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Pluto TV now available via web browser

Pluto TV, the free streaming television service, is now enabling viewers in the UK, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland to watch live channels and on-demand content directly through the Pluto TV website via their preferred web browser on all Internet-enabled devices. All major browser applications, from Safari to Chrome and Firefox are compatible with Pluto TV’s […]

September 8, 2020

ViacomCBS appoints Jollet to lead emerging business

ViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI) has announced the appointment of Olivier Jollet to head up a new business unit which includes the entire digital portfolio – AVoD, SVoD, Mobile services and products as well as Advanced Advertising and VDSI – for Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia (EMEAA). As the company embarks on an aggressive phase […]

September 2, 2020

Research: More viewers choosing online platforms

Since 2015, Hub Entertainment Research’s annual Decoding the Default study has tracked the TV source that consumers consider their TV ‘home base’: the source they turn on first when they’re ready to watch. This year’s study identifies viewers’ home base and the considerations that drive their choice of default. Highlights from the study:

August 27, 2020

Pluto TV heading to Brazil

Pluto TV, the AVoD service globally, has revealed it will lanuch in Brazil in December, with the launch of 24 new curated streaming channels. Pluto TV will be available on all mobile, web and connected TV streaming devices. “Following the launch of Pluto TV in Latin America earlier this year, the service has quickly attracted […]

August 20, 2020

ViacomCBS to launch EyeQ connected video ad platform

ViacomCBS has announced the planned launch of ViacomCBS EyeQ, a new and expansive connected video advertising platform that will serve as a single transactional point of entry for digital video content from ViacomCBS’s portfolio of broadcast, entertainment, news and sports networks, with enhanced capabilities to deliver incremental reach across one of the largest premium video […]

August 5, 2020

Sky Cinema on Virgin TV Go app

Customers of UK pay-TV operator Virgin Media TV can now watch Sky Cinema channels, as well as hundreds of movies on demand, via its Virgin TV Go app for the first time. Previously, Virgin Media TV customers have had to use the dedicated Sky Cinema app to watch movies on their chosen device, but this […]

July 10, 2020

Pluto TV launches on Virgin Media UK

Pluto TV, the AVoD service, is now available on Virgin Media through a dedicated app. Virgin Media TV customers will be able to watch thematically curated premium channels such as Pluto TV Movies and Nosey with full episodes of The Steve Wilkos Show, The Maury Show and The Jerry Springer Show at no extra costs. […]

July 9, 2020

Forecast: AVoD market to increase fast on global scale

The Covid-19 crisis highlighted a considerable increase in video consumption, reports market analyst company Dataxis. In the US, Comcast has seen a 50 per cent rise in VoD viewing over March and April 2020 for instance. While SVoD and linear-OTT environments have become more overcrowded over the last years (households in the US now subscribe […]

July 2, 2020

Pluto TV surpasses 100 channels in UK

WIth two new channels added to its line-up this week, Pluto TV has surpassed the 100 channel mark in the UK. The two new channels on the AVoD platform – Secret Dealers and Crime Investigation Australia – brings the Pluto TV offering to 101 channels. Secret Dealers follows homeowners as they are faced with a […]

June 10, 2020