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TDG: 50% of Facebook users have never heard of Facebook Watch
Half of adult Facebook users have never heard of its free Watch video service, according…
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Viacom promotes Jesper Dahl to VP of VIMN in the Nordics
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has promoted Jesper Dahl to general manager, vice-president for VIMN…
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DAZN names Ronaldo as global ambassador following Italy launch
Sports streaming service DAZN has appointed football star Cristiano Ronaldo as its first global ambassador….
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Eleven Sports extends Portuguese Bundesliga deal
Eleven Sports has extended its Bundesliga rights deal in Portugal and will now broadcast live…
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Eastern Europe OTT revenues to triple by 2023
Over-the-top revenues from TV episodes and movies in Easter Europe will more than triple from…
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ProSiebenSat.1 revamps red button offering via HbbTV
ProSiebenSat.1 has rolled out a new red button offering for smart TVs in Germany, based…
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Finland’s DNA and Yle at loggerheads over DVB-T2 transition
Finnish service provider, broadcaster and digital-terrestrial transmission services provider DNA and the country’s public broadcaster…
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Ukraine moves ahead with digital switchover plan
Ukraine is moving ahead with plans to complete digital switchover at the end of this…
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Report: Amazon developing DVR for Fire TV
Amazon is developing a “DVR for the streaming era” that will be able to record…
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US outpacing Europe in broadband usage
The US is outpacing Europe in average broadband usage, according to industry analytics and technology…
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eMarketer: US connected TV user numbers to reach 182m in 2018
There will be 182.6 million connected TV users in the US this year, up 8.1%…
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UK local businesses reap ‘£9bn benefit from superfast broadband’
Local businesses in areas covered by the UK government’s rollout of superfast broadband have seen…
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IMG launches Serie A OTT TV service in Latin America
Sports and talent management outfit IMG has launched an OTT TV service for Serie A…
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Facebook secures Champions League rights in Latin America
Facebook has secured exclusive free-to-air rights for certain UEFA Champions League live matches across Spanish-speaking…
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Xumo claims 325% increase in viewership, adds new channels
US over-the-top video service Xumo reported a 325% rise in viewership and a 90% increase…
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Kagan: US operators lose 860,000 subscribers in Q2
The traditional cable, satellite and telco multichannel TV providers in the US lost 860,640 video…
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Nielsen’s Gracenote launches mobile video analytics solution
Nielsen-owned Gracenote has launched a new Mobile Video Analytics solution designed to offer insights into…
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Facebook acquires interactive video startup Vidpresso
Facebook has acquired Utah-based Vidpresso, an interactive live-video startup focused on Facebook Live streaming. While…
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Swisscom reaches 1.5 million TV customers
Swisscom grew its TV base by 3.7% year-on-year after adding 54,000 TV connections in the…
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Net Insight CTO steps down
Net Insight’s chief technology officer and vice-president of product portfolio, Martin Karlsson, is due to…
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MTG and NENT Group secure €382m credit
Modern Times Group (MTG) and the newly separated Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) have jointly…
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Facebook to stream La Liga free across Indian subcontinent
Facebook has secured rights to Spanish top-tier football for the southern Asia region, including India,…
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BBC R&D explores idea of a ‘Public Service Internet’
The BBC’s Research and Development arm is exploring ways in which the internet can be…
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Iflix partners with Wattpad on AI-selected Indonesian originals
Iflix has partnered with reading and publishing app Wattpad to co-produce dozens of original movies…
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Global TV and video service revenue to reach US$559bn in 2022
Consumer and advertising spend on TV and video services will grow 14% globally from US$490…
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Viacom International creates new digital studios unit
Viacom International Media Networks has named Brendan Yam to head up a new digital studios…
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Leichtman: US pay TV losses slow in Q2
The largest pay TV providers in the US – representing about 95% of the market…
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DAZN secures extended Serie A rights for Germany and Austria
Sports streaming platform DAZN has secured exclusive rights to Italian Serie A football in Germany…
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Tencent e-books unit acquires film and TV studio for US$2.25bn
China Literature Limited, the publically listed e-books unit of Tencent holdings, is set to acquire…
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ITV partners with Accedo for AI artwork project
UK broadcaster ITV has partnered with Accedo on a project that will see the video…