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14 Mar 2023

AVOD

AVOD to match SVOD extra revenues in Latin America OTT TV episode and movie revenues for 19 Latin American countries are forecast to increase by $7 billion between 2022 and 2028 to reach $16 billion. According to the latest report from Digital TV Research, AVOD and SVOD will each add $3 billion over this period. Furthermore, SVOD will remain the region’s largest OTT revenue source, contributing $9.7 billion by 2028, or double the AVOD total. Brazil and Mexico combined will provide 64% of the region’s revenues in 2028, with the former adding $2.9 billion and latter $1.6 billion. Commenting on the findings of the report, Simon Murray, principal analyst at Digital TV Research, said: “Five platforms will account for two-thirds [...]

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13 Mar 2023

HbbTV takes off in Poland

The number of homes in Poland with an active HbbTV connection has now passed 1.3 million. Speaking to Wirtualne Media, Jaroslaw Mroczkowski, the strategic advisor at the national transmission company Emitel, added that a milestone in HbbTV development took place in December 2018 with the launch of a service aimed at the supporters of the football club Legia Warsaw. This proved to be very popular among DTT viewers and caught the attention of broadcasters, who could see the potential of HbbTV. Emitel launched its first HbbTV service in 2016, since when they have been also introduced by the public broadcaster TVP and leading national commercial stations Polsat and TVN. HbbTV was also given a boost in Poland by last year’s [...]

13 Mar 2023

Roku

Roku unveils Roku OS 12 with an emphasis on Live TV and Sports Roku has announced the next version of its smart TV OS. That’s Roku OS 12. Which has a focus on Live TV as well as Sports this time around. For Live TV, Roku is going to offer up local news. Which will allow users to watch live news channels personalized by location or stream channels from major cities across the US. This is thanks to Roku having over 350+ free linear TV streaming channels, across many different genres. And now, they’ll be available in one spot. Roku users will be able to search for “local news” on Roku and and also visit the Live TV Zone on [...]

13 Mar 2023

3SS partners with TELUS for Android TV service

3 Screen Solutions (3SS) has entered into a partnership with Canada’s TELUS to launch a new generation Android TV entertainment service. The service offers over 400 channels, over 80,000 On Demand assets, and includes many popular third party streaming apps. Netflix, YouTube and Prime Video are pre-installed and deep-linked. Customers can also install their favourite streaming apps in Google Play Store. TELUS has chosen 3SS’ 3Ready Product Framework for its proven ability to provide a highly viewer-centric, customized UX. It has also deployed new 4K Ultra HD Jade set-top box (STB) from VANTIVA, formerly known as Technicolor. Commenting on the development, Greg Riker, chief revenue officer at ThinkAnalytics, said: “TELUS is able to fully leverage the Think360 platform from ‘cold [...]

13 Mar 2023

Sony

Sony Enters Into Its First CTV Live Streaming Deal With Vidgo Sony, the Japanese technology company, and Vidgo, America’s best value for cord-cutters looking to save money and watch live sports, announced a new deal bringing Vidgo’s premiere streaming service to millions of Sony smart TV viewers across the nation. “56% of US homes own a smart TV and Sony continues to increase its share of TV purchases, despite downturns for the traditional top three brands,” said Paul Erickson, director of research, Parks Associates. Recommended AI: Lion Announces It Will Explore ChatGPT Related AI & NLP Technologies To Empower Digital Program Vidgo is offering all new and existing Sony TV users across the country a free 30-day trial to its [...]

13 Mar 2023

OQEE Ciné

Free lance OQEE Ciné, le nouveau service de films et séries à la demande gratuit pour les abonnés Freebox Free vient de lancer son 1er service d’AVOD (Advertising Video on Demand). Baptisé OQEE Ciné, ce dernier est disponible gratuitement dès ce jour pour tous les abonnés Freebox. Blockbusters, séries cultes, comédies, thrillers, dessins animés, dramas… avec ce nouveau service, l'opérateur entend être le premier à proposer à ses abonnés une offre ciné-séries aussi large, accessible sans surcoût et en illimité. Les abonnés ont accès à OQEE Ciné directement sur leur TV via leur player Freebox ou en mobilité via l’application OQEE by Free. Ainsi, Free permet à ses abonnés de retrouver partout et de manière simple l’ensemble de leurs contenus [...]

13 Mar 2023

Telus

Telus taps 3SS to power next-gen TV service Leading Canadian communications technology company Telus has deployed a 3SS 3Ready-based technology platform to launch a next-generation super-aggregated entertainment service based on Android TV OS. The new entertainment service offers over 400 channels, over 80,000 on-demand assets, and includes popular third party streaming apps such as Netflix, YouTube and Prime Video are pre-installed and deep-linked. Customers can also install their favourite streaming apps in Google Play Store. Other service features include restart, full nPVR, user profiles, 14-day EPG and zones for Sports and Kids. What is said to be core to its strategy to deliver superior Android TV viewing, Telus chose 3SS’ 3Ready Product Framework for its ability to provide a viewer-centric [...]

13 Mar 2023

US pay-TV majors accelerate subs losses in 2022

The downward trajectory of the US pay-TV industry continues unabated with a study from Leichtman Research Group (LRG) showing that major providers lost about 5.88 million subscribers in 2022, about 1.2 million more than in the previous year. The leading pay-TV providers, representing about 92% of the market, now account for about 70.2 million subscribers – with the top seven cable companies having about 37.8 million video subscribers, other traditional pay-TV services having 24.1 million subscribers, and the top publicly reporting Internet-delivered (vMVPD) pay-TV services having 8.3 million subscribers. Looking at market dynamics, LRG found that the top cable providers had a net loss of about 3.530 million video subscribers in 2022, compared with a loss of about 2.695 million [...]

13 Mar 2023

DAZN

DAZN launches women’s sports FAST channel DAZN RISE DAZN will launch a free, ad-supported streaming channel dedicated to women’s sports in Germany and Austria on March 16, 2023. The FAST channel DAZN RISE will initially be available on Samsung TV Plus and waipu.tv, with other platforms such as LG and Cliq to follow. The line-up will include live broadcasts and highlights, in football for example the UEFA Women’s Champions League, the French and Spanish first leagues, Division 1 Féminine and LaLiga Femenina, and from September 2023 the Women’s Bundesliga, as well as golf, handball, basketball, hockey and boxing. Documentaries will also be shown. Upcoming UEFA Women’s Champions League games on DAZN RISE include FC Bayern Munich’s quarter-final matches against FC [...]

13 Mar 2023

wedotv

wedotv launches FAST channels on Freeview Ad-supported streaming service wedotv has launched its FAST channels wedo movies and wedo big stories on UK TV platform Freeview. wedo movies is a movie service featuring high-quality contemporary films. Factual Entertainment channel wedo big stories features nature and science documentaries and outdoor/adventure lifestyle programming. Both are delivered as FAST channels and are now available to consumers on Freeview as part of Channelbox’s bundle of curated channels. “Our focus on FAST is at the centre of our expansion plans for 2023 and we’re pleased to be a part of the Freeview platform in the UK,” said Philipp Rotermund, co-CEO of wedotv. “Bundling our FAST services is going to be the answer to channel discovery [...]