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Carlisle United, Endeavor team for OTT service

EFL club Carlisle United has partnered with Endeavor Streaming to launch its global streaming service, CUTV. The EFL League Two club will stream every league game live internationally to reach new audiences around the world and drive deeper engagement with its fans. Powered by Endeavor Streaming’s Vesper platform, CUTV will also offer viewers in the […]

July 15, 2024

Austria: ATEME powers Drei TV

Ateme, a specialist in video compression, delivery and streaming solutions, has announced that it is powering Drei TV’s OTT streaming service for more than 60 channels. By leveraging ATEME’s technology alongside Drei TV, a leading television service provider in Austria, the collaboration seeks to enhance service quality and deliver a superior user experience to its […]

June 28, 2024

Pixellot partners with Belgian hockey league

Pixellot, a specialist in AI-automated sports production technology, and Belgium’s Top Hockey League have announced a partnership. With a focus on live streaming and digital transformation, this collaboration aims to enhance the fan experience and unlock new monetisation opportunities through commercial sponsorship of the league and its clubs. Following the successful project launch in March, […]

June 26, 2024

South Africa: Sentech launches Freevision Play

Sentech has launched Freevision Play, an OTT platform designed to grant South African viewers free access to a number of local TV and radio channel. Freevision Play is accessible to all South African residents with an active Internet connection and is compatible across all screens – smartphones, tablets, and smart TVs. To access the service, […]

June 20, 2024

Research: Programmatic trading 43% of OTT ad investment in Q1

In Q1 2024, large US advertisers expanded their overall ad spend +7 per cent compared to the year prior. Digital Media carried that increase with +18 per cent, the biggest quarterly growth since Q1 2o22. This is according to Guideline, a source of truth for advertising spend and pricing data, which captures actual agency media […]

May 23, 2024

Joymo strikes WBSC Europe partnership

Joymo has secured a long-term partnership with the World Baseball Softball Confederation Europe (WBSC Europe) as the exclusive provider of its owned and operated OTT streaming services. The agreement, confirmed after a competitive pitch process, has seen Joymo develop and build a new digital content platform baseballeurope.tv which is now live and will broadcast baseball, […]

May 22, 2024

Vantiva sells 22m STBs powered by Android TV

Vantiv has sold 22 million set-top boxes (STBs) powered by Android TV to date, strengthening its 25 per cent market share as of the end of 2023 according to the latest Omdia STB Q3 2023 report. Vantiva has deployed Android TV since it first became available, implementing more than 30 upgrades and providing the most […]

April 17, 2024

Globant, Quickplay launch Media Archive AI

Globant, a digitally native company focused on reinventing businesses through technology solutions, and Quickplay, a specialist in cloud transformations of OTT experiences, have announced their collaboration to help OTT providers optimise the value of archival media footage to drive viewer engagement and monetisation across the telecom and media & entertainment industries. The two companies are […]

April 15, 2024

Nielsen, Circle City renew local TV measurement

Nielsen, the specialist in audience measurement, data and analytics, has announced a multi-year renewal with Circle City Broadcasting, Indiana’s only locally owned and operated broadcast and digital news media network, for Local TV measurement. As part of the new agreement, Circle City will now leverage Nielsen’s local OTT measurement, which measures local audiences across both […]

March 27, 2024

Forecast: E Europe OTT revenues to soar

OTT TV episode and movie revenues for 22 Eastern European countries will reach $6.96 billion (€6.43bn) in 2029, up from $3.82 billion in 2023, according to the Eastern Europe OTT TV & Video Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. From the $3.1 billion additional revenues between 2023 and 2029, Russia will provide $1 […]

March 25, 2024