Business
NBC’s hayu signs licensing deal with Viacom
One of Viacom’s first SVoD deals focused on reality content
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Viacom to launch new streaming service in the Nordics
Paramount+ is expected to launch on 1st October
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Telefónica ‘set to launch Netflix-style European service’
Telefónica is reportedly planning to launch its own European-wide Netflix-style streaming service. According to Spanish newspaper El Pais, the operator is considering a streaming service with an à...
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Disney plans to pull content from Netflix and launch its own streaming service
Studio is also pulling its films from Netflix
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Kevin Hart’s comedy streaming service to launch next month
Laugh Out Loud will be available from 3rd August
Analysis
We interrupt this business model…
Once seen as one small tactic in the marketing toolkit, branded content has become vastly more sophisticated in the last 12 months
Opinion
Collaboration enables transformation
Can the industry adopt more collaborative, viewer-centric approaches across linear, OTT and VOD services?
Data Centre
Media technology revenues stabilise throughout 2016
IABM DC releases 2017 Global Market Valuation and Strategy Report
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EU films make up one quarter of VoD catalogues
New report from European Audiovisual Observatory
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Netflix subscribers ‘to increase by 44 per cent by 2022’
Report suggests Netflix will have more international subscribers than those based in the US by early 2018
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European video market will be worth €11 billion by 2022
The European video market will be worth €11 billion (£9.3 billion) by 2022, according to the latest Dataxis research. According to Dataxis, 2016 was...
Business
Samsung expands TV Plus
Samsung's service will now be made available throughout the UK, France, Spain and Italy
Business
Barclays launches £100 million SVoD fund
The fund is the first of its kind launched by a major UK bank
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RMS Titanic gets its own SVoD channel
A new SVoD channel dedicated to RMS Titanic has launched worldwide. TitanicChannel.tv features original programming hosted by experts and explorers. The channel has been...
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‘Cultural revolution’ in China as SVoD rises
SVoD services are quickly becoming a force in China, according to the latest Futuresource analysis. Futuresource claims that the Chinese home video market is...
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TV still accounts for three quarters of viewing
Despite the rise of SVoD and OTT services, TV remains king, accounting for three quarters of video viewing. That’s according to the latest research...
Data Centre
SVoD overtakes DVR in the US
Subscriptions to SVoD services have now outstripped the number of DVR users throughout the US, according the the latest Leichtman Research Group report. The...
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Elemental supports extensive expansion for MegaFon.TV
Russian telco sees 140-fold increase in users of its OTT video platform
Business
MEGOGO adds Kvartal to online portfolio
Comedy channel available to online viewers worldwide
Business
Ostmodern brings Alchemiya to Amazon Prime
Service delivers arts, culture, history, music, fashion, food, and travel content from across the Muslim world
Business
Scandinavian SVoD service aims to lead market
Service's programme director unveils forthcoming slate and market intention.
Opinion
The evolution of kids’ content
As parenting skills go, occasionally plonking my daughter in front of an iPad in return for a brief bit of time to think might...
Data Centre
Netflix and Amazon driving Western European SVoD
Netflix will remain the dominant force in Western European SVoD for the next five years, according to the latest Digital TV research. ‘Western Europe...
Data Centre
Sporting content dominates in Europe
iewers in Europe, particularly Britain, watch more online sports content via mobile than those in the rest of the world, according to the latest...
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Netflix launches downloading for offline viewing
Netflix has made its content available for download, enabling users to use the service offline. The new feature is included in all plans and...
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Netflix model ‘unsustainable’
Research house Ovum has said that Netflix’s business model is unsustainable and its content spend is ‘out of control’. Ovum claimed that the SVoD service...
Business
NextUp: The Netflix of comedy
Stand-up comedy SVoD service NextUp has launched throughout the UK. The new offering, which delivers a collection of recorded stand-up performances for £3.50 per...
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Vimeo to launch SVoD service
Vimeo is looking to “take a share of the $500 billion TV and film market” by launching its own SVoD offering. This new subscription...
Data Centre
SVoD spend to surpass €3 billion in Western Europe
Total spend on SVoD services throughout Western Europe is set to hit €3 billion (£2.58 million) by the end of the year, according to...
Data Centre
SVoD-only homes on the up
The proportion of households cancelling traditional TV services in favour of exclusive SVoD use is on the rise, according to the latest Ampere Analysis...
Features
Akamai webinar series: Analysing the “next generation” of challenges
Four insightful and innovative webinars will be delivered over the coming weeks
Business
Amazon prepares for Indian launch with Dharma deal
Amazon has penned a deal with India film producer Dharma as it prepares to launch Prime Instant Video throughout the country. The launch is...
Data Centre
Netflix ‘difficult to sustain’ as VoD revenues rise
Global SVoD revenues will double by 2021, but current market leader Netflix may struggle to maintain its current model, according to the latest Juniper...
Videos
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Netflix gaining ground on YouTube, iPlayer
SVoD leader Netflix is rapidly making up ground on YouTube and iPlayer in the UK, according to eMarketer. The BBC and Google have dominated...
Analysis
Are pay-TV providers an endangered species?
As more television sets become internet-enabled, online content is finding its way from computer and mobile screens to the TV screens of our living...
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High overlap between Netflix and Amazon subscribers
The number of consumers taking up multiple SVoD subscriptions is on the rise, with a particularly high overlap between Netflix and Amazon Prime Video,...
News
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Netflix extends OTT lead as Now TV chases Amazon
Netflix has extended its lead over Amazon Instant Video in the UK, according to the latest Ofcom data. The regulator’s annual ‘Communications Market Report’...
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