OTT/Streaming
Will Movie Theaters Survive When Audiences Can Stream New Releases? (HBR)
Warner Brothers made waves recently when it announced that all of the movies it will release in 2021 will be available on HBO Max subscription streaming service—on the same day t... More
Shows on the Rise: New and Exciting Content Takes Control (TV Time)
January premieres continue to delight starting with the Disney+ debut of WandaVision (No. 1).... More
Key Strategies, Solutions for Network Service Providers in Eurasia Through 2021
Technicolor’s Mercedes Pastor provides an update on technologies and features that are emerging as critical to the success of NSPs in Europe and Asia moving into 2021.... More
Paramount+ to Launch in U.S., Latin America on March 4 (Light Reading)
ViacomCBS did not announce pricing for Paramount+, a service that will debut with about 30,000 TV shows and movies from the media company's stable of networks and studios, includin... More
2021 Streaming Movie Wars to Trigger a Consumer Upgrade Rush? (nScreenMedia)
Battle for attention shifts to movies in 2021.... More
Disney Will Release ‘Nomadland’ Simultaneously in Theaters and on Hulu (Engadget)
Disney is ready to experiment with a movie release that is available simultaneously in theaters and on one of its streaming services.... More
Top OTT Strategies to Address in 2021 (Videonet)
The proliferation of content across an increasingly broad range of devices and direct-to-consumer offerings is one such trend that shows a high potential for growth as we enter a n... More
AI Generated Music: Who Gets the Royalties? (Vistex Blog)
Is feeding AI copyrighted music to create new music deemed legal under the current copyright law?... More
Ampere: New European Milestone for Netflix (BTN)
Netflix became the second largest TV group in Europe in revenue terms last year, according to the latest research by Ampere Analysis. TV revenue includes broadcast advertising inco... More
African OTT Market Set for Rapid Expansion (DTE)
The market is set for an explosion of growth over the coming years, with revenues increasing by well over US$1 billion from 2020.... More
U.S., Western Europe Streaming TV Hit All-Time High (RTN)
Driven by the phenomenon of compounding, both combining and adding to services, the rapid growth of streaming TV, accelerated even further in 2020 by Covid-19 and widespread lockdo... More
TAG Adds Dolby Atmos Support to Monitoring, Multiviewer Solution (TVBE)
Enables broadcasters to verify, validate and ensure error-free video and audio content delivery for MPEG-TS and OTT sources.... More
Wonder Woman 1984, Hamilton’s Three Biggest Lessons for Streaming (The Verge)
Wonder Woman 1984 and Hamilton were two of 2020’s biggest films — at least where streaming was concerned. Recent third-party data suggests both releases drove crowds of subscri... More
Asia’s Online Video Market Surpasses $30B as SVOD Subs Surge (Señal News)
SVOD has grown by 34% in 2020 to US$16.3bn in revenues, with China contributing 58%. YouTube is racking up the largest revenue in the area, taking up 60% of the total in the region... More
Shows on the Rise: January Premieres are Here! (TV Time)
The new year continues to usher in great television! With a rise ratio of 100%, Netflix crime-drama Lupin makes a strong debut at No. 1, just barely beating the release of docuseri... More
Young Consumers Watch as Much Online Video as Linear TV (Señal News)
13 to 24-year-old consumers who watch online videos at least weekly estimate that they watch 11.4 hours of non-TV online video content per week, nearly identical to the 11.8 hours ... More
Lionsgate Sets Premium VOD Release for New Comedy (THR)
Lionsgate's Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar comedy is headed to a premium VOD release after a planned July 16, 2020 theatrical launch was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic.... More
Streaming Boom Reaches 2021 Crossroads (Deadline)
After a landmark year when several new billion-dollar streaming services jockeyed for attention, there is a big question greeting the new class as 2021 begins: Where from here?... More
Sony’s 360-Degree Audio is Coming to Streaming Video (The Verge)
The company says it’s working with record labels and service providers to start streaming video content with 360 Reality Audio later this year, and the first example will be a li... More
Analyst: Bundling is Next Step in Streaming Evolution (AT)
Bundling will characterise global TV throughout 2021 as the streaming TV boom forces a re-engineering of the TV value chain and the strategies for reaching the end viewer, accordin... More