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...
OTT
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
Production & Post
Bringing UHD/HDR into the mainstream
As the popularity of immersive media experiences continues to surge, we will see a rapid increase in next-generation immersive UHD HDR services coming to...
Media Delivery
How the pandemic has helped OTT to evolve
Luke Durham, CTO at Switch Media, looks at how the pandemic has helped both SVoD and AVoD services find even bigger audiences
Business
NEP extends OTT video proposition with Stoneroos acquisition
Financial details of the acquisition have not been revealed
Media Delivery
Red Bee gets in the ring with Fightzone
New boxing streamer is using Red Bee's OTT technology
Business
Research forecasts OTT revenues to reach $210 billion by 2026
New insight from Digital TV Research indicates that global OTT TV revenues will reach $210 billion in the next five years
Media Delivery
Unified Streaming enables OTT providers to take VoD content live
French OTT provider Alchemie is already beta-testing Remix VOD2Live to further utilise the VoD catalogue of one of its customers and add new advertising...
Media Delivery
Sky’s NOW drops the TV
Streaming service has also dropped the phrase 'passes' in favour of 'membership'
Media Delivery
Analysis: $28 billion ‘goldmine’ in stopping sports piracy
Research found that OTT sports streaming services stand to gain $5.4 billion by employing anti-piracy measures
Media Delivery
hayu selects AWS for personalisation and data analysis
New deployments make it easier for fans to Keep Up with the Kardashians
Media Delivery
The streaming wars are over. Nobody won. So, what now?
Gideon Gilboa, EVP Product and Marketing at Kaltura, explains that the time is ripe for pay-TV providers to rise to the challenge of the...
Media Delivery
F1 TV updates its streaming speeds
F1 TV is also now available in Slovakia and the Czech Republic
Media Delivery
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...
Media Delivery
Mediaproxy LogServer adds SRT, Zixi capability
Company is latest to adopt SRT open-source video transport protocol
Media Delivery
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
Media Delivery
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
Media Delivery
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
Audio
TAG adds Dolby Atmos support to monitoring and multiviewer solution
Enables broadcasters to verify, validate and ensure error-free video and audio content delivery for MPEG-TS and OTT sources
Media Consumption
UKTV Play sees 42 per cent increase in views during 2020
The broadcaster cites the likes of Red Dwarf: The Promised Land, The Bill: The Early Years, Meet The Richardsons, EastEnders and Hypothetical as helping it grow its audience.
Media Delivery
Firstlight Media, Microsoft Azure to power new streaming venture Struum
New platform aims to help viewers find OTT content, and will launch in the spring.
Media Delivery
New Year, New Trends: How Covid will reshape digital content for years to come
Matt Cuson, VP of marketing and products at Minerva Networks takes a look at the impact of Covid and other industry anomalies on digital...
Media Delivery
On-demand subs ‘to reach 2 billion by 2025’
According to Juniper Research, the driving force will be traditional broadcasters who are moving their focus towards BVoD and on-demand, and away from linear.
Media Delivery
Streaming wars: The data-driven revolution
Frederic Vander Sande, vice president – Telecom, Media & Entertainment at Capgemini, explains why media and entertainment need to learn to balance creativity, tech...
Media Delivery
Exfo launches ‘industry first’ OTT video monitoring solution
Solution enables service providers to pinpoint whether problems like freezing, buffering or lagging come from their network, the video platform, the user’s device, or...
Media Delivery
Germany’s Bundesliga ‘planning international streaming service’
The DFL is said to be looking to launch a new OTT offering in the Middle East.
Media Delivery
Simplestream helps Sony’s POP Player burst onto Freeview Play
Younger viewers will be able to watch POP, Tiny Pop and POP Max shows on-demand.