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YouTube TV launches nationwide in the US
YouTube’s subscription over-the-top offering, YouTube TV, is now available nationwide in the US. The expansion…
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Netflix and Hilton hotels agree ‘Connected Room’ deal
Netflix has partnered with Hilton to allow guests of the hotel chain to access the…
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Vodafone TV launches Nick+ on-demand offering in Greece
Vodafone TV has launched Nickelodeon’s on-demand offering, Nick+, in Greece, offering access to more than…
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BARB: SVOD use rises 22% year-on-year in the UK
The number of UK homes with at least one of Netflix, Amazon Prime Video or…
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Hulu drops price of popular streaming plan
Hulu is dropping the price of its most popular streaming plan by US$2 and hiking…
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NATPE: NBCU streaming service will ‘reinvent’ windowing
NBC Entertainment co-chairmen George Cheeks and Paul Telegdy have said that the business’s planned streaming…
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Discovery hires former Amazon exec as direct-to-consumer CTO
Discovery has appointed Amazon Marketplace’s former vice-president of technology, Avi Saxena, to the newly created…
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Channel 4 launches ‘Dynamic TV’ ad targeting
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has launched Dynamic TV, a data-driven video-on-demand advertising initiative that enables…
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Love Nature 4K announces Turkish channel launch with TV+
Love Nature 4K, a joint venture with Blue Ant Media and Smithsonian Networks, has launched…
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WarnerMedia launches content Innovation Lab
WarnerMedia has announced plans to launch Innovation Lab, an incubator that will combine emerging technologies…
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Futuresource: global TV shipments return to growth in 2018
The TV market experienced a return to growth in 2018 with global shipments up by…
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TiVo: multi-service use now the norm with Netflix ‘essential’
Multi-service use of pay TV and OTT offerings is becoming the norm, with the average…
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Vodafone and O2 agree 5G partnership in the UK
UK mobile operators Vodafone and O2 have agreed to extend their network sharing partnership to…
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NSR: satellite broadband streaming requires fall in capacity prices
Satellite broadband capacity prices need to decline below US$100 (€88) per Mbps per month if…
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IHS Markit: Netflix and YouTube rank top among Brazilian viewers
Netflix and YouTube are consistently Brazilian internet users’ first choice of video services across all…
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Futuresource: US video and TV spend up 1% in 2018
The US video and TV industry saw a 1% rise in consumer spend in 2018,…
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Openvault: 2018 broadband use accelerated in Europe and the US
Broadband use accelerated across Europe and the US in 2018 according to research by Openvault,…
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Digital TV Research: MENA pay TV impacted by BeIN dispute
Pay TV revenues have declined in the Middle East and North Africa over the past…
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Viasat World expands Epic Drama reach in Hungary
Viasat World has expanded the reach of its premium drama channel, Epic Drama, in Hungary…
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NHK World-Japan launches on Roku
Japanese public service broadcaster, NHK, has launched its English-language channel, NHK World-Japan, on the Roku…
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Human rights TV channel launches in the UK
The International Observatory of Human Rights (IOHR) has launched what it claims is the first…
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BritBox doubles subscriber numbers
BritBox, the North American subscription video-on-demand service from BBC Studios and ITV, has doubled its…
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BBC deputy director-general to step down
The BBC’s deputy director-general, Anne Bulford, is due to leave the corporation in spring. In…
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Smithsonian Channel expands international presence
Smithsonian Networks and Blue Ant Media are expanding the distribution of Smithsonian Channel in Asia-Pacific,…
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Gusto TV to launch in Latin America on Vemox OTT service
Gusto Worldwide Media’s food and lifestyle channel, Gusto TV, is due to debut in Latin…
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Simon Pollock joins executive search outfit Sucherman
TV industry veteran Simon Pollock has joined media and entertainment executive search outfit Sucherman Group…
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TDG: Netflix price increases could have ‘significant implications’
Netflix’s US price increase is a test to subscriber loyalty as even minor price variations…
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GFK MRI: half of US viewers watch video with others
Video viewing remains a highly social medium in the US, with almost half of viewing…
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Parks: 16% of US broadband users share online video passwords
Some 16% of US broadband households admit sharing passwords to their video service accounts, according…
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BBC Studios’ Davie bows out of Premier League role
BBC Studios boss Tim Davie has bowed out of the top Premier League job. According…