Below you will find solutions to a wide range of issues that the broadcasting industry currently faces as well as StreamVX case studies from the business sectors that the company operates in. So whether you are a CEO, CTO, CFO or in middle management, you will find expert information that may well help you in making astute decisions for your company.
January 17, 2025
Disney is shutting down many channels in several countries. National Geographic Wild and Disney Junior ended broadcasting in France at the beginning of this year. Media giant also planned to close the Disney Channel also, but the company made an agreement with pay TV broadcasters to change their decision. TV channels emission in Spain ended on Jan 7th and it will be shut down in Brazil on Jan 28th.
January 10, 2025
The Walt Disney Company is buying a 70% stake in Fubo. The deal, which was announced to the public on Monday, will see Disney's Hulu and Live TV merge with Fubo TV. The new deal now awaiting to shareholder approval. Disney's deal with Fubo will help block competing plans and the Venu project with Warner Bros. Discovery and Fox related to sports streaming.
January 3, 2025
Warner Bros. Discovery is creating a new corporate structure, reducing the company's three divisions to two and clearly separating its linear networks from its streaming and studio businesses. The two new operating units will be called Global Linear Networks and Streaming & Studios. The Global Linear Networks division will house WBD's linear television business, including networks such as CNN, TBS, TNT, HGTV and the Food Network.
December 27, 2024
he second season of Netflix's most-watched series, 'Squid Game’, premiered on the platform yesterday. The undisputed leader among streaming platforms, Netflix, has launched a huge promotional campaign for the second season of the series. The question is whether the second season will beat the record-breaking viewership of the first season of 'Squid Game’.
December 20, 2024
Sky's existing deal with Warner Bros. Discovery in the UK and Ireland has been extended until 2026. Under the terms of the new non-exclusive agreement, existing franchises and their new series will continue to be available to Sky customers on both Sky Atlantic's UK TV channel and Sky Group's pay-per-view movie service, Sky Cinema. The value of the new deal has not been disclosed.
December 13, 2024
Apple and Major League Soccer (MLS) have signed a 10-year partnership agreement starting in 2023. It was a hugely important move for both parties. A new report two years on shows that the partnership is going very well. So far, it seems to be paying off, with sign-ups soaring and viewership growing rapidly.
December 6, 2024
Media giant Sky (Sky TV, Sky Broadband etc.) has announced an extension to its long-term relationship with Amazon. This means that 'Prime Video' apps and related content will continue to be available on Sky devices (e.g. Sky Q, Sky Glass, Sky Stream etc.).
November 29, 2024
The Media Rating Council (MRC), an oversight group that applies standards to audience measurement models from companies such as Nielsen, Comscore and VideoAmp, has approved a plan for Nielsen to integrate first-party streaming data into the company's panel-based national TV ratings. The "panel plus big data" measurement has the potential - at least for live events - to show that a significantly higher number of people are watching a particular program than the panel-only measurement. The sample size for panel plus big data is currently small. Amazon is the only Nielsen client currently using integrated measurement, for its Prime Video Thursday Night Football telecasts.
November 22, 2024
These days, user retention has become a key measure of success for streaming services and a source of new revenue. Netflix is very good at this and has consistently excelled at keeping users longer than its competitors such as Apple TV+ or Paramount+.
November 15, 2024
According to recent announcements, a new CEO of Walt Disney Co. will be announced and appointed in early 2026. The new CEO is expected to replace on this position Bob Iger. To this end, the company has appointed James Gorman (former CEO of Morgan Stanley) as Chairman of the Board to lead the search for a worthy successor. A detailed succession plan has also been announced.