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China’s biggest livestreaming platform making major staff cuts
Tencent-controlled Huya, the Chinese leading game live streaming platform, has reportedly started to lay-off a…
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10 million users for Xbox Cloud Gaming
Microsoft has announced a major milestone for its Xbox Cloud Gaming service as the company…
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The Roku Channel bags Lionsgate theatrical titles in major content deal
Roku has signed a major content deal with Lionsgate to fuel its AVOD platform The…
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Churn high at HBO, but Warner Bros. Discovery bullish on streaming prospects
Warner Bros. Discovery has shed some light on the newly-merged company’s imminent plans for its…
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Viaplay scores ‘groundbreaking’ deal for exclusive home nations football rights in the UK
Ahead of its launch in the UK in H2 2022, Nordic Entertainment (NENT) Group’s Viaplay…
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Virgin Media launches all-IP Stream platform
Virgin Media has announced its new Stream all-IPTV platform. The device, revealed at an event…
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Disney and Lumen Technologies partner for CDN metadata standardisation push
Disney has announced a partnership between its streaming division and Lumen Technologies to standardise CDN…
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TiVo and TELEV8 to ‘transform’ video delivery for hospitality venues
TiVo has announced a partnership with TELEV8 that will see the hotel TV business leverage…
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Astro renews English Premier League rights for Malaysia
Malaysian sports broadcaster Astro has agreed a three-season rights deal with the English Premier League…
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AT&T bows out of entertainment business with 77 million HBO subscribers
In its final quarter of owning WarnerMedia, AT&T reported positive performance of HBO and its…
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Sky Sports adds W Series in UK and Italy
Sky Sports has agreed a multi-year broadcast partnership with women’s motor racing championship W Series….
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Twitter succumbs to Elon Musk’s US$43 billion takeover offer
Twitter has confirmed that it has agreed to billionaire Tesla owner Elon Musk’s US$43 billion…
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Nielsen: streaming’s share of TV viewing at all-time high in US
Streaming captured its largest-ever share of total TV usage in March in the US. According…
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Canal+ sees growth in strong quarter for Vivendi
Vivendi has reported a solid start to 2022, driven by its pay TV and Havas…
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UK to legalise TV viewing on the road in self-driving cars
The UK government has announced new rules which will legalise TV watching in self-driving cars….
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Disney partners with KPN for Disney+/ESPN bundle
Dutch telco KPN has announced an expanded distribution deal with Disney. The deal will see…
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US consumers prefer unified bundles
US OTT consumers are increasingly growing in favour of aggregation services and unified bundles. According…
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Eastern Europe SVOD market set for growth
The Eastern European streaming market is set for explosive growth in the coming years, almost…
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Viaplay picks up PFL rights in 14 markets
The Professional Fighters League (PFL) has announced a wide broadcast rights deal with Viaplay across…
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STN launches configurable video player
STN Video has launched what it claims to be the industry’s only fully configurable video…
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MTG completes ESL Gaming sale
MTG, formerly part of Nordic Entertainment (NENT) Group, has completed the sale of ESL Gaming….
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Intelsat launches VideoNow EPG
Satellite and terrestrial network operator Intelsat has announced the launch of a new electronic program…
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Harmonic integrates HDR10+
Video delivery solutions provider Harmonic has announced the addition of support for HDR10+. The…
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Viaccess-Orca in Google Cloud partnership
Viaccess-Orca (VO) has announced a new collaboration with Google Cloud. The partnership sees VO solutions…
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BritBox sets April 28 for Nordics launch
BBC Studios-ITV joint-venture Britbox will launch next week in the Nordics, the company has confirmed….
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Globecast joins AWS global partnership programme
Media management solutions provider Globecast has signed on as an official global Amazon Web Services…
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Warner Bros. Discovery names international team
Warner Bros. Discovery has named its international exec team under Gerhard Zeiler, with new roles…
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Warner Bros. Discovery to shutter CNN+ after one month
Streaming service CNN+ is to shut down after just one month of operation. The much-hyped…
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Vizio adds 5,000 VOD titles to WatchFree+
Vizio has announced the addition of premium on-demand titles to its WatchFree+ AVOD platform from…
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Netflix share price suffers worst day in 18 years
Netflix suffered further indignity on Wednesday when its share price suffered its worst day in…