news network
Estrella Media has announced the launch of its News channel on Amazon Fire TV devices….
Docustream comes to Samsung TV Plus
SPI/FilmBox has brought its ad-supported streaming channel Docustream to Samsung TV Plus. Available in India,…
RTL to rebrand TV Now as RTL+, plans international rollout in ’22
RTL Group had over three million paying streaming subscribers at the half-year point, a highlight…
Canal+ to appeal as court orders it to honour Ligue 1 contract
Canal+ has said it will contest a ruling by the Nanterre commercial court ordering it…
ProSiebenSat.1 posts solid results on advertising growth
Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1 has posted solid Q2 results, with revenue growing by 48% to €1.048 billion,…
StarTimes renews Italian football rights
Chinese-owned African digital pay TV operator StarTimes has renewed exclusive rights to broadcast Coppa Italia…
Record month for ITV Hub
July was the most successful month on record for UK BVOD service ITV Hub. Driven…
Paramount+ ‘clearly working’ as ViacomCBS adds 6.5 million streaming subs
Paramount+ has had its best quarter for subscriber growth since its launch in March, ViacomCBS…
Twitch drops subscription prices in Europe
Twitch has lowered the cost of its subscriptions in Europe by 20%. The Amazon-owned platform…
Converge launches new streamer and STB
Filipino telco Converge is launching a new entertainment streaming service. Dubbed VISION, the service is…
Prime Video comes to Foxtel
The Foxtel Group has announced a distribution deal with Amazon to integrate Prime Video into…