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Sky Sports Agrees to Wait for £170M Owed by Premier League Clubs (TVB Europe)
The Premier League has reportedly reached an agreement with Sky Sports so that clubs can defer payment a collective rebate worth more than £170 million until the 2021-22 season. I... More
ASR in Captioning (AppTek Blog)
Commercial applications for Automatic Speech Recognition have been around since 1990. The technology was bound to achieve significant success with typists who no longer needed to ... More
TV Consumption Returns to its Normal Values in Italy (Senal News)
During the lockdown period, Italians greatly increased television consumption but with the start of Phase 2 in the country, the values are returning to normal levels. Instead... More
OTT, SVOD Players Increase Reach in UK Homes (Rapid TV News)
After passing 50% for the first time in Q4 2019, the proportion of UK homes with a subscription to at least one of Netflix, Amazon Prime Video or Now TV increased to 53% in Q1 2020... More
Barcelona Kicks Off New Streaming Service (TVB Europe)
Spanish football giant Barcelona is joining the streaming wars with a new SVOD service, Barca TV Plus. It includes 3,000 videos and 1,000 hours of content including live and delaye... More
Amazon UK Will Stream Some English Premier League Games for Free (Engadget)
Amazon first started showing live Premier League football matches in the UK last year and will do so again this summer, but because of restrictions imposed by the ongoing coronavir... More
AMC Networks Announces UK Distribution Deals With Apple, Amazon for Acorn TV (DTE)
Acorn TV, the British content streamer owned and operated by AMC Networks, has announced distribution deals with Apple and Amazon. After launching in April, the streamer will be ac... More
Spanish OTT Use Rises With 40% Using Streaming Services (TBI)
Over four in 10 Spanish homes with internet access were accessing streaming video services such as Netflix, HBO and Amazon Prime Video at the end of last year, according to new dat... More
