Media Delivery
New Amazon Watch Party feature lets 100 viewers stream together
New feature is available on PC desktop
Amazon
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
Business
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
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
Features
How international co-production advances the TV industry
George Jarrett speaks to NATPE president and CEO JP Bommel about the association's upcoming Budapest summit
Features
How can specialisation serve the SVoD industry?
TVBEurope asks Crunchyroll's Brady McCollum how a niche anime brand succeeds in the crowded SVoD marketplace
Content
Amazon Prime Video confirms WTA deal
Amazon will stream a minimum of 49 WTA tournaments a year from 2020
Business
AWS CEO: We would split if ordered by US government
Andy Jassy spoke about a possible spin-off for the first time
Data Centre
Netflix and Amazon streaming revenues “double those of UK broadcasters”
Streaming giants made £1.1bn in UK revenues last year
Business
Pluto TV launches on Amazon devices in Europe
Also introduces MTV Pluto TV, MTV Dating and MTV The Shores
Business
Amazon Prime Video ‘wins women’s tennis rights’
Reports suggest Amazon in Germany bid for Wimbledon rights but was rejected
TVBEverywhere
TalkTalk adds Amazon Prime Video
Follows yesterday's announcement that Amazon is now available to Virgin Media customers
Data Centre
Netflix named America’s fastest-growing brand of 2019
Value grew by 105 per cent over the past year to $21.2 billion
Business
YouTube retreats from battle for original content
Said to want to avoid competition with Netflix and Amazon, and probably Apple
Production & Post
BT Sport, Sunset+Vine to support Amazon’s Premier League coverage
Will provide both studio and live action match-day coverage