Media Delivery
BARB: 60 per cent of UK households have SVoD subscription
An additional 3 millions households have signed up to an SVoD since Q3 2019 according to BARB's report
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Analyst: Disney Plus growth curve will continue to climb
Digital TV Research predicts in total, Disney Plus, Amazon Prime, Apple TV Plus, Netflix and HBO Max will have 678 million paying SVoD subscribers...
Media Delivery
AWS Elemental adds ABR feature to MediaConvert service
The company has added a new automated adaptive bitrate (ABR) configuration feature to its video transcoding service
Media Delivery
Belgium’s RTBF streamlines production with Aviwest
Helping to power TV group’s live news, cultural events and sports coverage
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Lack of Love Island sees fewer viewers to ITV Hub
ITV's online viewing fell six per cent during Q3 2020
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Virgin Media launches new TV platform
Virgin TV 360 includes all the top TV channels as well as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and BBC iPlayer, which are all available in...
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AWS Transit Gateway supports IP multicast across Europe, Americas
Service now available in key regions within Europe, America and Asia
Media Delivery
Netflix goes linear
Netflix Direct is available to viewers in France using the streamer's web platform
Media Delivery
Akamai: Election night streaming up by double compared to 2016
Live news streaming traffic peaked at approx. 18 Tbps on Akamai's Intelligent Edge platform
Media Delivery
NAGRA to protect M7, Unified Streaming enhances video streaming tech, and more
TVBEurope rounds up the latest products and solutions news from NAGRA, Unified Streaming, Atomos and Panasonic
Media Delivery
Amazon Prime Video Channels launches in Spain, Italy and Netherlands
Already available in the UK and France
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Netflix details its prioritised load shedding to keep streams uninterrupted
Netflix's engineers have nicknamed their priority throttling filter Zoul
Media Delivery
Why DVB has an important role to play in unifying the TV industry
Emily Dubs, head of technology, DVB Project Office explains why unification is the next Holy Grail
Media Delivery
Ross, Dalet, AJA Video Systems join SRT Alliance
SRT Alliance now counts over 450 members.
Media Delivery
SES and Canal Plus sign 10-year deal
SES will continue to provide capacity for Canal Plus across Western and Central Europe until the end of the decade.
Media Delivery
DAZN will expand to 200 countries on 1st December
Streamer first announced its global expansion plan back in March
Media Delivery
DPP identifies six key success factors for distribution businesses
Distribution: Delivering for audiences identifies six key success factors for achieving flexible, responsible, and user-centric content delivery.
Media Management
Net Insight enhances Cloud video for broadcasters, Red Bee powers TV5MONDEplus, and more
TVBEurope rounds-up the latest news from Net Insight, TV5MONDE, Red Bee, Dotscreen, Broadcast Solutions and TVC Solutions
Media Delivery
BritBox concept crosses the Channel with help from Netgem
France Channel SVoD will be available worldwide following its launch in the United States in early 2021.
Media Delivery
What went wrong with Quibi?
As the mobile-first video app announces it will shut down on 1st December, Grabyo CEO Gareth Capon looks at what went wrong for the...
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LaLiga kicks off Twitch stream
First European football league to launch its own Twitch stream
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Is Quibi nearing the end?
Reports suggest Jeffrey Katzenberg is considering closing down the mobile-first streamer
Media Delivery
Netflix increases European subscribers despite slowdown in global growth
While many are focusing on the streamer missing its global subscriber target, the story in Europe is much more positive.
Media Delivery
Discovery Plus streamer to launch in the UK and Ireland
New streamer replaces the existing dplay.
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Deutsche Telekom heads to the stratosphere
A standard smartphone was used to test voice over LTE (VoLTE) calls, video calls, data downloads and web browsing in the trial that took...
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Fox News International expands European streaming footprint
D2C platform is providing content from Fox News Channel and Fox Business to 15 countries
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Scottish football scores international streaming platform with StreamAMG
New platform gives Scottish Championship clubs access to a new revenue stream.
Media Delivery
EE and BT Sport partner on Match Day Experience
New features include Watch Together, "pinch and zoom" functionality, augmented reality and Dolby Atmos sound.
Media Delivery
What impact will Apple’s iPhone 12 have on the media industry?
Production, editing, distribution and consumption are all likely to be impacted by Apple's latest phone
Media Delivery
Streaming might be at an all-time high, but old frustrations remain
Rebuffering is still the most frustrating aspect of watching online video finds Limelight's State of Online Video report
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Fox Sports uses 5G to give viewers control of its broadcast cameras
Viewers can rotate around the action and zoom in/out during live games as well as use a multi-view option.
Media Delivery
Akamai preparing for record-breaking streaming surge in coming months
Company predicts 50 million people could concurrently streaming a single live event in the coming months, about double the current record.
Media Delivery
How 5G will impact the distribution and consumption of media
TVBEurope talks to Nevion's Andy Rayner about the possibilities 5G technology offers all areas of the media industry
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Piracy is threatening the ‘new normal’ way of life
Shane McCarthy, chief operating officer at Irdeto, explains why content security is even more important than ever during the pandemic.
Media Delivery
Analysis: Disney Plus’ European IPTV partnerships “have had little impact”
New report from Enders Analysis looks at European TV and video subscription platforms
Media Delivery
Disney’s Magic Streaming Kingdom
Analyst predicts the streamer will reach 155 millions global subs in the next four years
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Why pay-TV operators need to become aggregators
Accedo's Mrugesh Desai discusses how services designed to rationalise the way audiences consume media, are now making it more complicated.
Media Delivery
TV and film distribution will see a dramatic shift in the post-Covid world
Vuulr CEO Ian McKee on why this is a watershed moment for the way the content industry operates.
Media Management
Costs replaces concerns over complex tech for OTT and streaming providers
Bitmovin's annual Video Developer Report found the increase in viewers due to coronavirus has driven up OTT and streaming platforms' costs.
Media Delivery
Disney Plus lets viewers join a GroupWatch of its TV shows and films
The new feature is available immediately in the US and will launch in Europe this autumn
Media Delivery
Samsung and Microsoft partner on Cloud-based 5G solutions
Collaboration's goal is to drive innovation that lowers the barrier to entry for deployment of private 5G networks in enterprises—including entertainment venues such as...
Media Delivery
Analyst: Netflix, Disney and Amazon will control half the world’s SVoD subs by 2025
Digital TV Research predict SVoD revenues for 138 countries will reach $100 billion by 2025; double from the $50 billion recorded in 2019.