OTT

As more OTT options for sports emerge, broadcasters must be on guard to protect them.

The OTT service will officially go offline in January 2020, five years after launching.

Will allow for deregulation of cable rates in parts of Hawaii and Massachusetts.

Wnited will offer games from the U.S., Europe and Asia.

MediaHQ Lite enables broadcasters and content owners to launch an OTT service fast whilst significantly reducing complexity and overheads

Network also hopes to add PBS Kids.

Cambridge, 7 October 2019: Underlining the importance of its solutions business, Pixel Power has added two new product specialists to the team. Tanya Schurawel and Toria Farrell both come direct from broadcasters, and will use their unique insights to help customers develop optimised solutions for automated production, graphics and playout.

Shankunt Malhotra to head up Globecast's Asia operations

The U.S. will lead the market for next decade, but demand in other countries is growing.

Other findings nail home importance of sports rights and need for new pricing options.

Globecast further expands server-side dynamic ad insertion OTT capabilities

Designed to reduce latency between OTT and satellite coverage of live events.

GlobalData report pinpoints cord-cutting trends in North America as key factor.

U.S. claims the lion’s share of subscribers.

Percentage of viewers choosing OTT as their “default” now matches traditional linear TV.

Use of traditional “pilot” episodes down by a third.

Leichtman Research Group also finds the number of two SVOD service households is growing.

While Netflix still leads, Hulu and Amazon Prime Video are making their presence felt.