January 31, 2019

Featured News

SpotX Parent Company RTL Group Acquires Yospace for $33M

Creating a well-rounded ad tech portfolio, RTL Group adds Yospace's server-side dynamic ad insertion technology to its assets.

Worldwide Pay TV Subscribers in Decline for First Time Ever

According to Informitv, the number of cable and satellite subscribers fell, but is this a sign of things to come or just a weak quarter?

Movie Tickets Sales Are Declining, But Don't Blame SVOD Services

Think SVODs are the reason people don't go to the movies as often anymore? Think again: High prices are the true culprit.

Featured Articles

BARB Fingers SVOD for Rise in 'Unidentified Viewing'

BARB's best guess of growing SVOD viewing habits is that Netflix, Amazon, and Sky Now are the cause, accounting for 19% of total activity in 2018

Sky: Personalisation is a Powerful Proposition

In this Streaming Forum keynote preview, Sky portfolio & program manager Deepa Kutty shares the broadcaster's current and future plans for targeted programming and advertising

DAZN CTO: OTT Will Replace Broadcast TV

In this Streaming Forum keynote preview, DAZN Group CTO Florian Diederichsen talks about the future of OTT and the sport SVOD service's rapid growth: "Our vision is to do for sport what Spotify has done for music and Netflix has done for TV."

Industry News

Netflix and YouTube rank first in video services in Brazil

In Brazil, Netflix and YouTube are consistently the first choice of video services, across all devices. Collectively, 28 percent of respondents claim they turn to Netflix first when looking for something to watch, followed by YouTube at 24 percent.

NHK WORLD-JAPAN, Japan’s Global 24-Hour, English-Language Television Channel, Joins ROKU, America’s Most Popular Streaming TV Platform

NHK WORLD-JAPAN Now Distributing Japanese Lifestyle and News Programming in English to U.S. Markets via Roku

Streamroot joins the Streaming Video Alliance to help shape the future of online video

As a principal member, Streamroot joins industry leaders in developing best practices, guidelines and technical specifications that address critical challenges in online video.