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Disney Plus reaches 100 million subscribers
It took Netflix around six years to reach the same figure
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F1 TV updates its streaming speeds
F1 TV is also now available in Slovakia and the Czech Republic
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DAZN hires former Disney D2C boss as chairman of the board
Former Disney D2C chairman Kevin Mayer has been appointed chairman of the board at DAZN Group; incumbent chair John Skipper remains on board of...
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Finding fruitful ground in the European D2C landscape
MediaKind's Dheeraj Ravula analyses the trends in the D2C sports space including the use of live content, fan engagement and monetisation
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Digital Entertainment Group seeks to standardise streaming video, VoD terms
The terminology is described as a first step in proactively addressing key issues related to helping digital businesses realise their full potential
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World’s first cognitive intelligence TVs to launch in Europe
Cognitive Processor XR is described as a new processing method designed to replicate the ways humans see and hear
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Germany’s Media Broadcast to test 5G TV production
Company intends to examine and test connectivity, data throughput, latency, susceptibility to failure and reliability within various parameters
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Paramount Plus’ European roll-out to begin with the Nordics
Company plans to have Paramount Plus available "very broadly in almost every major market"
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Mediaproxy LogServer adds SRT, Zixi capability
Company is latest to adopt SRT open-source video transport protocol
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Apple ‘starting to work on 6G connectivity’
6G could enable viewers to download 140 hours of content in just one second
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BBC launches first fully-owned streamer in the US
BBC Select, which is operated by BBC Studios has initially launched to American viewers on Amazon Prime Video Channels and the Apple TV app
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Almost three quarters of UK SvoD subs say streamers ‘have all their content needs’
Amdocs surveyed UK consumers on their subscription habits during lockdown
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BritBox heads to South Africa
BBC/ITV joint venture is set to launch in its fifth worldwide territory
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Analyst: Disney Plus subs to overtake Netflix in next five years
According to Digital TV Research, much of the subscriber growth will be driven by India's Disney Plus Hotstar
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Working from home? Don’t forget about compliance!
Covid-19 has forced broadcasters to dramatically rethink how TV operations are carried out. But as Mediaproxy chief executive Erik Otto writes, remote working is...
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Amazon Prime UK nets LaLiga distribution agreement
Distribution deal runs until the end of 2021/22 season
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Akamai: Internet traffic hit all time high in November
Traffic on the Akamai platform reached 181 terabits per second, 50 per cent greater than the peak in 2019
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TVBEurope 2021 MediaTech Outlook: Transformational Technology section now available
Latest section looks at everything from industry standards to 5G, ad-tech, mixed realities, artificial intelligence and blockchain
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Telestream monitors live 8K UHD TV test over 5G
According to broadcaster CCTV, this was the world's first 8K UHD TV live broadcast across a 5G network
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ITV employs DIMPACT web app to build sustainable design into its VoD service
App enables users to understand their ‘downstream’ carbon impacts, right through to the end-user
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Discovery Plus added to Samsung smart TVs, Amazon Fire devices
Streamer expected to launch in Roku and to Vodafone mobile customers this year
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News UK to launch its first series for connected TV market
Panel show News to Me is currently in pre-production
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PWC: 5G-powered consumer and media applications to add $245 billion to global economy
Report states that 5G's low latency and ultra-fast data transmission may result in more ‘mash-up’ entertainment and media business models
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Telestream, Skyline Communications partner on cloud-based OTT ops management solution
Solution integrates Telestream's Cloud Stream Monitor service with Skyline's DataMiner network management, orchestration and operations support solution
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Intelsat, Telenor bring 4K UHD channels to Nordics, CEE
Among the new channels on offer are NASA TV and WOW 4K, with more expected to be added
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EE customers embrace video streaming on 5G network
YouTube, Facebook, Netflix and Instagram took the top spots as the most popular apps and services on EE’s 5G network
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Case study: Retuning Britain
Jason Harvey, programme director on the 700MHz Clearance Project at Arqiva explains how they performed "open heart surgery on live TV services"
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British broadcasters in talks for new joint streaming app
New app would also enable the broadcasters to have a presence on the homescreen of Smart TVs
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Arqiva to deliver GB News to all major UK platforms
Arqiva will employ a combination of traditional fibre and its fully managed Virtual Connect cloud-based products
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Zattoo uses wind energy for new data centre
Company has placed its data centre directly in the wind turbine
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Surviving the post-Covid OTT churn
Maciej Czekała, product owner, Insys Video Technologies, takes a look at how the SVoD market might be impacted once lockdowns ease
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TVBEurope 2021 MediaTech Outlook: Media Distribution now available
Includes insight on the changing European OTT landscape, a look at the new era of broadcast, and a discussion on the points of challenge...
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Getting close to the edge
Lars Larsson, CEO at Varnish Software details why CDNs are key to meeting consumers’ expectations of 5G
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Spain’s Telefonica to distribute DAZN on Movistar+
New alliance with Movistar adds DAZN alongside those already consolidated on the platform including Netflix and Disney Plus
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Kantar: Amazon captures almost half of new UK SVoD sign-ups in Q4 2020
Analysts suggest 53.3 per cent of British households are now Prime members, an increase of almost 2 million households during the year
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How sustainable is the future of video entertainment?
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