OTT
How NFL Game Pass uses data to conquer fans around the world without hurting TV revenues
NFL Game Pass is the fastest-growing single-sport OTT service in the world, targeting both casual and avid fans. Frank Dunne speaks with representatives from some of the service's major stakeholders on how Game Pass fits into the league’s global media-rights strategy.
Q&A: Sam Jones, chief executive, OverTier, global distributor of NFL Game Pass
NFL Game Pass is the fastest-growing single-sport OTT service in the world, targeting both casual and avid fans.
Q&A: Dan Cohen, senior vice-president, Global Media Rights Consulting, Octagon
NFL Game Pass is the fastest-growing single-sport OTT service in the world, targeting both casual and avid fans
Deltatre acquires Massive Interactive
Deltatre has announced it has a definitive agreement to acquire OTT software company Massive Interactive.
Massive Interactive is known for its user interface and audience engagement technology
Premier League | Plans under way for OTT platform for next rights cycle
• League has brought in consultants Alvarez & Marsal to advise on OTT platform
• New distribution strategy will be in place for the next rights cycle, from 2022-23 season
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IMG hedges its bets with OTT safety net
IMG launches own direct-to-consumer distribution platforms for Italian and Spanish football rights
US sports tweak rules and presentation to keep audiences hooked
US major leagues are tweaking their rules to make sure fans stay tuned in as concerns build about distracted audiences. Data is playing a critical role, with leading rights-holders employing sophisticated, data-led decision-making to make the changes.
Amazon-Premier League deal shows tech giant still learning
The agreement the Premier League struck in June with Amazon for one of two packages of rights unsold in its January auction – telco BT picked up the other – has to be one of the most important ever.
The OTT report | Chapter four: The future
4: Faster, Higher, Stronger: The Future of OTT
The OTT report | Chapter three: Barriers to growth
3: Clinging to the Cord: Barriers to OTT Growth
The OTT report | Chapter two: Audiences and data
2: Audiences and Data: Not Just a Number
The OTT report | Chapter one: The story so far
2017 was the year in which OTT video became a demonstrably mainstream platform as viewership of its services extended into a majority of US homes for the first time. David Walmsley sets the scene in the first part of our in-depth report into the state of the growing sector of OTT broadcasting.
The OTT report
The next big thing in almost any market is reliably hailed “the Netflix” of whatever sector is being disrupted by its new distribution model. Th
Changing Channels – How OTT video is reshaping sports media
The term OTT, or ‘Over The Top’ refers to situations where companies – often new entrants – use the public internet1 to perform functions that have traditionally required the use of dedicated network infrast…