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SVOD
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Movie SVOD Sooner lands on Alteox.stream
European movie-focused SVOD service Sooner has launched on Alteox Media Consulting’s white label streaming platform…
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Amazon Prime Video launches on Proximus
Amazon Prime Video has launched on Proximus’s TV platform in Belgium, available direct from the…
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SVOD subscriptions to reach 1.5 billion
The number of global SVOD subscriptions will approach 1.5 billion within five years. According to…
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How European media groups are adapting to the OTT present in 2021
You would perhaps be forgiven for overlooking Europe as the TV industry continues its rapid…
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NENT Group strengthens sports offering for international expansion
Streaming, free and pay TV outfit Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) has renewed its media…
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Paramount+ reveals Oz launch plans as service leads VCBS streaming growth
ViacomCBS-owned streamer Paramount+ will launch in Australia in August, with four local originals already announced….
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Roku surpasses 53 million users in analyst-defying Q1
Roku has increased its monthly active users (MAUs) by 35% in Q1 2021 to reach…
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RTL adds half a million streaming subs in Q1
Media giant RTL Group added over half a million new paying streaming subscribers in the…
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Nordic Entertainment secures F1 rights for Poland
Streaming and pay and free TV provider Nordic Entertainment (NENT Group) has struck a deal…
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Disney’s entertainment president Craig Hunegs steps down
Walt Disney Television’s entertainment president Craig Hunegs is stepping down, just five months after a…
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ITV predicts soaring ad revenue
UK commercial broadcaster ITV said it expects advertising revenues for May and June to be…
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Parrot Analytics: Netflix content dominates in Russia
Netflix takes up six spots in Parrot Analytics’ originals in-demand chart for the week ending…
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Amazon praises rapid growth of ad-supported platforms
Amazon’s increased investment in ad-supported platforms and services has been rewarded by a surge of…
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A bright start for discovery+ shows broadcasters don’t have to abandon linear for OTT
There may be fears that launching a major streaming service at this stage in the…
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Peacock up by nine million subs as Comcast mulls international expansion
NBCUniversal’s streaming service Peacock added nine million subscribers in the first quarter of the year….
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Netflix picks the content for its users with new Play Something feature
Netflix has launched a new feature hoping to cure the indecision that often faces its…
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Discovery passes 15m D2C subs, looks to AdLite version of discovery+ for growth
Discovery now has over 15 million paying direct-to-consumer subscribers, four months after the launch of…
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Report: HBO Max sets AVOD price at US$9.99
HBO Max’s upcoming ad-supported tier will reportedly set users back US$9.99 per month when it…
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Disney+ looks to AWS for global expansion
Disney has revealed that it is leveraging Amazon Web Services (AWS) for the ongoing global…
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BluTV chooses Veset Nimbus for cloud-based linear channels
Turkish subscription streaming service BluTV has chosen software service Veset Nimbus to deliver its linear…
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Building an SUV – behind the scenes with discovery+
OTT expansion is the way forward for broadcasters seeking to remain at the forefront of…
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Disney to close 18 channels in Asia as streaming focus expands
Disney is closing 18 linear networks in Asia as it focuses its attention on nascent…
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HBO Max to expand into live sports with NHL
Live sports will come to HBO Max for the first time, WarnerMedia has confirmed. Despite…
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OTT to overtake US pay TV spend
Americans will soon spend more on streaming services than pay TV, claims a new report….
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Rakuten TV preps more than 90 pan-European FAST channels
Streaming service Rakuten TV is ramping up its presence across Europe by launching more than…
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Roku launches attack on Google as YouTube TV looks likely to disappear
Roku has warned users that YouTube TV could disappear from their devices as its legal…
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Paramount+, Google and Roku sign on as HDR10+ partners
HDR10+ Technologies has announced a number of new strategic partners who will adopt the visual…
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OTT revenues to top US$200 billion by 2026
Revenues in the OTT market are set to almost double by 2026. According to Digital…
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WarnerMedia touts high ARPU as HBO Max closes in on 10 million subs
HBO Max is approaching 10 million subscribers as it comes up to one year on…
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Sony trials PlayStation Plus Video Pass in Poland
Sony is testing a video streaming service for its PlayStation platform. The service, called PlayStation…