All Streaming service articles
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Streaming homes in Western Europe set to overtake North America in 2024
The number of households taking at least one subscription OTT service in Western Europe is set to surpass North America next year, with the UK and Germany driving much of the growth.
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IBC2023: Dynamic growth in AVOD revenue ahead
The penultimate day of IBC2023 kicked off in fine style in the Premium Pass Holders Premium Sessions, with an interactive and informal session that aimed to tackle some of the big questions around the Future of TV Advertising.
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IBC2023: The rapid evolution of FAST
FAST channel experts gave an insight into the rapid evolution of one of the latest developments at an IBC2023 session entitled ‘Thriving in the FAST Lane’.
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Showmax CEO Yolisa Phahle Steps Down
Yolisa Phahle has stepped down as CEO of African streamer Showmax.
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Tata Elxsi leverages cloud and AI to deliver proactive Quality of Experience and Operations for operators
At IBC, Tata Elxsi will be showcasing the QoEtient tool for proactive QoE analysis for streaming services, as well as iCX, a secure SaaS solution for monitoring and managing customer-premises equipment (STBs and gateways) at scale.
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Executive Interviews
Interview: Leah Hooper Rosa - Seeing the bigger picture
Leah Hooper Rosa, who leads WBD’s streaming business in EMEA, is tasked not only with operations and growth for existing streaming services HBO Max and discovery+, but also planning for the roll out of Max from early 2024. She spoke to Adrian Pennington.
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Warner Bros. Discovery to Launch CNN Max News Service
Warner Bros. Discovery is to incorporate live news programming for the first time into its streaming platform Max with the addition of CNN Max.
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Disney, Amazon and Netflix: ‘The New Gatekeepers of Media”
The striking Writers Guild of America has called on regulators to increase their oversight of streamers, saying that three companies—Disney, Amazon, and Netflix—are “poised to be the new gatekeepers of media.”
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Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA President Priya Dogra to depart
Priya Dogra, Warner Bos. Discovery’s President & Managing Director for EMEA, is to leave the company later this year.
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Disney+ to launch ad-supported subscription plan in UK and Europe
Disney+ is to launch its ad-supported subscription plan in the UK and select European countries on 1 November.
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Industry Trends
Behind the Scenes: The Hundred
The Hundred, the ECB’s 100-ball-a-side competition, aims to carry over momentum from The Ashes as it commences this week. Adrian Pennington takes to the crease to uncover the inside story.
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Velocix to unveil hybrid-cloud CDN at IBC2023
Content delivery, origin and storage, and stream personalisation software provider Velocix is showcasing its newest hybrid-cloud CDN application, which the company says enables video service providers to combine elastic, cloud delivery with ultra-cost-efficient, on-premises streaming.
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ITV Agrees Streaming Era Terms of Trade Deal with Pact
The UK’s ITV and Pact have announced a new terms of trade deal designed for the streaming era.
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Canal+ Acquires Stake in Nordic Streamer Viaplay
France’s Canal+ Group has acquired a 12% stake in embattled Nordic streamer Viaplay Group.
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Netflix Adds 5.9m Subscribers After Password Crackdown
Netflix has added nearly six million new subscribers following its crackdown on password sharing.
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Vodafone partners with Qwilt and Cisco
Qwilt and Cisco announced that they will deploy their content delivery network (CDN) service to Vodafone, with the aim of increasing the quality and capacity of Vodafone’s streaming delivery to its mobile and fixed broadband customers across Europe and Africa.
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Roku partners with TO THE NEW
Digital technology services company TO THE NEW was officially recognised as an accredited third-party development partner by Roku.
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Nanocosmos wins Wegner live as new customer
Swiss provider Wegner live, which broadcasts live auctions via streaming services, selected the real-time streaming solution nanoStream Cloud that targets large audiences in the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) but can reach viewers around the world thanks to the nanocosmos CDN.
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Sister Hires Former Netflix Content Boss Cindy Holland
The Power and Chernobyl producer Sister has hired former Netflix content chief Cindy Holland as global CEO.