Real Madrid is launching RM Play, a new OTT platform offering all of the Spanish football club’s video content on demand, organised by section. RM Play can be accessed on mobile devices, tablets and Smart TVs (Apple TV, Android TV and Amazon Fire TV). More than 700 hours of content is available at launch and […]

To gauge the risk for advertisers from the ongoing writers’ strike, advertising intelligence and sales enablement platform MediaRadar analysed a data sample of ad spend from categories most vulnerable to production stoppages. Key findings include: Categories most vulnerable to writers’ strike saw over $633 million ad spend combined last quarter Advertisers spent $633.2 million (€592.4m) […]

Stream with ease with a cost-effective, all-in-one tool for video streaming. Each week, users globally watch about 17 hours of video content (Wyzowl, 2023). Imagine spending two working days watching videos. With such high demand for video, brands are looking for ways to leverage the potential of streaming on their websites or apps. However, transcoding […]

Globecast has announced the appointment of Jean-Christophe Perier as Chief Marketing Officer, effective immediately. In his new role, Perier leads both marketing communications and product marketing for Globecast and is responsible for steering the marketing and external communications strategy worldwide. Perier brings extensive experience across broadcast, cloud, IPTV and OTT services, having worked with clients […]

Sky is preparing for a significant round of job cuts across the UK as part of a strategic shift from DTH distribution to OTT. Sky has already informed many of the staff who will be affected by the restructuring plans, according to the FT, who reports that the exact number of job losses will depend […]

Communications infrastructure and media services company, Arqiva, has announced the appointment of Dom Wedgwood as Chief Technology Officer.  Wedgwood joins on June 1st and is appointed to Arqiva’s Executive Committee, reporting to CEO Shuja Khan.   Before joining Arqiva, Wedgwood was Senior Vice President for Broadcast Technology and OTT Playback Experience at DAZN Group, the […]

Beenius, a media system integrator and developer of an innovative interactive TV platform, has sold its assets to Net Solution. The companies say that this strategic transaction will “pave the way for Net Solution to expand its capabilities in the IPTV, OTT, and DVB Hybrid services sector, offering robust and dynamic TV content solutions”. “Net […]

Communications and media software and services provider Amdocs has been selected by UK multiplay telco Virgin Media to provide its customers seamless integration on streaming services. Under the project, consumers will be given the ability to add entertainment subscriptions to their monthly bill or enjoy them as part of a bigger bundle with their existing […]

NPAW, a provider of analytics and business intelligence solutions for online video services, has introduced new anti-account sharing and playback-resuming solutions to its suite of analytics apps. Share Blocker gives subscription-based OTT services full control over their users’ account sharing to protect their source of revenue. PlayHead Tracker is an innovative cross-device bookmarking solution for […]

Findings from audience measurement, data and analytics specialist Nielsen’s 2023 Annual Marketing Report, indicate that 84 per cent of marketers are including streaming platforms in their media planning to meet their audiences, yet only 49 per cent of survey respondents view OTT and CTV as effective advertising channels. The fifth annual report, which surveyed nearly […]