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Comcast launches voice-controlled streaming service
Streaming service is for the company's internet-only customers
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Third of all TV watched in the UK is now streamed
Customer dissatisfaction with the content on pay-TV packages is driving up popularity of streaming services
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Lords to assess impact of VoD on public servicing broadcasting
House of Lords Communications Committee calls for evidence in new inquiry
Business
DAZN introduces advertising, launches amplification platform
DAZN+ will aggregate Goal, Sporting News and DAZN Player
Business
Zixi adds John Bishop to board of directors
Bishop is recognised as an early pioneer of video streaming
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Alexa enables interaction with Roku
Alexa can now use Roku to launch, find or pause streaming content
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Five streaming services dominate SVoD revenues in Europe
Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Sky, HBO and Viaplay are behind 89 per cent of the $6 billion attributed to SVoD consumer spending in 2018
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Sky’s new streaming service launches in Austria
Allows viewers to watch Sky content without the need for cable or satellite
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BBC and ITV confirm plans for new ‘transformational streaming service’
Set to launch in the second half of 2019
Business
BBC and ITV to launch ‘Netflix rival’
Expected to make classic British shows available to subscribers
Technology
Vodafone trials 5G for download speeds four times quicker than 4G
The network trialled downloading a boxset over 5G
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Altice threatens action over PSG’s illegal Facebook stream
Altice is the exclusive rights owner for the UEFA Champions League in France
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Apple expected to reveal streaming service on 25th March
Company is expected to hold an event to preview its new SVoD
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Premier League ‘planning to launch its own Netflix for live football’
Premier League is currently looking at ways to increase its revenue after the price for domestic rights fell during the last auction
Business
FloSports selects TVU Networks for live video solutions
TVU will support live content production from remote locations
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DAZN enables streaming multiple events on one screen
New 'MultiView' feature made available on fourth and fifth generation Apple TV devices
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Video consumers are either Fanatics, Traditionalists, Indulgists, Connoisseurs or Engagers
New research from PWC reveals five distinct groups
Content
Bodyguard, Killing Eve named 2018’s most popular programmes on iPlayer
McMafia and Doctor Who also make the top five
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WarnerMedia’s new streamer will be a ‘two-sided model’
Service expected to include both subscription-based content and ad-supported elements
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Streaming TV consumption jumped 89 per cent in 2018
Conviva report also highlighted issues around streaming quality and abandon rates
Technology
Digiturk selects Unified Streaming for future-proof streaming platform
Will employ software plugin Unified Origin
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TVU Networks partners with Germany’s TVN on next-gen live IP streaming
Broadcasters can deploy TVU One mobile solution
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For almost a third of UK viewers, streaming wins over linear TV
More households than ever are streaming video content on multiple devices at the same time
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F1 TV races into the Netherlands
Service will launch in time for the F1 testing session in Barcelona
Business
Disney is losing $1 billion to streaming
Company is preparing to launch its new streaming service Disney+ later this year
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More viewers than ever set to stream Super Bowl LIII
2019 expected to see a 160 per cent increase in streaming viewers
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Simultaneous live streaming traffic jumped 200 per cent during Brexit vote
Huge increase compared to the usual levels of streamed parliamentary content from the Tuesday before
Business
Netflix reaches 139 million global subscribers
Streamer added 8.8 million new subscribers during Q4 2018
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Grabyo’s assist for DAZN
Sports streaming service registered almost 200 million video views distributed through Grabyo in 2018
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Time spent in streaming apps up 140 per cent in 2018
App Annie publishes State of Mobile 2019 findings
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Neulion’s new streaming service counts BT Sport, WWE among clients
Service has integrated Endeavor's scalable platform with NeuLion's technology and feature set
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Netflix in other countries expected to follow US price rise
US Netflix customers have seen a price rise of between 13 and 18 per cent
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NBCUniversal joins the streaming wars
New launch will use the expertise Sky has gained from the launch of NOW TV
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IMDb launches new streaming service Freedive
Offers free, ad-supported TV shows and movies on Amazon Fire TV devices
Business
Apple’s Ben King joins DAZN
Appointment expected to drive the sport streaming service's global expansion
Features
The benefits of moving to remote production
TVBEurope asks Signiant CSO Rick Clarkson about remote production challenges
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Roku adds premium streaming channels
The Roku Channel will allow users to stream content from Showtime, Starz and other content providers
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Eleven Sports to live stream Bundesliga match on Facebook in Poland and Portugal
Borussia Dortmund face Borussia Mönchengladbach this Friday
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Over 50 per cent of global viewers stream content on their mobile every week
Figure is edging closer to those streaming via TV
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NBCUniversal boss teases OTT service
Steve Burke also writes about the loss of 21st Century Fox to Disney