Digital TV News: TVO

30% of EU SVOD viewing time goes to content from the EU plus UK
Mar 28, 2024 – The European Audiovisual Observatory has published reports analysing the consumption of films and TV seasons on SVOD, and the offer of films and TV seasons in VOD catalogues, in the EU.
News categories: European Audiovisual Observatory, JustWatch, Goldmedia, Christian Grece, Jean-Augustin Tran, Digital TV, EU, Market Research, Streaming, UK

Rakuten TV announces telco deals in Europe at MWC 2024
Feb 27, 2024 – Rakuten TV has announced new deals in Europe at MWC 2024, extending its agreement with 1&1 to include AVOD content, and adding partnerships with Agile TV in Italy and Masmedia TV in Spain.
News categories: Rakuten TV, 1&1, Agile TV, Masmedia TV, Jorge del Puerto, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, MWC24

castLabs' DRM and Synamedia forensic watermarking for new Plex TVOD service
Feb 13, 2024 – Plex has opted for castLabs cloud-based DRMtoday for their newly launched TVOD service: Plex Rentals. The premium library is secured using Synamedia's ContentArmor forensic watermarking.
News categories: castLabs, Synamedia, Plex, Michael Stattmann, Alain Durand, Shawn Eldridge, Digital TV, DRM, Streaming, USA, Watermarking

Nordic video market approaching €10 billion in revenue
Dec 19, 2023 – According to Mediavision, growth in the Nordic TV and video market is projected to have continued in 2023, with total revenues expected to reach EUR 9.8 billion for the year.
News categories: Mediavision, Fredrik Liljeqvist, Broadcast, Denmark, Digital TV, Finland, Market Research, Norway, Streaming, Sweden

Kinostar launching FAST channel in collaboration with OKAST
Dec 18, 2023 – Kinostar is launching a FAST channel, Turk on Video Free, in collaboration with OKAST. Launched under the umbrella of the FAST4EU consortium, the channel will be available on Amazon Freevee.
News categories: OKAST, Kinostar, Cédric Monnier, Michael Roesch, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Europe, Streaming

TNA Wrestling partners with Endeavor Streaming for VOD distribution
Dec 8, 2023 – TNA Wrestling (formerly IMPACT Wrestling) has partnered with Endeavor Streaming to deliver its global, on-demand streaming service, TNA+, to fans, launching Friday, January 5.
News categories: Endeavor Streaming, TNA Wrestling, Pete Bellamy, Scott D'Amore, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Streaming, USA

Rakuten TV VOD now available via Zattoo on 1&1 in Germany
Dec 6, 2023 – 1&1 has launched a video-on-demand service, 1&1 Cinema, with Zattoo and Rakuten TV, with Zattoo integrating Rakuten TV's TVoD into the Zattoo-developed white label TV platform of 1&1.
News categories: Zattoo, Rakuten TV, 1&1, Jörg Meyer, Jorge del Puerto, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Germany, IPTV

Pixalate releases Q3 2023 CTV SSP market share reports
Nov 6, 2023 – Pixalate has released its Q3 2023 CTV Supply Side Platform (SSP) Market Share Reports for Apple TV, Roku, Samsung TV, and Amazon Fire TV.
News categories: Pixalate, Advertising, Digital TV, Europe, Latin America, Market Research, North America, Streaming

Alteox brings Rakuten TV films to PostTV in Luxembourg
Oct 17, 2023 – Alteox has made available Rakuten TV's catalogue of international films on its streaming platform, enabling POST Telecom to offer the content on-demand to its subscribers in Luxembourg.
News categories: Alteox, Rakuten TV, POST Telecom, Sven Breckler, Jorge Del Puerto, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Luxembourg