All Streaming Service articles – Page 8
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Multichoice partners with Comcast to relaunch African streamer Showmax
Africa’s leading pay TV company MultiChoice Group has partnered with Comcast’s NBCUniversal and Sky to relaunch its pan-Africa video streaming platform Showmax.
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Industry Trends
MWC2023: Netflix preaches cooperation not confrontation
Data debate between mobile operators and content creators/rights owners takes another step as Netflix uses MWC2023 keynote to lay out the media industry perspective, writes Adrian Pennington. Additional reporting and photography by Andrew Williams.
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Industry Trends
SVOD and the new business models – a tale of diversification
The last 12 months have been a wake-up call for subscription-based video providers, some of which saw significant leaps in interest and user base over the first months of the pandemic. However, the segment faces significant disruption, according to an expert panel, which will require dynamic adjustment to business models, ...
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Paramount+ subscribers see record rise
Paramount+ subscriber numbers rose by a record 9.9 million to hit nearly 56 million by the end of 2022, driven by content such as blockbuster movie Top Gun: Maverick.
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French streamer Salto to close
France Televisions, M6 and TF1 have officially announced that they are closing their joint venture streaming platform, Salto.
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Synamedia flags Cellcom World Cup win
Video software provider Synamedia indicated that Israeli telco Cellcom used Synamedia Vivid Workflow as a Service (WaaS) low latency streaming to enhance its FIFA World Cup viewing experience.
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Synamedia study finds comedy is most pirated genre
Synamedia unveiled research analysing the impact of sports and entertainment piracy across seven countries and the potential revenues that would result from converting pirate viewers to legal subscribers.
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Warner Bros. Discovery to keep Discovery+ as standalone service
Warner Bros. Discovery is planning to maintain Discovery+ as standalone streaming service, in addition to merging HBO Max and Discovery+ into a combined service.
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Netflix extends password sharing crackdown to four more countries
Netflix is extending its crackdown on password sharing to four more countries: Canada, New Zealand, Portugal and Spain.
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UK film and high-end TV production hits record £6.27 billion
UK film and high-end TV (HETV) production hit a record £6.27 billion in 2022, £1.83 billion higher than for the pre-pandemic year of 2019, according to the latest figures from the BFI’s Research and Statistics Unit.
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Dutch competition authority blocks merger of RTL Nederland and Talpa Network
The Dutch competition authority ACM has blocked the proposed merger of RTL Nederland and Talpa Network, the TV group controlled The Voice creator John de Mol.
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Australia set to introduce local content quotas for streamers
Major streaming platforms such as Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon Prime Video will be obliged to make more Australian programming from 2024.
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Thames MD Amelia Brown to depart after 20 years
Thames managing director Amelia Brown is to leave the Britain’s Got Talent and Too Hot To Handle producer after 20 years to set up her own production company.
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Industry Trends
Multi-codec and Multi CDN strategies dominate the IPTV business
Consumer viewing habits have swung strongly towards streamed content. A Digital Television Group gathering to contemplate The TV of Tomorrow Today focussed on the niggly problems streaming can suddenly shock engineers with, sustainability ambitions around IPTV, and the over populated Codec market, reports George Jarrett.
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HBO Europe content chief Antony Root to retire
HBO Max’s European content chief Antony Root is to retire from his role at Warner Bros. Discovery at the end of March 2023.
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Banijay Benelux acquires majority stake in Belgian scripted producer jonnydepony
Banijay Benelux is to further expand its scripted activities in Belgium through a majority stake in scripted production company jonnydepony.
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Investigation launched into appointment process of BBC chairman
The process of appointing BBC chairman Richard Sharp is to be investigated following reports he helped Boris Johnson secure a loan.
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Reed Hastings steps down as Netflix CEO
Reed Hastings is stepping down from his role as co-chief executive of Netflix.