VOD Industry 101: New Staff Briefing
Not a complete guide but here’s some of the material that we cover when a new starter joins VOD Professional. A new recruit, Juliana, joined us here at VOD Professional last month and on her first day, I gave her an overview of the online video industry. I [...]
10 VOD Talking Points for 2019
Eschewing the tradition of trying to predict what’s going to happen over the next year, here instead are some OTT industry developments that I think we’ll be talking about in 2019.
RTL Group to Acquire Yospace
Yospace solution provides targeted and seamless advertising insertion on streaming services; its acquisition will help to further grow RTL Group’s global ad-tech business and to build local streaming champions
TiVo Releases New Churn Analysis from its Personalised Content Discovery Platform
Key findings reveal that activating a full suite of personalisation tools reduces churn from a pay-TV subscriber universe up to three times
Sky invests in Synamedia
Synamedia, the largest independent video software provider, today announced that Sky, Europe’s leading media and entertainment company, has taken a stake in the business, joining majority shareholder the Permira funds. Sky’s shareholding reinforces Synamedia’s position as a strategic long-term technology partner to a growing roster of market-leading pay-TV [...]
Digital Now Makes up 72% of all UK Video Revenues
Overall video spend in 2018 was £2.34 billion, up 26% on 2017. Physical retail was down 17%; physical rental revenues now just £31.8 million.
Accedo Raises $17M in Growth Capital to Accelerate Innovation
Accedo, the video experience pioneer has today revealed that it has raised $17M in equity to further drive its growth over the coming years. This round of financing was led by SEB Private Equity, a Stockholm based private equity team and already a substantial investor in Accedo. Accedo was [...]
Synamedia launches Credentials Sharing Insight
Turns casual password sharing into incremental revenues for service providers
Powerful New Google Assistant Actions and Cloud-to-Cloud Integration for Android TV™ Now Enabled by 3READY
Latest advances through partnership with Google galvanize 3SS’ leadership as go-to Android TV enabler
DEG, EMA and MovieLabs Release Updated Specifications for use by Studios, Retailers and Service Providers
DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group (DEG), the Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA) and Motion Pictures Laboratories, Inc. (MovieLabs), together with member studios, retailers, and service providers, have approved and released four updated supply chain specifications for digital distribution of film and TV. The specifications were developed and reviewed jointly [...]
Eleven Sports UK Faces Closure
Eleven Sports, the OTT service which holds the rights to stream football from Italy's Serie A and Spain's La Liga leagues, as well as the Ultimate Fighting Championship, is facing closure just four months after launching in the UK according to the Guardian. Eleven Sports, which is currently [...]
Supplier Evaluation Spreadsheet
Evaluating five vendor proposals to build new VOD apps on HbbTV and games consoles. Spreadsheet includes CAPEX and OPEX spend as well as a 4-year Total Cost of Ownership model.
Hopster Launches VOD Service on Sling TV
Subscription costs $5 a month; service available to Sling customers on Roku, Amazon and Android devices.
IAB Europe launches Connected TV White Paper
Paper examines key opportunities and challenges such as growth of advertising, measurement and creativity
We’re Now into the Fourth Major VOD Product Cycle
Do you remember the first time you heard about video-on-demand? My introduction to the concept was in 1998 when I was working at Nettec PLC, an early internet consultancy, and I visited the offices of a potential client, Bryan Morrison, a music producer and agent, in London. A [...]
Viewer Relationships… Not Data Strategies, Steve Forde, ITV
ITV is enhancing the direct connection it now has with its viewers - through its digital and real world experiences - into a mutually beneficial relationship. It views data as the enabler and by-product, but the viewer relationship is the focus. Data is cold and transactional. Relationships engage [...]
Beyond Catch-up – When VOD Steps out the Shadow of Linear TV, Kristian Waneck, DR
As viewers – especially younger audiences – turn their backs on linear TV, DR is repositioning DRTV from being a catch up service to a destination in its own right, targeting users that missed not just a particular show but DR’s linear channels altogether. DR is relaunching DRTV [...]
Personalisation, Prioritisation & other Product Management Challenges, Sarah Milton, Channel 4
All 4’s unique proposition combines a vast catalogue of premium TV boxsets with live broadcast channels, 30 day catch up and a growing collection of exclusive shows, all completely free and available on over 20 different platforms. s. With this offering come some unique - and some not [...]
Confessions of a Professional Couch Potato, Ashley Grossman, Liberty Global
Liberty Global is the world's largest TV and Broadband company with over 25 million customers in 30+ countries. This talk will follow its journey of developing an ambitious new TV experience for a diverse audience in a rapidly evolving industry landscape where exciting new features like voice and [...]
Creating Moments that Matter, Christoffer Kittel, Viaplay
As the VOD industry comes of age and matures, how do services differentiate beyond technical excellence? How can brands align around a big vision, find their identity and competitive edge? By focusing on brand position and a principles framework, Viaplay is on a journey to define itself and [...]
