OTT/Streaming
Research: Gen Z Key to Streaming’s Future Financial Success (TV Tech)
40% of Gen Z consumers are paying between $75-100 for digital subscriptions, a more significant amount than any other generation, according to Amdocs.... More
Luminate: Global Streaming Volumes hit 7.1T in 2023 (MusicWeek)
The global total of on-demand song streams (audio and video) was 7.1 trillion (up 33.7% year on year), while global on-demand audio song streams broke the four trillion mark for th... More
Whip Media Deploys AI-Powered Tools Across Its SaaS Solutions to Solve FAST Reporting Challenges and Predict Content, Consumer Trends
Whip Media, the leading enterprise software platform and data provider to the world’s largest entertainment organisations, today announced at CES new functionality to its SaaS te... More
Global Music Streams Grew by 33.7% to 7.1T in 2023 (Music Ally)
Yes, that’s 7. 1 trillion music streams last year across the world. The stat comes from research firm Luminate’s 2023 Year-End Music Report. The 7.1tn streams were across audio... More
Whip Media Announces Expanded Agreement with PBS Distribution for FAST Performance Tracking, Financial Automation
Whip Media and PBS Distribution announced at CES 2024 an expanded agreement. PBS Distribution currently utilizes Whip Media's performance tracking and finance solution for their bu... More
TiVo Launches TiVo Broadband Streaming Platform (TV Tech)
TiVo Broadband provides operators with a streaming platform they can market to broadband only subs.... More
Reelgood: Analyzing the Holiday Movie Programming of the Major U.S. Streaming Services
Back in the “old days,” when a lot more folks watched broadcast and cable television, periods like the end-of-year holidays were referred to as having high “HUT” levels —... More
Netflix Drills Down on Viewership Data (BTN)
Netflix has published a comprehensive guide to its most watched shows covering some 18,000 titles. The streamer says What We Watched: A Netflix Engagement Report will now be publis... More
Ampere: Disney+ and Hulu combined would own the most popular titles in the US (BTN)
The combination of the two services would have one-third of the 100 most-popular titles in the United States. Combined the Disney+/Hulu app will offer 9000 distinct movies and TV s... More
Amazon Prime Video to Air Live Boxing in 2024 (TV Tech)
Prime Video will be home to Premier Boxing Champions’ PPV events, championship bouts, behind-the-scenes docuseries, and other content ... More
Disney+ Adds a Hulu Tab as the Streaming Services Start Integrating (Engadget)
The idea is to make it easier to access everything you might want to watch in one app.... More
Paramount+ Launches in Japan (BTN)
Paramount+ has made its debut on the Japanese cablenet J:COM and premium pay platform WOWOW. The launch means that the Paramount Global streaming service is now present in all the ... More
Survey: 70% Want More Control Over Streaming Experience (Advanced Television)
As streaming providers continue to compete for customer loyalty, 70 per cent of consumers want better control over their experience. Findings show consumers would prefer to create ... More
Big Media Secures Multi-series Output Seal with Germany’s ZDF Studios
New York-based Big Media, a leading factual production company and channel provider, has secured a multi-series output deal with ZDF Studios for German-speaking territories. The fi... More
Paramount+ Content Deal with LATAM Airlines (Advanced Television)
Paramount+, the streaming service from Paramount, has announced a partnership with LATAM Airlines Group to launch a Paramount+ Branded Channel on over 300 aircrafts across 148 dest... More
Consumer Spending on Streaming Jumped 20% YoY in Q3 2023 (TV Tech)
Streaming spending rose to $9.3 billion as overall consumer spending on digital home entertainment spending approached $10.7B Billion in Q3 2023 according to a new report.... More
Reelgood: Which Services are Maintaining Their Value Proposition … and Which Ones are Not
It’s no secret that the price of subscription streaming keeps going up. But which streaming services are keeping up with these price hikes by upping their catalog game? Reelgood ... More
2023 Streaming Media Readers’ Choice Award for EZDRM
EZDRM has again been recognized for their continuing leadership in the critical DRM and Content Protection category and has been announced as the 2023 Readers' Choice Award winner.... More
Disney Plus Reaches 150M Subscribers (TVBE)
As part of its Q4 2023 results, The Walt Disney Company revealed it has added what it describes as 7 million “core” Disney Plus subscribers in the fourth quarter. The company s... More
Edgio Partners with Wurl to Introduce FAST Syndication for Channels, Platforms
Edgio announced a partnership with Wurl to offer global FAST syndication via Edgio's Uplynk service. With FAST Syndication powered by Wurl, Edgio customers can generate linear chan... More