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BBC iPlayer trials watch together for The Glastonbury Experience
Trial is only available via the web version of BBC iPlayer, and follows the launch of BBC Together by the corporation's R&D team last...
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Report: 745 VoD services launched in UK, EU and US in four years
Report also found that the number of total AVoD users is significantly higher than SVoD users. In the UK and US
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Portugal’s MEO employs MediaKind to reduce latency for Euro 2020
MEO recently employed the solution to deliver low-latency coverage of the UEFA Champions League final at the end of May
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Telefonica Spain streams in the cloud with Harmonic
Harmonic provides VOS360 cloud streaming platform for disaster recovery
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Kopin Corporation creates ‘world’s first’ 35,000-nit HDR green OLED microdisplay
Microdisplay includes a unique patent-pending pixel structure and backplane architecture for super-high dynamic range operation (14 bits)
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Brexit leads to 250 broadcast licences migrating away from the UK
Half of the channels available in Europe outside their country of origin (as defined by the European regulations) fell under UK jurisdiction in 2018,...
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Globecast, Viaccess-Orca, Mainstreaming partner on end-to-end OTT platform
New app is fully customisable and is pre-integrated into Viaccess-Orca’s TV platform
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Austrian broadcaster ORS develops special drone to check transmitter
ORS worked with German company ARGE Rundfunk-Betriebstechnik to develop the drone and technology required to check the mast
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Germany’s Euro 2020 team camp employs 5G for media
Set-up at Hezogenaurach includes a 5G core network, 5G base station and external antenna for network coverage of the site
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More on-demand platforms offer subtitles, but audio description and signing drop
More content now available with subtitles
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Global AVoD spend to more than double by 2026
US AVoD revenues will triple between 2020 and 2026 to $31 billion
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WSC Sports to deliver Extreme E race highlights
Extreme E has announced that it is teaming up with WSC Sports, the AI-based sports video technology specialist, ahead of its second X Prix...
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V-Nova announces terms for LCEVC licence
Company announces LCEVC terms for entertainment video services with free and fee-based licence models
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Disney Plus adds another 8.7 million global subs
Streamer has now reached 103 million global subscribers
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Realising TV’s web-based future
Johan Bolin, CTO at Agile Content argues that successfully re-defining broadcast comes down to incorporating web-based technologies throughout the end-to-end content production process
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Over a third of global TV households will be an SVoD subscriber by 2026
Average SVoD subscriber will pay for 2.14 SVoD subscriptions by 2026 – up from 1.74 in 2020
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Netflix exploring ‘DVD extras’
Streamer is reportedly considering N-Plus, a new feature that would include behind-the-scenes content, user reviews, and even get viewers involved in commissioning
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How the pandemic has helped OTT to evolve
Luke Durham, CTO at Switch Media, looks at how the pandemic has helped both SVoD and AVoD services find even bigger audiences
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Interra’s Baton Media Player adds Netflix presets
New presets enables users to quickly turnaround high-quality content
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Analyst: Global pay-TV subs to continue to rise
New forecast from Digital TV Research suggests China and India alone will provide just over half of the world's pay-TV subscribers
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Conviva: Europe sees 122 per cent streaming growth year-on-year
Latest report also finds viewers are turning to connected TV devices and smart TVs to watch content
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Red Bee gets in the ring with Fightzone
New boxing streamer is using Red Bee's OTT technology
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Amazon says over 175 million Prime members streamed content in the past year
According to CEO Jeff Bezos, streaming hours were up more than 70 per cent year-on-year
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How 5G will simplify content production and contribution
With two major global sporting events due to take place this summer, Ronan Poullaouec, CTO at Aviwest takes a look at the impact 5G...
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Discovery adds another four million DTC customers in Q1
International advertising revenue increased 16 per cent during the first three months of 2021, driven by improved overall performance in all regions
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How BT Media and Broadcast and Digital 3&4 are modernising the Freeview network
By Faisal Mahomed, director of BT’s media and broadcast division and Greg Bensberg MBE, managing director at Digital 3&4 Limited
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Sony returns to video streaming, but only in Poland
New video service will be available to subscribers across PlayStation 4 and 5 devices for the next year
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What’s the delay? Pushing the limits of ultra-low latency HLS streaming
Recent updates to the HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) standard have made new ways of standard-compliant low-latency streaming possible. But how low can the latency...
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Netflix adds another 1.8 million European subscribers in Q1
Globally, the company reported 208 million subscribers as of the end of the first quarter, missing its own prediction for 210 million
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Samsung takes Rakuten TV to 16 European markets
Rakuten TV debuts on Samsung's TV Plus in Denmark, Finland and Norway today
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BBC iPlayer achieves record-breaking 1.7 billion streams in Q1
The Serpent and Line of Duty help BBC streamer reach new heights
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Unified Streaming enables OTT providers to take VoD content live
French OTT provider Alchemie is already beta-testing Remix VOD2Live to further utilise the VoD catalogue of one of its customers and add new advertising...
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Amazon Prime reaches 200 million subscribers
In comparison, Netflix had around 204 million worldwide subscribers at the end of 2020, and Disney Plus recently announced it had passed the 100...
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Analyst: Netflix to lose European market share, but remain market leader
HBO Max's growth to be hampered by current licensing deals
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Portugal’s Estádio Da Luz employs 5G to transform the viewing experience
5G will provide fans in the stadium with access to immersive content, provided by the combination of 5G and virtual or augmented reality
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Media Broadcast, LiveU successfully test 5G production use cases
Two companies collaborated on sending the signal from one HD camera via a LU800 unit
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Norigin Media joins EU’s 5GMediaHUB
Project will look at low latency streaming, 5G Network Slicing, 8K streaming and AR and VR streaming distribution
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Broadpeak leverages AWS Wavelength and 5G to streamline video delivery
Move will "empower the delivery of immersive experiences, such as 4K video and virtual, augmented, and mixed reality"
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How streaming providers can create a more intuitive user experience
Marcus Bergström, CEO of Vionlabs, explains why streaming services need to better understand their content
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BBC iPlayer debuts pared-back interface
Update also includes significant changes to subtitles, including the ability to change the size
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Disney Plus, HBO Max to drive Eastern Europe SVoD subs
Digital TV Research forecasts 40 million SVoD subscriptions in the region by 2026 by 2026
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Netflix aims for net zero carbon footprint by 2022
Netflix's carbon footprint in 2020 was 1.1 million metric tons, about half of which was generated by physical production of the streamer's TV shows...