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Broadpeak offers streaming quality control
S4Streaming assesses and selects the appropriate quality for video streaming
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Reed Hastings announces book about Netflix
Details the company's culture of "flexibility, speed, and boldness"
Features
Everything we know about: Disney Plus
TVBEurope rounds up the latest news and analysis on the Disney streaming service
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Over 80 per cent “stream more video than three years ago”
Almost half of consumers define TV as being delivered over the internet
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Nielsen: Streaming comprises a fifth of “TV time”
Content considered most important factor in subscribing to services
Business
Premier League aiming for “Netflix-style” service
"Eventually the Premier League will move to a mix of direct consumer and media rights sales"
Business
Netflix’s annual energy consumption “enough to power 40,000 American homes”
"We are working to be as sustainable as we can in our operations"
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ViacomCBS planning news, sport and entertainment SVoD
Details expected to be announced on 20th February
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Disney Plus could have 7.6 million UK subscribers
Only two per cent of Netflix users are considering leaving the service for the Disney platform
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Swiss authorities propose streaming regulation
Federal Media Commission calls for rules that currently regulate traditional media to also cover streaming providers
Business
Sky ‘set to beat BT and Virgin to Disney Plus deal’
BT and Virgin Media could be shut out of carrying the new streamer
Business
Netflix rejects advertising on its platform
"Netflix needs to diversify and look at different business models," analyst tells TVBEurope
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Disney Plus announces European launch on 24th March
Additional Western Europe markets to follow in summer 2020
Business
Netflix predicted to spend $17.3 billion on content this year
Expected to surpass $26 billion by 2028
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RTMP vs SRT: a matter of protocolÂ
Download the RTMP vs. SRT: Comparing Latency and Maximum Bandwidth white paper from Haivision
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French government urges SVoDs to invest locally
French parliament set to debate bill in early March
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Consumers take a shine to Disney Plus over Apple TV+
Survey shows dissatisfaction with Apple's product design
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Apple TV app coming to LG, Sony, Vizio smart TVs
Apple said the app will be made available "later this year"
Business
National Audit Office warns of streaming threat to BBC
Broadcaster cites BBC Studios as fending off competition
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Tidy! Gavin & Stacey helps BBC iPlayer to best-ever festive fortnight
iPlayer received 203 million requests over the festive period
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Mobile accounted for a quarter of all DAZN streaming in 2019
DAZN saw more than a half billion hours streamed in 2019
Business
Disney Plus already valued over $1 billion according to Barclays
Disney Plus already worth 69 per cent of Netflix's enterprise value
Features
2020: The year sports will go direct-to-consumer?
Imagen CEO Charlie Horrell outlines his predictions for 2020
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Streaming services ‘preparing for dynamic product placement’
Viewers could be targeted depending on what time of day they're watching
TVBEverywhere
2019 in broadcast and technology
How streaming, sport and HDR dominated broadcast news in 2019
Business
Netflix loses 1.1 million US subscribers to Disney Plus
Expects Netflix to hit or exceed Q4 forecast of 7.6 million subscriber additions
Features
Bingeing all the way
TVBEurope asks Ampere Analysis' Toby Holleran why streaming services are changing up their release models
Business
Sky, BritBox deal “highly unlikely”
Sky said the platform would not offer significant additional value for its customers
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Streaming services score over half of Golden Globes TV noms
Netflix leads nominations lists in both film and TV categories
Business
Netflix pledges “more transparency” on audience metrics
Head of original films Scott Stuber discusses measuring audience numbers
Business
netgem.tv partners with 12 ultrafast fibre providers
Reaches over a quarter of a million UK homes
Business
2020 to bring “even fiercer competition” in streaming wars
Future of esports and 5G discussed in new report from Kantar
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Netflix reaches “over 300 million pay-TV households”
Now available on all major pay-TV operators in France
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Amazon in talks with ISPs over possible Premier League streaming problems
Said to be concerned over capacity issues
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Starz launches international D2C streaming app
New app available in the UK, France and Germany