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InterDigital publishes white paper on the importance of sustainability as the energy footprint of the video entertainment industry grows
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News channel aggregator launches in the UK in time for US inauguration
NewsPlayer+ has been developed by a team of OTT and pay-TV specialists, headed by CEO Richard Jacobs
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Netflix adds another 4.5 million subscribers in Europe, reaches 200 million worldwide
66.7 million people across EMEA now paying for Netflix, up from 58.7 million at the beginning of 2020
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BBC iPlayer starts 2021 with record-breaking streams
BVoD saw 5.8 billion programmes streamed from January to December 2020, up 31 per cent on 2019
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Does a pay-TV world beyond the set top box finally beckon?
NAGRA's Tim Pearson looks at the future of pay-TV in relation to Direct-to-TV solutions, and asks what could it mean for the STB
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Intel, NHK, Spin Digital and more demonstrate 8K live streaming over the internet
The demonstration consisted of an end-to-end 8K live video showcase from live production to encoding, streaming and playback on 8K TVs
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Haivision’s Play Pro app launches on Android
Follows the app's initial release on iOS in January 2020
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Netflix now the second largest TV group in Europe
In 2020, the streamer accounted for more than 6 per cent of all European TV revenues.
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Broadcast, telco consortium secures funding for 5G live event platform
Project aims to provide enhanced interactive viewing experiences direct to devices in stadia and at other select locations using 5G
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ITV implements VUALTO tech for Hub live-streaming
Implementation will enable ITV to develop its existing sports rights, including spinning up pop-up channels for streaming live events via its ITV Hub
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Synamedia, Akamai join forces to take down the pirates
Synamedia’s solutions can detect and disrupt pirate streams in real time over the Akamai Intelligent Edge Platform and redirect viewers to legitimate services.
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Ampere: 2021 will be the year of ‘compounding’
According to Ampere's research, there are now more than 400 million subscriptions to streaming services across the US and the ‘big 5’ Western European...
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Firstlight Media, Microsoft Azure to power new streaming venture Struum
New platform aims to help viewers find OTT content, and will launch in the spring.
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How 5G will revolutionise the video experience
Thierry Fautier, vice president of Video Strategy at Harmonic takes a look at how the high-speed network capability of 5G will enable UHD experiences,...
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Gracenote launches sports-driven widgets for Smart TVs
New widgets covers the English Premier League, Germany’s Bundesliga, Ligue 1 in France, Serie A in Italy and Spain’s La Liga.
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Roku reaches 50 million active accounts
Streaming service added approx. 12 million users during 2020.
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2021: A year ripe for innovation
According to Vuulr CEO Ian McKee, 2021 will be when the old studio and broadcast industry finally dies and is reborn as the entertainment...
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Euronews to debut in Romania
New channel will be a branded affiliate of Euronews, built on current channel UPB Sigma TV, and will be available in English.
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TV3, Viasat extend Baltic carriage deal
New deal sees Viasat's Epic Drama made available to TV3 viewers in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
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How to optimise bandwidth efficiency and improve QoE in the Covid-era
As England and Scotland return to lockdown, Xavier Leclercq, VP of Business Development at Broadpeak looks at key technologies that can help meet the...
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New Year, New Trends: How Covid will reshape digital content for years to come
Matt Cuson, VP of marketing and products at Minerva Networks takes a look at the impact of Covid and other industry anomalies on digital...
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Discovery, Vodafone partner on Europe roll-out of new streamer
New streamer officially launches worldwide today following its roll-out in the UK at the end of 2020.
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On-demand subs ‘to reach 2 billion by 2025’
According to Juniper Research, the driving force will be traditional broadcasters who are moving their focus towards BVoD and on-demand, and away from linear.
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This is the way: The Mandalorian is most pirated TV show of 2020
2020 saw a number of new series enter the top 10 list.
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All 4 views set to hit 1.2 billion in 2020
BVoD service saw views up by 30 per cent compared to 2019.
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Samsung achieves 305Gbps on its 5G SA Core
Achievement will foster more immersive 5G use cases that require much higher data volume processing with low latency such as augmented reality, virtual reality...
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Sceenic, ScreenHits partner on live video Watch Together feature
The feature is available on content across a number of different streaming services, it just has to be watched via the ScreenHits TV app.
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Freesat adds Amazon Prime Video
Follows earlier announcement of Amazon's availability on SkyQ and NOW TV.
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UK minister: Streamers could face regulation
"Whether or not we would want to look at having some kind of basic requirements on the video on demand services is something which...
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TikTok app launches on Samsung TVs
App is available in the UK and will launch in Europe in due course.
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Sky, Vodafone test live Bundesliga coverage over 5G
Fans will be able to watch the match in 9:16 ratio via their smartphones.
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Amazon, Sky sign “deal of the year”
Deal includes Sky customers in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria and Italy.
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Disney Plus smashes targets again, aims for 260 million subs by 2024
Disney CEO Bob Chapek said the huge popularity of Disney Plus has exceeded the company’s “wildest expectations.”
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Streaming wars: The data-driven revolution
Frederic Vander Sande, vice president – Telecom, Media & Entertainment at Capgemini, explains why media and entertainment need to learn to balance creativity, tech...
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70,000 hours of content and we still can’t find anything to watch
Ampere Analysis warns the golden age of cheap content for SVoD companies is ending.
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YouTube launches HDR support for livestreams
Feature supports HEVC hardware encoders with a bit depth of 10 bits.
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LiveU assists Sky Deutschland’s first 5G multi-cam sports broadcast
Handball match was produced using several smartphones equipped with LiveU’s software for real-time encoding and upstreaming to cover multiple camera angles.
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BBC sets out new TV structure to drive iPlayer growth
"BBC iPlayer will be at the very heart of our offer, but our channels are what set us apart and will continue to be...
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European Commission launches 6G project
Hexa-X includes stakeholders from network vendors, communication service providers, verticals, to technology providers, as well as prominent European communications research institutes.
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HBO Max will launch in Europe in second half of 2021
Streamer's global boss says he expects HBO Max to be "very active" in Europe by the end of 2021.
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Analyst: Discovery Plus ‘Once in a lifetime opportunity to leverage Olympics to drive subscriptions’
TVBEurope talks to analyst Paolo Pescatore about Discovery's entrance into the crowded global streaming market.
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Report: Sports rights holders view D2C as ‘essential part’ of future distribution strategy
MediaKind's new report includes analysis from the likes of the ATP Tour, ECB, Formula One, Manchester United, the four major US sports leagues (MLB,...