- A new report produced by
Caretta Research
on behalf of digital video experience company
爱迪德
has found that more than three-quarters of pay-TV, telco and streaming operators have moved towards a single common backend platform to serve all devices and consumer platforms.The findings of the report are based on research across the video entertainment industry conducted in January and February 2024, with more than 60 operators, streamers and broadcasters in every global region surveyed.News source
TVBEurope
: https://www.tvbeurope.com/media-delivery/report-80-per-cent-of-pay-tv-telco-and-vod-operators-have-unified-their-streaming-tech-stack
- Broadcaster
RTL Group
saw strong growth in streaming last year but its top line was hit by lower TV advertising sales and the performance of production arm
Fremantle
in 2023.Reporting its full year results, RTL said that paying subscribers for its streaming services in Germany, Hungary and France were up 30.5% to 5.6 million last year, while streaming revenue was up 72.6% to €283 million.On the strength of its growth last year, and following the sale of Dutch streamer Videoland (which is expected to close in mid-2024) and the group’s launch of M6+ in France RTL now expects to have nine million paying streaming subscribers by 2026, with around €750 million of streaming revenue.News source
Digital TV Europe
: https://www.digitaltveurope.com/2024/03/14/rtl-looks-to-streaming-growth-after-tough-year/
-
Paramount
Global has agreed the sale of its entire 13% stake in India’s
Viacom18 Media Private Limited
to majority owner Reliance for approximately US$517 million.In a regulatory note, Paramount said the sale was conditional on completion of the joint venture partnership between Reliance, Viacom18 and Star Disney.Once the deal is closed, Paramount will continue to license content to Viacom18, it said.Paramount’s sale of its stake follows the agreement between Reliance, Viacom18 and Disney to combine Viacom18 and Star India in a joint venture, with Reliance agreeing to invest US$1.4 billion into the venture to fuel growth.The JV will be controlled by Reliance with a 16.34% share ,with Viacom18 holding 46.82% and Disney
华特迪士尼公司
36.84%.News source
Digital TV Europe
: https://www.digitaltveurope.com/2024/03/14/reliance-to-acquire-paramount-stake-in-viacom18/
- The
National Basketball Association (NBA)
and
Youtube
have announced an agreement to make NBA League Pass, the league’s live game subscription service, available for purchase on Germany’s YouTube Primetime Channels.Through the agreement, YouTube Primetime Channels subscribers in Germany will have access to live and on-demand NBA games and content via NBA League Pass, including regular-season games, the Emirates NBA Cup (previously named the NBA In-Season Tournament), NBA All-Star, the Play-In Tournament, the Playoffs, and NBA Finals.News source
Advanced Television
: https://advanced-television.com/2024/03/15/germany-nba-league-pass-on-youtube-primetime-channels/
-
AMC Networks
and
BBC Studios
are to launch
BBC News
on FAST platforms in the United States.The 24-hour live news channel will make its debut on
Pluto TV
,
Samsung TV Plus
, Xumo Play, VIZIO WatchFree+, Sling Freestream and
Plex, Inc.
.“This is a significant milestone for the BBC as this launch will more than double the current reach and availability of the BBC News channel in the U.S. at a time when access to independent news and information is more important than ever,” said Tara Maitra, Chief Commercial Officer, Global Media & Streaming, BBC Studios. “We’re proud to launch this channel with the support of so many of the leading CTV/FAST platform partners as we continue to expand the footprint of BBC News and bring the BBC’s journalism to wider audiences in the region.”FAST channels have become a significant outlet for News with
Euronews
,
NBC News
Now and
彭博资讯
all available in the format.News source
Broadband TV News
: https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2024/03/14/bbc-news-launches-as-fast-channel-in-the-united-states/
-
France tv distribution
will be at
SERIES MANIA
next week with Enjoy!, a drama series based on Benoit Marchisio’s novel Tout Complices!.The series was originally created for France Télévisions’ streamer France.tv Slash and is now headed for the international market via the sales arm of the public broadcast network.It follows a delivery boy for fictional home-delivery app Enjoy!, who lands a dream job as an intern on a 24-hour news channel with a reactionary editorial line. His destiny soon collides with Igor, an ambitious young lawyer who dreams of defending great cases.News source
Deadline Hollywood
: https://deadline.com/2024/03/france-tv-distribution-enjoy-launch-series-mania-1235857388/
It was an underwhelming evening for streaming at the Oscars with Netflix the only platform to come away with an award. Its short film, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar won best live action short.
The best picture award still eludes the studio after Maestro missed out to big winner of the night Oppenheimer.
With Christopher Nolan’s atomic bomb epic scooping 7 awards, and its cinematic companion from last summer Barbie winning best original song, the enduring ken-ergy of Barbenheimer still lives on and has undoubtedly cemented live cinema’s importance in the entertainment experience.
But with several of the nominated pictures now available on demand, expect a flurry of streaming activity from audiences off the back of the awards, further confirming how cinema and streaming can co-exist harmoniously!
Thank you to
Adwanted Events
and
The Media Leader UK
for accommodating PA TV Metadata team members at the Connected TV World Summit earlier this week.
It was great to see industry players come together to discuss the future of connected TV and gain more insights around TV distribution. Congratulations on a fantastic event!
There is a plethora of content on The Media Leader site about the event that shares the findings from the many intriguing sessions.
Our Head of Client Services
Paul Wallace
enjoyed the event, where he was in attendance with Senior Sales Executive
Wafee ??'s Rashid
and Product Manager
Ash Gausden
.
Houston, we have a huge problem in this week’s Critic’s Picks of the latest TV shows and films on streaming channels.
Experience a close encounter with
Damon Smith
’s out of this world recommendations and the platforms you can find them on:
If you have a story or an opinion piece you would like to contribute, get in contact with the team here.
Stay tuned for next week's article.
