All VOD articles – Page 15
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Whitepaper
Sub-second latency streaming changing the video landscape
Today, the latency of online video stream delivery is typically too long to provide the viewing experience users expect, resulting in unhappy viewers and lost revenue. Fortunately, new live streaming technology makes it possible to deliver live streams in less than a second, enabling exciting new experiences that engage viewers ...
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Industry Trends
Mobile World Congress in review: 5G, foldable phones and smart networks
This year’s MWC event will be remembered for the arrival of 5G, the emergence of foldable devices. And beyond the usual calls for lighter regulation and greater cooperation, the realisation of one smarter converged network is coming to fruition.
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News
BBC & ITV to launch UK-based Netflix rival
The BBC and ITV have confirmed rumours that they will launch a new streaming service for UK audiences, more than ten years after a similar project was proposed and then blocked.
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Industry Trends
Amazon seeks telcos to distribute video
Amazon is keen to sign up telcos to its partner distribution programme in a bid to overcome the “big problem” of reaching viewers without credit cards.
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News
DAZN accelerates into Spain
Innovation and partnerships will be the key to DAZN’s success, says the firm’s senior vice president Peter Parmenter, who spoke at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona the day before DAZN launched its platform in Spain.
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Industry Trends
Telcos place big bets on unproven content strategies
As telcos gear up for 5G mobile networks and continue to roll-out broadband fibre connections, they are faced with the challenge of increasing revenue so they can support their investment in new infrastructure. George Malim examines the strategies of Verizon, BT and Globe to assess what makes a winning content ...
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News
SVOD viewing to equal broadcast TV by 2023
China and North America will lead the market for streaming video on-demand services with subscribers set to grow to 743 million in the next four years.
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News
Sports content to boost global content spend
Global consumer spend on digital content is set to increase by $23 billion this year, with sports video identified as the key driver of growth.
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News
Comcast set to rollout Now TV globally
Comcast to launch its new streaming service in 2020 based on Sky’s OTT operation, Now TV as a “distinct and compelling” offering free for pay-TV customers.
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News
Netflix celebrates record revenues and subscriber growth
Reporting its Q4 2018 results, Netflix has revealed its revenues grew to $16 billion and concluded the year with 139 million paying memberships.
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Whitepaper
Whitepaper: Tuning into OTT 2.0
This whitepaper explores the opportunities of OTT video distribution in viewership in revenue, the common challenges and considerations by media companies for OTT delivery and the critical elements of an OTT ecosystem.
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Industry Trends
2018’s most-read Delivery articles
The fight against FAANG, the rise of niche OTT disruptors and the potential of 5G were among the most-read Delivery articles in 2018.
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Industry Trends
IBC owners' 2019 predictions and priorities
From the development of artificial intelligence (AI) to widespread adoption of the cloud and new SVOD services IBC’s owners share their 2019 predictions and priorities for their organisations.
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Thought Leadership
As OTT matures, the content supply chain needs to grow alongside
The streaming video industry is racing through its adolescence and through an age-appropriate growth spurt as new OTT services launch and traditional content owners and distributors plan their entry into a market nowhere near full grown.
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Industry Trends
DAZN: The Netflix of sports?
Just two years old, DAZN has spent hundreds of millions acquiring sports rights in a bid to win subscribers to its subscription streaming service. But will its big spending ways pay off? Ross Biddiscombe profiles the OTT platform that’s disrupting the sports broadcasting industry.
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Webinar
On-demand webinar: Why telcos need content and content providers need telcos
Join this IBC365 webinar on demand to discuss how the boundaries between broadcasters, pay TV platforms, OTT operators and telecoms providers are blurring.
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Executive Interviews
Digital pitch
Ralph Rivera was a star in the IBC2018 Sports Track headliner ‘How Eurosport is driving digital to attract new audiences’, and like many people around the show his driving desire is to see broadcast and digital converge.
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Industry Trends
How Serie A went OTT with IMG
IMG’s entry into the OTT marketplace with its new Serie A service has ramped up the battle for sports audiences on digital platforms after a couple of years of cautious rights buying by the likes of Amazon and Facebook.
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Executive Interviews
The DPP lays out its key priorities
From the challenge of monetising online video, to the implications of artificial intelligence and the adoption of IMF, DPP managing director Mark Harrison spells out the key focuses for the organisation.
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Webinar
On-demand webinar: Accelerating innovation across Media & Entertainment
This IBC365 webinar outlines and explains the collaborative Media-Telecom Catalyst innovation programme and how you can get involved in designing solutions to current media & entertainment challenges.