Data Centre
Havas Media Group: UK streaming up 4 per cent during last two weeks
"The entertaining content provided by streaming platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime is playing an increasingly valuable role"
streaming
Media Delivery
Netflix predicted to win the streaming wars during coronavirus lockdown
Predicted to add 10 million subscribers worldwide during Q1 2020
Business
Netflix “currently worth more than Disney”
Netflix is expected to gain up to 8.45 million new subscribers in Q1 2020
Media Delivery
Samsung achieves record 5G speeds across multiple devices
Will enable mobile operators to deliver 8K streaming via 5G
Business
Quibi hits 1.7 million downloads in first week
"The coronavirus has definitely had an impact" says analyst
Production & Post
The importance of keeping people connected in a time of crisis
LiveU explains how its technology is currently helping people communicate across Europe
Media Delivery
How do broadcasters engage with viewers at a time of national importance?
By Ian Sharpe, CEO, Promethean
Business
Crunchyroll wraps up VIZ Media Europe SAS
Closed a deal with the anime publisher on 4th December
Data Centre
Coronavirus pandemic sees shift in primetime peak viewing
Conviva finds 40 per cent increase in daytime viewing
Business
DAZN defers rights payments while sports are postponed
Company's board is "officially placing it in survive mode"
Media Delivery
Streaming activity up 30 per cent worldwide in March
Figures reflect streaming activity across linear, VoD and OTT
Media Delivery
BBC iPlayer to stop streaming in Ultra High Definition
Follow's the EBU's call for broadcasters to reduce bitrates on their VoD services
Media Delivery
EBU calls on Members to follow streamers’ lead and adapt bitrates
Organisation has issued a Recommendation to its Members regarding efforts to avoid internet congestion
Media Delivery
Netflix: No programming disruption in immediate future
"People certainly are watching a lot more Netflix"
Media Delivery
Disney Plus postpones French launch, will reduce bandwidth in Europe
Launch postponed at the request of the French government
Media Delivery
YouTube follows Netflix and reduces stream quality in Europe
Will switch all traffic in the EU and Britain to SD by default
Media Delivery
Netflix agrees to reduce bit rates across all streams in Europe
Estimates will reduce Netflix traffic on European networks by around 25 per cent
Media Delivery
Netflix and chills – the state of streaming amid pandemic
Lars Larsson, CEO of Varnish Software, explores the potential impacts of the health pandemic on streaming companies
Videos
Media Delivery
EU commissioner tells Netflix to switch to SD to ease internet traffic
Vodafone reports 30 per cent rise in UK traffic
Data Centre
App Annie: Disney Plus is “catering to a clear demand” in Europe
"Has demonstrated a killer ability to co-exist with Netflix"
Media Delivery
Content streaming enters unprecedented times
With the forthcoming launch of Disney Plus, and consumers streaming more content than ever, can the internet cope?
Media Delivery
Everything we know about: Disney Plus
TVBEurope rounds up the latest news and analysis on the Disney streaming service
Media Consumption
Total views of Bird Box “equivalent to 66 million kg of CO2”
"It is equal to driving from London to Istanbul and back 38,879 times"
Media Consumption
Tony Hall: “No guarantee” that Netflix would serve British culture
"It comes nowhere near matching the BBC"
Media Delivery
O2 wins exclusive Disney Plus mobile distributor deal
Will be available to telco's customers on mobile, online streaming and TV
Business
Global entertainment revenues surpass $100 billion “for the first time”
The MPA found that the overall surge was mostly down to streaming
Media Delivery
Scottish football bodies “considering streaming” as an option
Said to be considering options if matches have to be played behind closed doors
Media Delivery
OTT services “benefit from awards recognition”
Netflix original content helps the streamer become "very difficult for consumers to relinquish"
Business
Vodafone goes negative on Telefónica’s Disney Plus deal
Mobile operator warned of "covert exclusivity"
Data Centre
ERA: Almost half of UK population subscribes to SVoDs
Digital video was fastest-growing entertainment segment in 2019
Videos
TVBEverywhere
Telecom Italia Mobile to exclusively carry Disney Plus
Streaming platform launches in Italy on 24th March
Data Centre
Three-quarters of pay-TV viewers ‘will cut the cord in the next five years’
Grabyo surveyed 13,000 customers across 11 territories
TVBEverywhere
Facebook scores two live FA Cup matches
Reading v Sheffield United, Leicester v Birmingham to stream on Facebook Watch
TVBEverywhere
Matchroom Sport, StreamAMG team up for OTT platform
Matchroom Live will host a selection of 12 sports through a dedicated website and iOS/Android apps
Business
DAZN to expand into 200 countries in 2020
Includes English-language service focused on boxing
Business
Netflix could benefit from coronavirus concerns
The company's shares rose 0.8 per cent last week
TVBEverywhere
Netflix rolls out Top 10 feature
Trialled in the UK and Mexico over the last six months
Data Centre
Personalisation, fewer ads and the goals for live sport streaming
Verizon Media finds "huge opportunity" for live sports
Business
Fox hunts streaming service Tubi
Companies brokering deal that would value Tubi at $500 million