Media Delivery
DAZN will expand to 200 countries on 1st December
Streamer first announced its global expansion plan back in March
streaming
Media Delivery
What went wrong with Quibi?
As the mobile-first video app announces it will shut down on 1st December, Grabyo CEO Gareth Capon looks at what went wrong for the...
Media Delivery
Is Quibi nearing the end?
Reports suggest Jeffrey Katzenberg is considering closing down the mobile-first streamer
Media Delivery
Discovery Plus streamer to launch in the UK and Ireland
New streamer replaces the existing dplay.
IP Migration
Cinema tech developer Christie granted patent that lets cinemas stream films to the home
Christie's system could support delivery options from compressed H.265 streams at 4Mbps to uncompressed 8K at 120Hz at 100Gbps.
Media Delivery
Scottish football scores international streaming platform with StreamAMG
New platform gives Scottish Championship clubs access to a new revenue stream.
Media Delivery
Akamai preparing for record-breaking streaming surge in coming months
Company predicts 50 million people could concurrently streaming a single live event in the coming months, about double the current record.
Media Delivery
TV and film distribution will see a dramatic shift in the post-Covid world
Vuulr CEO Ian McKee on why this is a watershed moment for the way the content industry operates.
Media Management
Costs replaces concerns over complex tech for OTT and streaming providers
Bitmovin's annual Video Developer Report found the increase in viewers due to coronavirus has driven up OTT and streaming platforms' costs.
Media Delivery
Almost 30 per cent of streaming TV providers have no visibility into customer QoE
In a survey conducted by Edgeware, almost 20 per cent of participants said they know that their customers have QoE issues but can’t tell...
Media Delivery
Verizon Media aims to boost live streaming experience
Capabilities offer advantages for live sports streaming and other streaming services
Business
DAZN ‘looking to raise $1 billion to fund global expansion’
An IPO using a special purpose acquisition company is reportedly one of the options being considered by the sports streaming service
Media Delivery
Aser Ventures launches new D2C platform, LIVENow
Will offer pay-per-view access to a host of live events – including sport, music, fitness and industry conferences
Media Delivery
ViacomCBS considering launching Paramount Plus ‘super streamer’
Company wants a bite out of the streaming market and thinks the CBS brand tends to appeal to "a mainly older audience"
Business
RTL reports streaming growth during H1 2020, but profits hit hard
Company blames the impact of the coronavirus impact
Media Delivery
Fox News International streaming channel set for European launch
DTC service will combine Fox News and Fox Business Network
Media Management
Netflix aims to give streamers “the best bang for the bit”
Netflix's tech team has made a number of improvements to its H.264/AVC Main profile per-title encodes
Media Consumption
Ofcom PSB report released
Small Screen: Big Debate research suggests that public service broadcasters need to work harder to remain relevant, but continue to offer a valuable sense...
Media Consumption
Live TV, VoD, video streaming see drops following easing of lockdown
Latest iteration of Havas Media report shows TV consumption is dropping as more people head out after lockdown
Media Delivery
Twitch moves into ‘traditional’ sports after signing deals with European football giants
Streamer has introduced a new sports category on its platform
Media Delivery
New streaming channel celebrates Great Olympic Moments
IOC launches streaming channel to mark one year until the start of Tokyo 2020
Media Delivery
Quarter of viewers think traditional TV will ‘cease to exist’
Imagen spoke to 1000 consumers as part of the survey about their views on the future of TV and streaming services
Media Delivery
NENT plans to launch Viaplay in 15 more countries
Announcement part of company's Q2 results
Media Delivery
Marseille to stream matches on Twitch
First French football club to stream matches on the platform
Media Management
Harmonic integrates Zixi into Cloud-based streaming platform
Platform's infrastructure features the integrated Zixi SDVP that can receive live video from Harmonic CloudLink, third party devices and software with embedded Zixi
Production & Post
The stylistic secrets behind the streamers’ biggest hits
Ryan Kamata, product manager at Canon Europe, discusses why streaming services need to deliver the best quality content for their viewers
Media Delivery
NENT Group, Elisa Viihde launch new Finnish streamer
Elisa Viihde Viaplay is due to launch on 30th June and will include local and Nordic content as well international content
Media Delivery
Global streaming accounts predicted to surpass pay-TV numbers by end of 2020
New figures from GlobalData
Media Delivery
How streaming workflows can help broadcasters deliver live events more efficiently
Mike Flathers, CTO of IBM Aspera, discusses how Cloud adoption and IP networks can take live content into the future
Media Delivery
Barcelona kicks off new streaming service
Available worldwide in Spanish, Catalan and English
Media Delivery
WWE launches free version of streaming service
Free VoD service includes 15,000 hours of programming
Media Management
Akamai, Conviva form streaming video experience partnership
Aims to improve streaming video quality for end users
Media Consumption
Great content still needs a great engagement strategy to drive viewers
By James Manderson, general manager at customer engagement platform Braze EMEA
Media Management
Connecting the dots between open source and the viewer experience
Tom Gilman, technical marketing manager, Amazon Web Services (AWS), explains why open source can advance the M&E technology landscape
Media Consumption
Changing TV habits in the era of Covid-19
Analyst Paolo Pescatore takes a look at the current situation for TV and streaming services
Business
Entertainment industry set for $160 billion hit from coronavirus
New figures from Ampere Analysis
Media Delivery
Netflix starts to lift streaming quality restrictions
Viewers in Europe report being able to access content in 4K HDR again
Media Consumption
Global streaming up by 50 per cent YoY in March
New figures from Conviva's State of Streaming report
Media Delivery
Broadcast quality is most important when delivering streaming service
Poll findings part of our Live Streaming 2020 - Shifting Consumer Habits webinar
Media Delivery
JW Player launches enhanced live streaming solution
Events can start live streaming from the encoder in under 30 seconds