Digital TV News: Paramount

U.S. video streaming hits ceiling in Q3 2024
Oct 31, 2024 – Kantar's has released 3Q 2024 data on the U.S. streaming market. Video streaming now reaches 96% of, or 125 million, households, with certain streamers pulling ahead. The decline of SVOD has accelerated.
News categories: Kantar, Hannah Avery, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, USA

AVOD continues to become more mainstream in Australia
Oct 28, 2024 – Kantar has released data on the Australian video streaming market in Q3 2024. 24% of all households are now watching AVOD services, boosted by the introduction of ads on Prime Video in the quarter.
News categories: Kantar, Australia, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming

More U.S. streaming consumers opting for basic tiers with ads
Oct 22, 2024 – Parks Associates research has found that ad-based tier subscriptions are increasingly being adopted in the U.S. and now account for 57% of the user bases of the leading video streaming services.
News categories: Parks Associates, Sarah Lee, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, USA

Japan's online video industry to increase at 7% CAGR
Oct 22, 2024 – Japan’s online video industry is set to grow at an 7% CAGR over the next five years, accounting for 45% of screen revenue by 2029 versus 35% in 2024, according to Media Partners Asia (MPA).
News categories: Media Partners Asia, Vivek Couto, Digital TV, Japan, Market Research, Streaming

Pay TV and Paid-VOD revenues in Germany rose to €5.4bn in 2023
Oct 16, 2024 – Revenues from pay TV and paid VOD in Germany grew by 8.8% to €5.4 billion in 2023. VAUNET expects additional growth of around 5% for 2024, bringing total revenues to €5.6 billion.
News categories: VAUNET, Frank Giersberg, Tim Werner, Elke Walthelm, Nicole Agudo Berbel, Henning Nieslony, Michael Keidel, Austria, Digital TV, Germany, Subscribers, Switzerland, TV Services

BMW Group brings streaming service Paramount+ to its cars
Oct 9, 2024 – Subscribers can access Paramount+ content offerings via the Video App (DTS AutoStage Video Service Powered by TiVo™) in the latest infotainment systems of BMW and MINI.
News categories: BMW Group, Paramount+, TiVo, Digital TV, In-Car, Streaming, Worldwide

CIMM to assess case for universal content watermarking in the U.S.
Oct 8, 2024 – The CIMM has announced an initiative to assess the role that universal watermarking on TV platforms could play in supporting improved measurement of content and advertising in the US market.
News categories: CIMM, XR Extreme Reach, Jon Watts, Kevin O’Reilly, Irwin Gotlieb, Advertising, Big Data, Content Identification, Digital TV, USA

UKTV joins Freely, the UK's new live and on demand streaming platform
Sep 16, 2024 – Everyone TV has announced that UKTV will bring its on demand service U to new streaming platform, Freely, this month, alongside streamed live channels U&Dave, U&DRAMA, U&W and U&YESTERDAY.
News categories: Everyone TV, UKTV, Jonathan Thompson, Jonathan Newman, Lottie Towler, Digital TV, Smart TV, Streaming, UK

Harmonic VOS360 Ad SaaS validated by FreeWheel
Sep 13, 2024 – Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT) has announced that its VOS®360 Ad SaaS has been officially integrated with FreeWheel’s platform for server-side ad insertion (SSAI) and in-stream advertising.
News categories: Harmonic, FreeWheel, Gil Rudge, Marc Lauriac, Advertising, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IBCShow, Worldwide