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According to a survey by Rakuten Advertising, Italian viewers are increasingly preferring VOD over live TV, but are leaning towards subscription services that include advertising to offset costs. Avod grow up!

As part of its strategy to bring more sports to more fans and solidify its reputation as the home of women’s football, boxing, and combat sports.

The platform – after Susan Wojcicki’s departure – is preparing for a new phase under the leadership of new CEO Neal Mohan, identifying the strategic vectors on which operational action will be taken: supporting creators, growing in streaming TV and gaming, implementing podcasts, and developing artificial intelligence.

World music has grown by 9% for the eighth consecutive year. In 2022, total revenues were $26.2 billion, thanks to paid streaming.

The most famous streaming services have had excellent performance in recent years. Something has been interrupted.

With smart TVs becoming increasingly common in households, Vizio is focusing on the home screen to keep users engaged and make ads on its platform more immersive.

In December, YouTube paid nearly two billion dollars for the streaming rights to the National Football League (NFL). This was the largest amount of money paid to a major professional league for live streaming rights. This exemplifies the dominance of streaming and over-the-top OTT platforms content.

The channel My5 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel launched in 1997. It is the fifth national terrestrial channel in the United Kingdom and is owned by Channel 5 Broadcasting Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of American media conglomerate Paramount Global, which is grouped under Paramount Networks UK & Australia division.

The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) is reportedly ready to launch its own OTT channel dedicated to the Italian national teams. According to La Repubblica, the FIGC is taking a significant step forward in football broadcasting by planning to create its own television network.

Recent findings have called into question the widely accepted idea that users naturally appreciate and engage more with well-adapted marketing. Evan Shapiro, CEO of ESHAP, discusses this topic with Smriti Sharma, Consumer Insights Manager at Publishers Clearing House, and Matt Farina, Senior Vice President of Content Distribution at NBCUniversal, in this Streaming Media Connect 2023 video.