All SVOD articles
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Daily NewsSTC’s Intigral selects ThinkAnalytics for streaming services
Intigral, the media arm of Saudi Telecom Company (STC), is using ThinkAnalytics’ Think360 personalised content discovery and viewer engagement platform for its stc tv and Jawwy TV streaming services.
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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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Industry Trends
Webinar: How to Launch OTT and FAST services
The lean-back experience still has a lot of power for consumers, an expert panel agreed on the recent IBC webinar, Launching OTT and FAST services. While FAST has seen considerable industry interest of late, the fact that viewers are turning into FAST channels in large numbers does not necessarily result ...
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Daily News
Elisa Estonia picks 3SS
Set-tox box software provider 3 Screen Solutions (3SS) said Elisa Estonia has gone live with two new apps that serve up its next-generation entertainment service Elisa Elamus on smart TVs.
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News
AVOD to power growth in OTT revenues
Global OTT TV episode and movie revenues will reach $243 billion in 2028, up from $157bn on 2022, according to Digital TV Research.
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Video
Panel: From SVOD to multi-dimensional business models
IBC2022: OTT media businesses need to invest heavily in content, technology and marketing to standout and survive in a highly competitive market. To turn a profit, do these businesses need to start looking beyond one dimensional business models and consider Average Cost Per User (ACPU) as well as Average Revenue ...
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News
UK Entertainment Report: DVDs still relevant and 21m without SVOD
The UK home entertainment market will be worth £5 billion by 2025, according to a new report from trade bodies the British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) and DEGI: Digital Entertainment Group International.
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Daily News
Build a data-informed culture
Data is gold when it comes to driving monetisation and stemming churn in OTT, and critical if SVODs are to navigate to ad-supported tiers.
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News
Piano and UKTV discuss building a data-informed culture
A strong data-informed culture drives decision-making across UKTV’s entire ecosystem, allowing them to deliver better user experiences that increase revenue.
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News
ITV prepares to ‘Double, Double, Double’ with ITVX service
Deep Bagchee, Chief Product Officer at ITV, has detailed the broadcaster’s plans for innovative new streaming service ITVX during his IBC2022 Conference session
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News
Creating next-gen cloud OTT capabilities for streaming
IBC Conference speaker Paul Pastor, who is CEO of Quickplay and Struum, says that streaming services are moving towards having “multiple models of addressing economic affordability.”
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News
New PlayBox research shows growing demand for OTT monetisation
A report by PlayBox Technology UK has revealed that “while the majority [of media content creators] do not currently operate their own OTT platform, there is huge interest in developing one.”
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Industry Trends
Streaming vs cinema: What does the future hold for film?
Back in 2019, Netflix released data claiming that 45 million accounts – nearly a third of its total subscribers – had streamed the Sandra Bullock thriller Bird Box in its first week on the platform, a record for a Netflix film.
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Executive Interviews
Netflix lays off 300 employees after subs drop
Netflix has laid off 300 employees, its second round of job cuts in a matter of weeks.
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News
AVOD platforms grow faster than SVODs in the US
Ad-supported streaming services (AVOD) are seeing adoption at a faster rate than subscription-based services (SVOD) in the United States, according to newly published research.
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Industry Trends
SVOD to AVOD: Rethinking OTT monetisation
For a decade, the landscape for TV has been gradually shifting, with the dominance of traditional satellite and cable TV eroded by the likes of Netflix and Hulu, pioneers of the streaming SVOD market. The pandemic and its enforced lockdowns delivered a literal captive audience for video-on-demand platforms, and subscriber ...
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Video
IBC Digital 2021: Restructuring Business Models for VOD, AVOD and SVOD service providers with data
During this IBC Digital 2021 session, now available here on-demand, we invite you to discover:
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News
Cost of living crisis hits UK streaming subs
The number of people subscribing to at least one video service in the UK has fallen by 1.51 million as the cost of living and inflation rise.
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News
Starz’s Kalle on creating a “beautiful complement” to broad appeal streamers
Starz’s Superna Kalle explains how its SVOD service Starzplay pitches itself as a “beautiful complement” to broad appeal streamers such as Netflix and Disney+
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Industry Trends
Price emerges as key SVOD battleground
A raft of new offers and deals from streamers suggests that pricing is becoming increasingly important in the battle to win subscribers in a crowded market. Tim Dams reports
