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SVOD
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The return of bundling
Amid a looming recession, TV operators are facing the harsh implications of the global cost-of-living…
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Paramount’s Bakish highlights benefits of bundling and broader offerings
Paramount’s path to profitability for streaming includes more partnerships and the creation of a broader…
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Disney and Comcast move up Hulu sale talks with valuation likely ‘way more’ than US$27.5bn”
Hulu’s future could be decided sooner than had been previously thought, after Comcast CEO Brian…
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Disney cranks up rhetoric in carriage fee dispute with Charter
Disney has upped the ante in an ongoing carriage dispute with cable operator Charter Communications…
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Viaplay Group and Vodafone Greece ink content deal
Nordic media firm Viaplay Group has struck a multi-year partnership with telco operator Vodafone Greece…
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Warner Bros. Discovery’s Zaslav: bundling is back
Streaming is a “bit challenged” as a market and a return to bundling could be…
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Netflix promises ‘more of the core’ business as it seeks to grow
Netflix will continue to focus on building its core business of premium subscription content as…
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Warner Bros. Discovery expects hit to earnings as strikes continue
Warner Bros. Discovery has seen its stock fall on a downward revision of its EBITDA…
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Serie A dangles threat of own service as it seeks to talk bids up
Italy’s Lega Serie A has scheduled a meeting next week that will include a discussion…
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Mediavision estimates sub sharing costs Swedish streamers $80m per year
Nordic-focused research company Mediavision estimates that streamer password sharing in Sweden is costing platforms around…
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Germany on course to become Western Europe’s largest SVOD market
Germany will have more SVOD subscriptions than the UK by the end of this year,…
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Disney feels the heat
Disney continued to feel the heat from the poor performance of its shares this week…
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Deloitte highlights SVOD challenges around subscription sharing and churn
New UK-based research from Deloitte estimates that 35% of people with access to a subscription-video-on-demand…
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Germany’s Vaunet reports solid pay TV and streaming growth
Vaunet, the German Association of Private Media, has released upbeat research into the performance of…
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Viacom 18 secures Indian domestic cricket rights in $721 million deal
Mukesh Ambani-backed media group Viacom 18 has seen off competition from Disney Star and Sony…
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African OTT: Wi-Flix’s challenge to Showmax and Netflix
OTT video adoption in sub-Saharan Africa continues to grow at an impressive rate, with subscriptions…
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Disney faces new legal challenge related to Disney+
US media outlets are reporting that Disney is being sued by shareholders that claim the…
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Eastern European SVOD growth dominated by Russia through until 2029
Eastern Europe will add 27 million SVOD subscriptions by 2029, according to new research from…
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Nielsen: massive growth in video titles, but consumers struggling to find what they want
Audiences in key territories now have more than 2.7 million individual video titles to choose…
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MásMóvil’s Yoigo adds Netflix to fibre and mobile offering
Spanish service provider MásMóvil’s low-cost Yoigo brand has added Netflix to its combined fibre and…
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Fuel TV launches on Rakuten-owned linear streamer in Japan
Action sports channel Fuel TV is now available in Japan via R Channel, a linear streaming…
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CNN streaming service to debut on Max
Warner Bros. Discovery’s streaming platform, Max, previously known as HBO Max, is to launch a…
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DAZN and Warner Bros. Discovery renew Eurosport deal
Sports streaming service, DAZN has extended its distribution partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) for…
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Disney+ unveils slate of new UK unscripted titles
The Walt Disney Company EMEA revealed a raft of new UK unscripted original titles for…
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Latin America OTT revenue to reach $7bn
OTT TV episode and film revenues for 19 Latin American countries is forecasted to rise…
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Dyn goes live with Pixum Super Cup 2023
Germany’s new streaming service Dyn goes live today with coverage on the Pixum Super Cup…
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StarzPlay secures Rugby World Cup 2023 rights, with new pop-up channel
MENA streaming platform StarzPlay has been awarded the exclusive local broadcast rights to the Rugby…
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Ziggo to replace Movies & Series offering with SkyShowtime
The Netherland’s TV provider Ziggo has extended its partnership with Comcast and Paramount Global’s European…
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Warner Bros. Discovery unveils La Vuelta coverage plans
Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Europe (WBD) is to livestream the Spanish cycling competition La Vuelta…
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UK kids channel CITV to close on September 1
UK commercial broadcaster ITV’s children’s channel CITV it to close on September 1 to be…