Media Delivery
DAZN to stream Bundesliga, Champions League matches in HD
Streaming service intends to upgrade matches to full HD quality (1080p) during the new season
streaming
Media Delivery
Telecom Italia, Eutelsat, Broadpeak test multicast streaming over satellite
The trial employed the TIMVision box in Adaptative Bit Rate (ABR) multicast mode, Eutelsat's Konnect satellite, which provides internet services in Europe, and Broadpeak's nanoCDN...
Media Delivery
Ateme debuts 5G streaming solution
Solution includes 5G-broadcast tech from Rohde and Schwarz, a VVC codec, the CMAF streaming protocol for low-latency and a reduced transport delay via 5G...
Production & Post
Teradek debuts new mobile streaming and wireless video solution
Serv Micro is a wifi-based wireless video transmitter system that works with or without an internet connection
Media Delivery
Leveraging the full power of streaming analytics
Why streaming services need an analytics tool that combines video and app analytics, by Rubén Senor-Megias, chief sales officer, NPAW
Media Delivery
Spain’s Tivify aims to stream UEFA Champions League at same latency as broadcast
Tomorrow's match marks the first time that Tivify will use the CMAF features within Ateme's TITAN to live-stream a football match at a latency...
Media Management
TV5MONDE expands global streaming reach with Harmonic’s cloud SaaS platform
In addition to directly streaming to consumers, the VOS360 platform also delivers TV5MONDE's content to affiliates across the globe
Media Delivery
Netflix with ads could launch this year
According to reports, an AVoD version of the global streamer could launch in the final three months of 2022
Media Delivery
Mediaset España sets Unified Streaming to optimise live streaming
Broadcaster has moved from push-based streaming to a pull-based protocol, which runs in Microsoft Azure and facilitates a multi-CDN strategy
Media Delivery
Paramount Plus confirms UK launch date
Further launches are planned in Italy, Germany, France, Switzerland and Austria in the second half of the year
Media Delivery
BBC iPlayer reports best-ever quarter
Viewers streamed programmes a record 1.83 billion times in the first three months of the year, 100 million more times than in the same...
Media Delivery
Virgin Media gets into streaming
Stream includes UHD content and is available as a 30-day rolling contract
Media Delivery
Tokyo 2020 was ‘the first streaming Games’ says IOC
Olympic Broadcasting Services produced 3,300 hours of UHD/HDR coverage, and 10,200 hours of content in total
Media Delivery
Kantar: Cost of living crisis leads to record numbers cancelling streaming services
Proportion of consumers planning to cancel SVoD services and stating the primary reason as ‘wanting to save money’ has risen to its highest ever...
Media Delivery
FIFA kicks off global OTT service
The free platform, named FIFA Plus, promises to provide access to live matches from "every corner of the world"
Media Delivery
Bitmovin debuts first automated video streaming testing solution
Stream Lab enables development teams to test their streams in real environments on physical devices
Media Delivery
IPTV and streaming gain ground on terrestrial in DACH market
Zattoo's 2022 Streaming TV Report found that for the first time, the internet is the most used TV reception method among German internet users
Media Consumption
Netflix’s ‘Skip Intro’ button is pressed 136 million times a day
Streamer's director of product innovation reveals why it decided to let viewers skip a show's opening credits
Media Consumption
Conviva: European streaming adoption outpaces rest of world
Southern and Western Europe saw growth of 44 per cent and 34 per cent, respectively in Q4 2021
Media Delivery
Red Bee provides OTT backbone for sustainable film streamer
All content available on newyonder.earth is albert-certified
Media Delivery
Streaming Video Alliance announces new tech specifications
New tech specifications address CDN APIs and harnessing the potential of 5G
Media Delivery
Netflix shifts stance on ad-supported platform
"Never say never," said Netflix CFO Spencer Neumann
Media Delivery
Survey: Poor video quality remains top tech issue for streaming services
Market is increasingly moving toward automating quality assurance as a way to improve the quality of streaming video delivered to consumers
Media Consumption
Disney Plus surges past 130 million subscribers
The Walt Disney Company has released its Q1 2022 fiscal report which showed a total of 129.8 million global subscribers had signed up by...
Business
Dawes: ‘Real value’ in Ofcom regulating streaming services
Ofcom CEO Melanie Dawes says she wants to be able to regulate the global streaming services in the same was the organisation oversees the...
Media Delivery
HBO Max to launch in 15 more European countries next month
New launches will take the number of territories streamer is available worldwide to 61
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...
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