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France Televisions introduces digital-only platform Slash 12 February 2018
France Televisions has launched “Slash”, a digital-only TV service meant to attract an audience aged 18-30 years. The public broadcaster also plans to launch an SVOD service soon. Slash, the new digital-only platform will be offered both on the site … Continue reading
ITW Blitz goes digital 08 February 2018
ITW Playworx Media’s talent management arm Entertainment ITW Blitz is all set to go digital and its prime focus will be on creating premium content in the Media and Entertainment domain. The new online video platform will be collaborating with … Continue reading
New audience segments from comScore to help OTT advertisers reach target OTT and SVOD audience 08 February 2018
comScore has come up with its expanded activation solution to incorporate console gaming and over-the-top (OTT) audience segments, including subscription video on demand (SVOD). The 21 new segments will help OTT marketers and media companies effectively target consumers with customized … Continue reading
Broadcasting in 2018: Market, Monetization, and More 06 February 2018
The rise of OTT players, development of various online video streaming platforms, faster connectivity, and rapidly changing consumer preferences are driving exponential growth for the broadcasting industry. Given the changing media consumption patterns, it goes without saying that capturing and engaging … Continue reading
Aardman acquires distribution deal for Hopster originals 06 February 2018
Hopster, the UK based pre-school SVOD service has inked a distribution deal for its in-house productions with Bristol-based Aardman. Aardman will distribute free and pay TV, VOD and home entertainment deals for the content which is produced by Hopster studio. … Continue reading
Deezer and Indonesian tel-co Tri collaborate to offer music streaming 06 February 2018
Deezer and Indonesian telco Hutchison 3 which runs phone operating brand Tri have joined hands to offer music streaming to its customers. Deezer Premium+ is going to be available in the same price as Spotify in Indonesia. Deezer which has … Continue reading
HBO and Amazon collaborate for content streaming in Japan 05 February 2018
Following an extensive licensing agreement between media biggie HBO and streaming giant Amazon, the Amazon Prime subscribers have now access to the popular content of HBO in Japan. While around 50 current and catalog titles will be available for streaming … Continue reading
RTVE expands its OTT service to Latin America 05 February 2018
Spanish public broadcaster RTVE has formed several OTT partnerships in order to strengthen its partner base in Latin America. However, Movistar Play, which was to add three international networks such as TVE Internacional, Star HD, and Clan to its portfolio … Continue reading
YouTube TV debuts on Roku devices 05 February 2018
Interestingly, YouTube TV has finally launched on Roku and both the companies announced the news jointly. The announcement said YouTube TV will be available on “select Roku devices” in the 80 markets in which the service is distributed. As per … Continue reading
Global OTT viewers prefer one access point for video streaming 02 February 2018
If reports are to believed, global viewers, prefer one single access point instead of juggling among online video streaming platforms such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, etc. The study also claims that 39% would prefer to have pay TV or … Continue reading
