OTT / Streaming

Spanish champions Real Madrid are among four elite European football clubs to sign strategic partnerships with Twitch as the global streaming service launches a dedicated sports co... More

DAZN, the anointed ‘Netflix of Sport’, has announced plans to resume launching its services globally via a beta service covering boxing bouts in July and August free of charge ... More

UK pay-TV broadcaster BT Sport will provide free coverage of the 2019/20 men’s Uefa Champions League and Uefa Europa League finals via its official YouTube channel. Tomos Grace, ... More

French football club Marseille will stream two upcoming matches on Twitch, the first French team to do so on the streaming platform. The games against Austrian side FC Pinzgau on 1... More

UK consumers now watch an average of one hour and 30 minutes of streamed content each day and pay for an average of two streaming services according to a consumer survey ... More

With Covid-19’s upheaval of the industry, this disruptive period has accelerated PVOD’s claim to the market. And, given the unprecedented nature of the PVOD business model, the... More

Revenue from free ad-supported video-on-demand services is set to reach nearly $27 billion globally this year, according to one research company. Another report just released by Ma... More

Even during shelter-in-place, interest in video downloads remains stable. Will free video services finally take notice?... More

For the first time, German pay-TV broadcaster Sky Deutschland offers a combined package for movies and series fans on its streaming platform Sky Ticket.... More

Customers of UK pay-TV operator Virgin Media TV can now watch Sky Cinema channels, as well as hundreds of movies on demand, via its Virgin TV Go app for the first time. Previously,... More

Online video sharing platforms, such as YouTube, need not reveal the personal details of users that illegally upload copyrighted material. The ruling from the European Court of Jus... More

Global digital sport broadcaster DAZN has rekindled its 2020 expansion plans by opening up its new boxing-focused streaming platform for beta testing later this month. The subscrip... More

Disney+ will be available in HDR for the first time as part of an upgrade to the Sky Q set-top. The platform is releasing a new expanded view UI, simplified new show and sports cen... More

As it is increasingly seen as a shelter for low-budget content consumption, the AVOD market is expected to increase fast on a global scale, driven by the launch of new major player... More

Stay-at-home measures have been very good for SVOD platforms. According to a new survey, 23 percent of consumers added a streaming video service subscription since the start of the... More

ViacomCBS has agreed a distribution deal with Sky to bring its pay TV brands on the Sky Store. This deal will see programming from MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon purchasable ... More

The BBC iPlayer has continued to flourish during the coronavirus pandemic as Brits continue to be stuck inside, with the broadcaster announcing that May has become the service’s ... More

The average industry churn rate for OTT services in the first quarter rose to 41% vs. 35% in the first quarter of 2019, according to a new report published by research company Park... More

As the Cannes online market moves forward, it’s no doubt that streamers are still the big story in the indie world — and as European producers try to restart shoots as lockdown... More

While recent shutdowns and work stoppages engendered by this year’s pandemic have led to a halt in France’s normally robust exhibition landscape, streaming platforms — both i... More