Media Delivery
The future of 5G in the video industry
Ateme's VP of video delivery solutions Alexandre Arnodin takes a look at the range of applications 5G will offer broadcasters, content providers and the...
streaming
Media Delivery
Disney Plus to expand European footprint
Streaming service set to launch in another 20 European countries this summer
Media Consumption
Cinedigm, Nreal partner on augmented reality streaming
First three channels available includes Realmadrid TV
Media Delivery
THEO Technologies launches latency disrupting solution
According to the company, hesp.live is the first HTTP-based real-time video streaming infrastructure that reaches sub-second latency at scale
Media Delivery
Broadpeak launches SaaS-based streaming platform
API platform is aimed at TV operators and OTT providers who want to offer better streaming quality to their viewers
Media Delivery
Why streaming services need new ways to differentiate
With the streaming sector becoming ever more saturated, Ian Waters, senior director, Cisco ThousandEyes, takes a look at what SVoD and BVoD operators need...
Media Delivery
Ampere: Streaming market set for busy M&A year
The company predicts 2022 will see the return of large-scale vertical integration in the streaming market
Business
European Commission gives Discovery-WarnerMedia merger greenlight
Companies are planning to combine in order to create a new 'super streamer'
Media Delivery
iPlayer to break 6 billion streams for the first time
Line of Duty tops the rankings with 137.1 million streams
Media Delivery
Euro 2020, Love Island drive ITV Hub to ‘biggest year yet’
Video on demand service has achieved 1.5 billion streams so far during 2021, up 26 per cent year on year
Business
Is Europe’s production boom reaching a tipping point?
In its latest report, Enders Analysis predicts the streaming services are likely to shift their priority away from growth to profitability, which could lead...
Media Delivery
BritBox partners with C More on Nordics launch
Will take the streamer's international presence to eight countries
Media Delivery
Nordic streamer Viaplay set for US launch
Launches in the Netherlands and the UK will follow in 2022
Media Delivery
NativeWaves aims to enhance audience EXPerience
TVBEurope talks to the team at NativeWaves about their new platform which enables broadcasters and streaming services to give audiences the ability to dive...
Media Delivery
Analysts: Big five streamers to reach over 900 million subs by 2026
Analysts at Digital TV Research predict the five major US-based platforms will control 53 per cent of the world’s 1.7 billion SVoD subscriptions by...
Media Management
Netflix delivers AV1 streaming to TVs
Netflix said it has seen significant compression efficiency improvements from AV1, with noticeable drops in quality reduced by up to 38 per cent
Business
Italian government set to introduce streaming quality rules
Follows outages and issues with the streaming quality of DAZN's coverage of Serie A
Media Delivery
RTL Plus adds music, books, magazines as it aims to compete with global streamers
Relaunched streaming service will include content from across parent company Bertelsmann's portfolio
Media Delivery
Kantar: Amazon Prime remains the UK’s most popular streamer
Sports rights helped power Amazon to the most popular SVoD service in the UK for the fifth quarter running
People
Is Donald Trump preparing to launch a rival to Netflix?
Trump's media company is looking at the possibility of a long-term tech stack, which would involve creating rivals to Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud,...
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"
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
Media Delivery
HBO Max commits to more European launches in 2022
Streamer announces plans to launch in an additional seven countries, and sets target of 190 countries worldwide by 2026
Business
Roku reportedly set to open engineering hub in Manchester
The streaming giant is currently recruiting for technical and engineering roles in Manchester, and has reportedly identified office space in the city
Media Delivery
Amazon’s IMDb TV launches in the UK
AVoD streamer is available via Amazon's Prime Video app
Media Delivery
discovery plus launches on Amazon Channels UK
Viewers can opt to sign up for just entertainment or add on sport to their package
Media Delivery
NENT Group’s Viaplay expands to UK, Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Viaplay will launch in the UK in the second half of 2022 and then in Germany, Austria and Switzerland during 2023
Media Delivery
HBO Max confirms first European launch dates
Streamer will debut in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Spain and Andorra next month
Business
Channel 4 planning international AVoD
Broadcaster's CEO Alex Mahon says new streamer will mirror All4
Media Consumption
Conviva: European streamers seeing ‘spinning wheel of death’ less often
According to company's latest report, in Q2 2021 video start failures were down 12 per cent in Europe overall
Media Delivery
HBO Max execs reveal European roll-out plans
Streamer will launch in some European territories this year
Media Consumption
BritBox launches on Roku
The "British Netflix" is now available on Roku streaming players and Roku TV models
Media Delivery
Feature: Are independent voices becoming lost in streaming TV shuffle?
Navdeep Saini, co-founder and CEO of DistroScale, parent company of DistroTV, looks at the Covid content collapse, where the streaming market is headed, and...
Live Production
Extreme E goes global with DAZN deal
The agreement extends English-language coverage of the motorsport series to DAZN's rest of world territories
Media Delivery
Comcast, ViacomCBS announce new streamer for select European markets
New SVoD SkyShowtime will launch in 2022
Media Consumption
Euro 2020 scores more streams than the Olympics
UEFA Euro 2020 traffic peaked at 35 Tbps on the Akamai paltform versus a peak of 10 Tbps during the Olympics
Media Delivery
Sky brings Peacock to Europe
Comcast's streaming service will make its international debut in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Italy, Austria, and Switzerland
Business
TVBEurope August 2021 issue released
This month we take a look at streaming, advertising technology, and discover the Secrets of the London Underground
Media Delivery
Report: Most sports fans want to watch on streaming platforms only
A new report by Grabyo suggests that the pay-TV market will only have a 28 per cent customer share of global sports fans by...
Features
Enabling streaming for broadcasters
TVBEurope and MediaKind have produced a webcast looking into the opportunities that event-based content streaming provides to broadcasters
Business
PwC: Industry moving to a new phase of streaming growth
Company's latest edition of its Global Entertainment and Media Outlook report states the industry has regained the momentum lost during the pandemic