Business
AVoD will drive growth in Western Europe OTT revenues over next five years
OTT TV episode and movie revenues in the region are predicted to reach $45 billion in 2028
OTT
Business
Eastern European OTT revenues predicted to double over next five years
Together Poland and Russia will account for 61 per cent of the region’s 2028 total revenues
Features
Delivering streaming media: reimagining CDNs
Greg Burns, head of media products, Arqiva looks at the ways streaming media providers (including traditional broadcasters) are looking to improve their approaches to...
Media Delivery
Belgium’s RTBF updates OTT platform with Red Bee, Dotscreen
Red Bee is providing managed OTT services with live TV and radio, Audio on Demand (AoD), and Video on Demand (VoD) capabilities for Auvio
Media Delivery
Interception: SSIMWAVE to compare video quality of broadcast and OTT during Super Bowl LVII
Using technology that replicates the human visual system, SSIMWAVE says it will check for video impairments, latency, and other issues that can impact the...
Media Management
PlayBox integrates ad server into OTT stream
OTT Stream is a cloud solution, offering playout capabilities for multiple channels and services
Media Delivery
Unified Streaming launches new API combining VoD and live sources
The solution repurposes and mixes pre-encoded media assets, previously prepared for VoD streaming, into a live linear stream
Media Delivery
ViewLift monitors Quality of Experience with Bitmovin
The two companies have entered a multi-year partnership that will enable ViewLift customers to access Bitmovin's capabilities in order to maximise the viewing experience
Media Delivery
Why OTT market consolidation will spark a wave of success!
Johan Bolin, chief business officer, media and broadcast, at Agile Content, takes a look at the competition for eyeballs between pay-TV and OTT, and...
Features
Live streaming is booming: how broadcasters can take advantage
Live streaming’s usage has been growing steadily over the past few years, in large part due to the pandemic, and is expected to increase...
Media Consumption
Global OTT revenues to hit $243 billion by 2028
Revenues from OTT television and movies predicted to generate $17 billion in 2023, growing to $243 billion globally by 2028
Media Management
Quickplay, Vionlabs partner on AI-based metadata creation
The companies have integrated their technologies to increase viewer engagement and drive revenue
Media Delivery
Deltatre’s turnkey end-to-end video platform enables OTTs to go live in 90 days
Platform can support both AVoD and SVoD business models, with users granted access to Deltatre’s publishing platform and data analytics tools
Media Delivery
Going over-the-top with OTT: The broadcasters’ Catch 22
Thomas Bostrøm Jørgensen, CEO, Appear, queries whether broadcasters should go all in on the next generation, or maintain focus on their declining pool of...
Media Delivery
UKTV Play adds HD content from this autumn
New shows will be available from November, with back catalogue content, for which a HD master exists, being re-coded
Media Delivery
Sky moves further away from satellite with launch of Sky Stream
All content on Sky Stream will be available in HD as standard, with UHD also available
Media Delivery
Roku TV debuts in Germany
Customers of either Metz blue or TCL will have access to the Roku Channel Store
Business
Quickplay returns as Firstlight Media rebrands
Firstlight partnered with Highland Capital in March 2020 to purchase Quickplay for an undisclosed sum
Media Delivery
Content creators: Give us access to OTT too
Survey of content creators and owners by PlayBox Technology UK found 63 per cent expressed significant interest in establishing their own OTT service
Media Delivery
Leveraging content sets to deliver an engaging experience and boost OTT revenue opportunities
Setplex's Marc Mulgrum explains how content sets allow for ultimate flexibility in content creation and discovery for consumers
Media Delivery
StreamAMG scores with Brentford FC’s new OTT service
From the start of the 2022/23 season, Brentford will utilise MediaPlatform, StreamAMG’s core online video platform to deliver content across a wide range of...
Media Delivery
StreamAMG powers Inter Milan’s OTT service
Inter TV is using a number of StreamAMG's technology platforms as it offers fans exclusive club content
Business
Deltatre acquired by Bain Capital and Nextalia SGR
According to the company, its OTT solutions have approximately 25 million end users per day
Media Delivery
PWC: 8.1 million petabytes of data will be consumed in 2026
In its Global Entertainment and Media Outlook 2022-2026, PwC predicts mobile data consumption will rise to 3.8 million PB a year
Media Delivery
Globecast to supply fully managed services for beIN Asia Pacific
The deal will see Globecast provide a number of services for the sports provider in the region, including cloud and on-premise playout, and hosting...
Media Delivery
OTT revenues predicted to reach $224 billion by 2027
Around $21 billion in revenues is predicted to be added in 2022 alone
Media Delivery
Poland set to overtake Russia as Eastern Europe’s SVoD market leader
In total, the region will have 43 million SVoD subscriptions by 2027; up from 23 million at end-2021 said Digital TV Research
Media Management
Imagine takes to the cloud with Aviator
“This is a fully cloud based platform that covers the entire scope of planning, making and monetising any form of video content,” Imagine president...
Media Delivery
FIFA kicks off global OTT service
The free platform, named FIFA Plus, promises to provide access to live matches from "every corner of the world"
Business
Analysts: UK is largest OTT revenue earner in Western Europe
Western European OTT TV revenues will reach $45 billion in 2027 according to Digital TV Research
Media Delivery
Red Bee provides OTT backbone for sustainable film streamer
All content available on newyonder.earth is albert-certified
Media Delivery
Canal Plus launches low-latency UHD OTT streaming
Broadcaster was able to reduce latency on its OTT service from 40 seconds to 5
Media Consumption
Vewd and Vestel partner on SaaS smart TV solution for pay-TV operators
The companies have come together to develop what they call a "Turnkey solution positions operators of all sizes to win the retail smart...
Media Management
Evertz launches new advanced streaming and playout SaaS service
Evertz.io-Stream is a "next level service is delivered completely from the public cloud using the evertz.io platform"
Business
Lina Zackrisson takes helm at Intinor
Zackrisson has been appointed chief executive of the Swedish video over internet solutions provider, taking over from co-founder Roland Axelsson who will remain with...
Media Delivery
Recovering the satellites: Sky raises smart TV ceiling with Sky Glass
No more satellite dishes or set-top boxes: Sky Glass will mark the first time that consumers can access Sky TV services without the traditional...
Media Consumption
British consumers prefer streaming to pay-TV
Roku’s The Streaming Decade report shows that British viewers are evolving away from pay-TV to streaming content, creating new advertising opportunities for content providers
Sponsored
The State of OTT Revenue
Applicaster's new white paper aims to understand how brands are planning for growth in a world flooded with streaming services
Media Delivery
Simplestream powers GB News’ OTT service
GB News app is currently available on desktop, Android, and iOS
Media Delivery
Globecast, Viaccess-Orca, Mainstreaming partner on end-to-end OTT platform
New app is fully customisable and is pre-integrated into Viaccess-Orca’s TV platform
Media Delivery
More on-demand platforms offer subtitles, but audio description and signing drop
More content now available with subtitles