Media Delivery
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
Amazon
Business
Amazon prepares Serie A rights bid
Italian football could be added to the streamer's sports offering
Business
Is Amazon about to race away with Formula One?
Formula One chief executive, Chase Carey, who is set to step down at the end of December, told the paper the sport has held...
Media Delivery
Liberty Global’s Malone says Apple could dominate the streaming space
Malone says he thinks Apple, Amazon and Roku could dominate streaming landscape
Media Delivery
Amazon Prime Video Channels launches in Spain, Italy and Netherlands
Already available in the UK and France
Media Management
Amazon Web Services exceeds operating income expectations in Q3
AWS generated around 57 per cent of Amazon's operating income during the quarter.
Business
Is Amazon preparing to bid on Italy’s Champions League rights?
Company reportedly "determined to win part" of the rights package.
Media Delivery
Is Amazon’s IMDb TV preparing to launch in the UK?
Streamer actively recruiting someone to head up the service's UK launch
Business
Amazon confirms rugby international rights deal
First time Amazon has won rights to broadcast rugby union
Business
Is Amazon trying to score rugby international rights?
Streamer reportedly considering bidding for the Eight Nations tournament
Production & Post
Amazon donates £1.5 million to Film and TV Charity’s Covid-19 fund
"It is essential for us to help community through this pandemic," said Amazon Studios boss Jennifer Salke
Media Management
Amazon launches new livestream service using same tech as Twitch
New service enables broadcasters and OTT providers to set up live, low-latency interactive video streams for web and mobile apps
Media Delivery
New Amazon Watch Party feature lets 100 viewers stream together
New feature is available on PC desktop
Media Delivery
Amazon adds new media analysis features to Rekognition Video
Allow users to execute workflows such as content preparation and ad insertion, and add ‘binge-markers’ to content at scale in the Cloud
Media Delivery
Is Amazon looking to go linear?
Company has posted job listings detailing plans for a new Linear TV service
Media Consumption
Is Apple TV Plus planning a move into sports?
Company has hired former Amazon Video exec James DeLorean
Data Centre
Havas Media Group: UK streaming up 4 per cent during last two weeks
"The entertaining content provided by streaming platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime is playing an increasingly valuable role"
Business
CDSA announces Technology Committee members
Committee will advise and guide the Association and its membership
Media Delivery
VoD platforms urged to include coronavirus PSAs
PSAs should run pre-content, post-content and even in live streams
Business
Netflix could benefit from coronavirus concerns
The company's shares rose 0.8 per cent last week
Business
Amazon Prime hits 150 million subscribers
AWS reported revenue growth of 34 per cent for Q4 2019
Business
Amazon breaks $200 billion brand value mark
Brand Finance Global 500 report launches at the World Economic Forum in Davos
TVBEverywhere
French government urges SVoDs to invest locally
French parliament set to debate bill in early March
TVBEverywhere
Amazon in talks with ISPs over possible Premier League streaming problems
Said to be concerned over capacity issues
Data Centre
Disney Plus “to reach 101 million subscribers by 2025”
Major streaming subscriptions to double by 2025
Business
Barry Diller: New streaming services cost companies “billions of dollars”
Traditional media businesses "want to get control back"
TVBEverywhere
David Attenborough calls on BBC to ‘change’ in fight with streamers
Describes plans to revamp iPlayer as a "relief"
TVBEverywhere
Amazon launches Prime Video Channels in France
Includes STARZPLAY, TFOU MAX, GulliMax, GEO Television and MGM
Data Centre
Amazon, Netflix, Apple among “most connected brands”
"No signs of slowing down" for Netflix
Business
Disney+ in advertising dispute with Amazon, Netflix
Disney reportedly banning Netflix advertising across its TV networks
TVBEverywhere
Channel 4’s Mahon ‘to warn of growing power of tech giants’
Due to speak at Royal Television Society convention in Cambridge
TVBEverywhere
YouTube retires Leanback interface
"Represents a significant blow for home theatre PC users"
TVBEverywhere
Facebook ‘may release a streaming device’
Wants to include apps from Netflix, Amazon and Disney
Data Centre
A third of UK consumers aware of Disney+ launch
A quarter of Disney fans would add the platform to existing SVoD subscriptions
TVBEverywhere
Streamers ‘could be pulled into reality TV inquiry’
MPs considering calling Netflix and Amazon to give evidence
Business
Amazon to recruit more UK-based technology staff
Looking for more engineers, data scientists, Cloud and machine learning experts
Technology
netgem.tv enables voice search via Alexa integration
Provides users with a ‘search and play’ function