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Analyst: Top 10 pay-TV operators to lose $20bn

Analyst: Top 10 pay-TV operators to lose $20bn April 23, 2018 Despite adding 84 million subscribers between 2017 and 2023, subscription and PPV revenues for the world’s top 517 pay-TV operators will fall by $18 billion (€14.67bn) to $183 billion, according to analyst firm Digital TV Research. From the total, 29 pay-TV operators earned more…
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Netflix Could Start Buying Movie Theaters to Help Films Gain a Boost in Oscar Race — Report

Netflix has made a strong effort to land Oscar nominations since debuting its first original feature, “Beasts of No Nation,” in 2015. The next step in the streaming giant’s plan to secure film awards could be to buy and own movie theaters. A new report from the Los Angeles Times says Netflix is considering buying theaters…
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Dailymotion OTT app arrives on Amazon Fire products

  Vivendi’s leading European online video service Dailymotion has expanded its distribution, bringing premium publisher partnerships to Amazon’s Fire TV and Fire TV Stick. Effective immediately, the introduction of Dailymotion to Amazon’s smart TV product is the latest in a series of over-the-top (OTT) video integrations that include Apple TV, Android TV and XBox One….
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Cannes: Nicolas Cage’s ‘Mandy’ and Gaspar Noe’s ‘Climax’ Lead 2018 Directors’ Fortnight Lineup

Nicolas Cage is heading to Cannes. The festival’s parallel sidebar Directors’ Fortnight has announced the 17 features that will screen this year, and the group includes world premieres from international favorites like Gaspar Noe’ and Ciro Guerra, plus acclaimed titles like “Mandy” and “Leave No Trace” that first wowed audiences at Sundance earlier this year. Read…
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Stream or silver screen: Netflix pulls plug on Cannes, is Hollywood next?

Tilda Swinton in the Netflix film Okja, directed by Bong Joon-ho. Audiences booed the Netflix logo when it was shown at the Cannes film festival in 2017. Photograph: Kimberly French/Jae Hyuk Lee Netflix’s decision to pull out of the Cannes film festival highlights the tension between streaming companies and the cinema industry over how movies…
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The official selection for Cannes 2018

Main Competition Everybody Knows by Asghar Farhadi En Guerre Stéphane Brizé Dogman by Matteo Garrone Le Livre D’Image by Jean-Luc Godard Sorry Angel by Christophe Honoré Asako I & II by Ryusuke Hamaguchi Girls of the Sun by Eva Husson Ash is Purest White by Jia Zhangke Shoplifters by Hirokazu Koreeda Capernaum by Nadine Labaki Burning by Lee Chang-dong Blackkklansman by Spike Lee Under the Silver Lake…
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La sélection officielle pour Cannes 2018

Cette 71ème édition du festival de Cannes se déroulera du 8 au 19 mai   La liste des films en compétition Everybody Knows (Todos lo saben) d’Asghar Farhadi (en ouverture) En Guerre de Stéphane Brizé Dogman de Matteo Garrone Le livre d’image de Jean-Luc Godard Netemo Sametemo (Asako I & II) de Ryusuke Hamaguchi Plaire, aimer et courir vite (Sorry…
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44 million LATAM homes consume OTT content

  Watching video online is part of the daily routine for 44 million households in Latin America, with subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) platforms being the region’s favourite, according to Business Bureau. The Business Bureau Book 2018 report found that penetration of over-the-top (OTT) services has increased across the region over the last couple of years, with…
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Analyst: Global pay-TV to gain 95m subs

April 10, 2018 Ninety-five million additional pay-TV subscribers are set to be added between 2017 and 2023 to take the global total to 1.1 billion, according to Digital TV Research. Based on forecasts for 138 countries, the number of pay-TV subscribers passed 1 billion in 2017. The Global Pay TV Subscriber Forecasts report concludes that…
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Analyst: Large 4K/UHD sets dominate market

Paul Gray, IHS Markit’s Research Director, says that 4K/UHD sets now represent more than half of all sets shipped in North America and over two-thirds in China. Gray, speaking at MIPTV in Cannes on April 9th, and where 4K/UHD content is being extensively screened over the 4 days of the market, said that the average…
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Blockchain Network Treeti Partners With Independent Filmmaker Project

/.c-breadcrumbs Treeti, a new blockchain network for entertainment business co-founded by former MGM, Sony, and Starz marketing executive Amorette Jones, is partnering with the Independent Filmmaker Project. IFP helps budding filmmakers get their projects off the ground and has supported work by Ava DuVernay, Barry Jenkins, Dee Rees, Ryan Coogler, and Denis Villeneuve among others…
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8 reasons to outsource your video streaming platform (VOD, SVOD, AVOD)

When you decide to create your own video platform or VOD site, there are two possibilities: develop it yourself or outsource its creation. Each of the two options has its advantages and disadvantages. But here, we will explain why using a service provider specializing in the development of streaming services or VOD / SVOD platforms can be an…
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How YouTube Is Changing The Consumer Buying Behavior

Is the Consumer Buying Behavior completely depends on YouTube? Are the YouTube video ads major source of the brands in reaching the customers? Effect of YouTube Ads on Consumers The reach of the audience through the embedding of the video ad campaigns in the YouTube channel is the most significant tactic that every brand use…
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US OTT-only households triple since 2013

  Despite the constant fears of cord-cutting from the traditional pay-TV industry, Video Advertising Bureau (VAB) research has revealed that the fundamental dynamic of the US over-the-top (OTT) market is a matter of addition, not subtraction. The You Down with OTT? report underlines the constant trend of consumers’ voracious appetite for video content, especially for…
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Warner Music Group Acquires A&R Insight Tool Sodatone

  Warner Music Group has acquired Sodatone, a tech start-up founded in 2016 that uses technology for A&R insight, the company announced today. The company’s proprietary technology combines streaming, social and touring data to track early predictors of success, such as the loyalty and engagement of a fanbase, and the potential virality of a track…
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NeuLion acquired for $250m

NeuLion acquired for $250m March 27, 2018 Live and on-demand OTT technology and service specialist NeuLion and sports and entertainment leader Endeavor have entered into a definitive agreement by which Endeavor will acquire NeuLion in an all-cash deal valued at approximately $250 million (€200m). Under the terms of the agreement, Endeavor will acquire each share…
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Spotify Projects Slower Growth, 90 Million-Plus Subscribers by End of 2018

/.c-breadcrumbs March 26, 2018 6:30AM PT Spotify Projects Slower Growth, 90 Million-Plus Subscribers by End of 2018 /.l-article__header /.c-featured-media Spotify expects revenue to grow by around 20 to 30 percent this year — and between 92 and 96 million paying subscribers — the company announced on Monday, in guidance issued ahead of its public listing…
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Analyst: W Europe pay-TV subs up, revenues down

Analyst: W Europe pay-TV subs up, revenues down March 26, 2018 Western European pay-TV will gain subscribers between 2017 and 2023. Although this only represents a 2.6 per cent increase, the Western Europe Pay-TV Forecasts report from Digital TV Research, estimates nearly 3 million more subs to take the total to 106 million. “Much of…
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Apple could be announcing a new cheap iPad

According to a new report from Bloomberg, Apple could be unveiling a new version of its entry-level iPad at its event next week. The company is holding a press event on March 27 in Chicago. And the only thing that we know is that the event is going to be focused on the education market….
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RTVE and commercial rivals launch OTT platform to rival SVOD

Spanish public broadcaster RTVE and commercial broadcasters Atresmedia and Mediaset plan to launch a joint OTT TV platform that could see them compete with the likes of Netflix, Movistar+, HBO and Sky in the Spanish market. The three broadcasters initially plan to launch an interactive TV platform, based on the HbbTV connected television standard, that…
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Turner launches international digital ad unit

  Turner International is launching a digital advertising sales company, T1, spanning 200 territories across Latin America, EMEA and APAC. Through this move, the broadcaster consolidates its international digital advertising capabilities into a single division, complementing existing local digital and linear advertising sales and CNN International Commercial operations. Offering a suite of creative and data-driven…
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Stream Nation: U.S. Consumers Spend $2 Billion Monthly on Streaming Video Services

/.c-breadcrumbs /.l-article__header /.c-featured-media Americans are watching more streaming video than ever — and they now pay an estimated $2 billion each month on subscription-video services like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon. That’s according to the Deloitte’s 2018 Digital Media Trends Survey, which found found that 55% of U.S. households now subscribe to at least one video-streaming…
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Apple Is Developing Its Own LED Screens (Report)

/.c-featured-media Apple has been working on the development of its own display screens, according to a new report from Bloomberg. It’s the first time the company has developed its own screen technology, as opposed to buying screens from suppliers like Samsung or LG. These efforts are being driven out of a secret research and manufacturing…
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Drake Played Fortnite And Twitch Went Crazy

Twitch has been growing vastly in popularity since being acquired by Amazon over the last few years, but things have taken a drastic turn for the better after the rapper Drake hopped onto Twitch to check out Epic Games’ Fortnite. According to Polygon, Twitch streamer Tyler “Ninja” Blevins was playing Fortnite on Twitch when he…