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Illegal streaming costs Premier League clubs ‘£1 million per game’
The UK is 11th on the list of big markets for digital piracy
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Business
Nenda, Norigin Media partner for hotel streaming interface
Aims to integrate smart TV apps for AndroidTV, Tizen and WebOS
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Blackbird selected for clips and highlights of new rugby competition
Blackbird will be used to clip, edit and publish highlights during matches
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Streaming piracy decreases with SVoD rise
"Users no longer need to turn to illegitimate sources to get their viewing fix"
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“More than half of UK audience” considers cord-cutting
Six in 10 consumers watch video most frequently on a smartphone
Business
EFL to review TV negotiation process
Report commissioned following EFL's controversial Sky deal
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Cisco wants to turn TVs into a doctor’s surgery
Employs a device that sits on the TV and connects users to a live video feed in their living room
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House of Lords to question BBC DG, Channel 4 CEO
The House of Lords Communications Committee continues its inquiry into PSB
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UEFA unveils new OTT platform
Announces Bundesliga as first national league to be represented on UEFA.tv
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Disney Plus set for faster global growth than originally thought
Morgan Stanley predicts bullish growth for the streamer
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Netflix and Amazon streaming revenues “double those of UK broadcasters”
Streaming giants made £1.1bn in UK revenues last year
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Nordic region reaches 10 million streaming subscriptions
More than half of Nordic households that use SVoDs subscribe to more than one service
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Three UK announces netgem.tv offer
Includes latest titles from Amazon Prime Video, Rakuten TV and Hayu
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Buffering ‘costs streamers $85K in lost revenue’
Buffering only has to happen 1 per cent of the time to have a major impact on revenues
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Nordic SVoDs ‘giving Netflix a run for its money’
Local streaming players turning towards comedy content
Content
Crunchyroll announces offer for Twitch Prime members
Marks Twitch Prime's first non-gaming offer
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Goldfinch unveils streaming service
Bird Box will carry lifestyle, sci-fi, horror and LGBTQ content
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Guinness PRO14 launches own OTT platform
PRO14 TV allows fans to watch the Guinness PRO14 Finals Series live
Data Centre
Mobile video consumption increased four times since 2011
Around 40 per cent of young people watch short-form content daily
Features
Revolutionising high-resolution streaming at scale
Dan Germain, AWS senior product manager, compression and VoD, discusses the benefits of accelerated transcoding
Technology
nanocosmos, Videon partner for low-latency live workflow
Based on Videon's edge compute encoder technology and nanocosmos' nanoStream Cloud
Data Centre
Viewers keep on streaming according to Conviva
As streaming viewership continues to rapidly grow, more than half of viewers are watching on TV
Business
Comcast plans NBC-Sky news channel
Comcast's revenues boosted by Sky acquisition in late 2018
Data Centre
Content is king for SVoD subscribers
PwC's Streaming Ahead report analyses influencing factors
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Nick+ launches on Cosmote TV in Greece
Gives subscribers access to over 400 hours of Nickelodeon content across streaming devices
Production & Post
TNW2019 deploys LiveU streaming tech
Reporters with LiveU's Solo wireless video encoders will be roaming around the show
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Virgin Media TV integrates Amazon Prime Video
Makes Amazon's streaming service available to four million Virgin customers
Production & Post
Sportradar deploys LiveU for Austrian football coverage
Enables production and distribution of 240 matches for online and linear playout
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Game of Thrones premiere pirated 54 million times
First episode had three times more illegal views than legal ones
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Eleven Sports, Onefootball team up for in-app, pay-per-view livestreaming
Deal is said to be the first of its kind
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German millennials switch to streaming
New YouGov report looks at the rise of streamers in Germany
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HBO claims 97 per cent increase in Game of Thrones streaming
Sunday's episode accounted for the biggest ever night of streaming activity for HBO
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UK Government to review streaming regulation
DCMS looking to bring rules in line with those of traditional broadcasters
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Pluto TV adds two drama channels in UK
Pluto TV Drama and Pluto TV Retro Drama included in free streaming service
Business
OSN deploys Bitmovin tech across Wavo platform
Allows OSN to adjust bitrate requirements to optimise delivery
Technology
Telestream, Limelight Networks team up for streaming solution
Limelight MMD Live can work with AdSparx for ad insertion capabilities
Production & Post
Netflix opens Madrid production hub
To be used as a central facility for original Spanish-language content
Technology
SRT streaming protocol added to OBS Studio
SRT allows broadcasters to deliver high-quality, low-latency streams across the public internet
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House of Lords to begin questioning over PSB’s future
Communications Committee will examine how SVoD services are shaping the market
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My5 launches on Freesat
Offers on demand content from Channel 5, BLAZE, BET, PBS America and more