Amazon enforce developer policy starting September 1st 2023 - Amazon will soon require international app developers who offer ad-supported streaming video services available to Fire TV users to opt into their in-house ad publishing service or, where unavailable, offer up…
Virgin Media O2 launches suite of FAST channels- Virgin Media O2 has partnered with A+E Networks EMEA, All3Media International, Banijay Rights, Blue Ant Media, Extreme International, Fremantle, Little Dot Studios and Tastemade to produce a selection of FAST channels. They’ll…
Netflix touts AI jobs at $900k amid Hollywood strikes, triggering an angry response from striking Hollywood actors and writers after posting a job advert for an artificial intelligence (AI) expert. The new position would join its Machine Learning Platform team,…
Spotify raises premium subscription price for millions for the first time on its single account premium plan. This is the first time it has raised prices since 2011 and it is also hiking other services as well. In the UK,…
FAST is Dead and technology companies killed it... TV was great as it was it just needed some efficiencies. FAST: The Future of Television or the End of Content Creation? FAST, which stands for Free Ad-Supported Television, is a streaming…
FAST Men: The Evolution Of TV Ad Buying, past and present. New York City, 1996 In a dimly lit room, thick with cigarette smoke, TV ad buyers leaned back in leather chairs, a tumbler of bourbon in one hand and…
ZEASN buys Foxxum and rlaxx TV for an undisclosed fee. As a result, this positions itself as a leading provider of CTV operating systems (OS) and AVOD/FAST products in the market. Furthermore, the combined companies have an installed base of…
Streaming platforms and TV driving economic growth in the UK - Finder.com stated that 9 out of 10 households in the UK used streaming platforms in 2022. Furthermore, 58% of most households in the United Kingdom have at least one streaming…
YouTube TV is to offer NFL Sunday Ticket-Max bundle after teaming up with Google and Warner Bros. Discovery. They plan to introduce a YouTube TV off that bundles NFL Sunday Ticket and Max SVOD service. Philipp Schindler, SVP and CBO…
OTT is the rising star for Cable Television Companies and Local Sports Leagues. The broadcasting domain is being transformed by over-the-top technologies, and the sports broadcast doesn’t stand aside. OTT video streaming technologies have influenced traditional sportscasts and viewing experiences.…