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Over half of sports fans watch pirated content once a month
The Charting Global Sports Piracy report draws on results from a 10-country study of over 6,000 sports fans
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Beeb moves to beta testing
BBC's voice assistant is being tested by UK-based members of Microsoft's Windows Insider Programme
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Great content still needs a great engagement strategy to drive viewers
By James Manderson, general manager at customer engagement platform Braze EMEA
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Pay-TV revenues set for $150 billion hit
According to Digital TV Research, pay-TV revenues for 138 countries peaked in 2016 at $202 billion.
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One in five UK homes has signed up for a new SVoD service during lockdown
Average UK household now subscribes to 2.3 SVoD services
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UKTV Play reports 27 per cent viewer increase during lockdown
Network seeing big gains in viewers aged 16-34
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Changing TV habits in the era of Covid-19
Analyst Paolo Pescatore takes a look at the current situation for TV and streaming services
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720p is no longer HD according to YouTube
Platform reclassifies what constitutes HD quality on its videos
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Global pay-TV subs predicted to reach 1.06 billion by 2025
IPTV predicted to add 84 million subscribers between 2019 and 2025
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BARB: Boomers begin to embrace SVoD services
BARB releases its Viewing Report 2020
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Only a third of UK viewers are aware of AVoD
New figures from study by Rakuten Advertising
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Global streaming up by 50 per cent YoY in March
New figures from Conviva's State of Streaming report
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Havas Media report sees drop in live TV consumption
Latest iteration of Havas Media report points to stabilised consumption habits and a reduction of increased live TV viewing in the UK
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SDI continues to deliver remote localisation for A+E Networks UK during shutdown
Company has been using SessionLinkPRO to deliver 40+ titles for the April schedule
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iPlayer sees “most popular day ever” in lockdown
Received a record 20.4 million requests on 23rd March
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Disney Plus predicted to hit 220+ million subscribers by 2024
Would be almost four times Disney's own subscriber target
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Disney Plus reaches 50 million subscribers globally
Could meet the company's target of 60-90 million global subs four years early
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WWE tags DAZN in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
DAZN will air Raw and SmackDown exclusively live and on-demand in the regions
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Trusted News Initiative to fight coronavirus misinformation
Shared alert system enables partners to flag potentially harmful content
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European pay-TV platforms introduce free packages during lockdown
Canal Plus, Telefonica and Orange offer free subscriptions
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Total views of Bird Box “equivalent to 66 million kg of CO2”
"It is equal to driving from London to Istanbul and back 38,879 times"
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Tony Hall: “No guarantee” that Netflix would serve British culture
"It comes nowhere near matching the BBC"
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Sky Sports to serve more women’s sport
"The evolution will mean no longer grouping women's sport collectively in a standalone programme each week"
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BritBox aims to “grab people’s attention” with Spitting Image return
The classic comedy revival is the service's first original commission
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The secret of immersive viewing
Luke Gaydon, head of Solutions, Innovation, and Marketing, Accedo, on the rise of AR/VR in sport broadcasting
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Eurosport handles Olympic qualifiers
Broadcasting all six handball qualification events
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Gavin & Stacey Christmas Special named “biggest TV programme since 2002”
Watched by an audience of 18.5 million
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WWE, Channel 5 team up for weekly wrestling highlights
Content will also be made available on My5
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Global Cycling Network to launch in German
Channel will feature race footage, weekly magazine show
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BT and ATEME partner to combat piracy
BT will employ ATEME's encryption technologies to protect satellite uplinked content
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Discovery to launch HGTV in more European markets
Channel will be available FTA in Italy and on pay-TV in 11 other markets
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Celebrity Big Brother is the most complained about show of the 2010s
Episode accounted for almost half broadcasting complaints in 2018
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Killing Eve named 2019’s most popular show on iPlayer
Series two generated 40.4 million requests
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Sky News ‘lobbying to be allowed to provide local news’
Said to be lobbying Ofcom for regulation reform
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Bingeing all the way
TVBEurope asks Ampere Analysis' Toby Holleran why streaming services are changing up their release models
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Revenge of The Mandalorian
Star Wars series overtakes Stranger Things in demand expressions
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BBC wins Club World Cup TV rights
Will follow Liverpool's progress in the competition
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Eurovision Sport, Scout Gaming release ski manager game
Ski Austria Expert allows fans to build their fantasy alpine ski team