Mansha Daswani

Ektaa R. Kapoor, co-founder of leading Indian production outfit Balaji Telefilms, has been tapped to receive the 2023 International Emmy Directorate Award at the 51st International Emmy Awards Gala on November 20 in New York City.

A new Parks Associates study has found that the average annualized churn rate for streaming video services in the U.S. is 47 percent, with the desire to save money as the leading reason people cancel a subscription.

Viaplay Group has renewed the rights to Danish 3F Superliga football for a further six seasons, extending its coverage through 2030.

Amid an abundance of on-demand content, viewers are spending 10.5 minutes per session deciding what to watch, according to Nielsen's 2023 State of Play report.

The AVOD sector is expected to propel the gains in Latin America's OTT landscape, Digital TV Research projects, even as SVOD remains the largest source of revenues through 2029.

Global advertising spend is expected to top $1 trillion for the first time in 2024, with expenditure on connected TVs (CTV) expected to be among the key drivers.

STARZPLAY in the Middle East and North Africa has shored up the rights to deliver coverage of the Rugby World Cup, which runs from September 8 to October 28.

UKTV has entered the FAST space with the rollout of four channels on Samsung TV Plus and Pluto TV.

The Channel Store is rolling out a new FAST channel from LaLiga in Spain, securing carriage for the service on Tivify, Samsung TV Plus, LG Channels and Xiaomi TV+, among others.

Growth in the U.S. OTT sector has slowed dramatically, Digital TV Research notes, particularly in the SVOD space, which is set to add just $2 billion from this year to reach TV episode and movie revenues of $55 billion in 2029.