Canadian Media Producers Association—Prime Time in Ottawa: 31 January-1 February 2019, Ottawa, Canada

Guy Bisson will moderate a panel focused on what the kids' TV industry already knows about the consumer of the future at the Canadian Media Producers Association annual 'Prime Time' conference with panelists from Wildbrain, CBC, Dubit, 9 Story Media and Shaw Rocket Fund.

DAZN's Spanish rights could play well in Spanish market | Alexios Dimitropoulos

"If DAZN offers the service at a similar price to Italy (€9.99 a month), our estimated maximum subscriber uptake of 800,000 homes would return yearly revenues of €80m."

Hulu’s price drop is a wise money move | Toby Holleran

"In fact, at the current rates of advertising income, it could even stop charging consumers for its ad-funded tier and it would still make as much revenue per “subscriber” as from its ad-free tier"

Apple’s video streaming service to launch this spring | TechCrunch

"Apple’s decision to move forward with a spring — or possibly, even mid-April — launch date would see its service going head-to-head with Disney+, the Disney-owned Netflix competitor that will be shown off to investors on April 11."

Roku Launches Premium Subscriptions to Showtime, Starz, Epix, Others | Variety

"Roku is launching premium subscriptions on the Roku Channel starting Monday — promising to be another valuable revenue stream for the streaming-video platform company."

Tubi to Spend $100 Million in 2019 on Content for Free Video Service | Variety

"Tubi’s content budget for 2019 will be “way more than double” last year, said founder and CEO Farhad Massoudi, claiming the company will be the biggest buyer in the AVOD segment."

Beta Film, Deutsche Telekom Launch European Series Partnership | Hollywood Reporter

"German producer and sales group Beta Film has signed a long-term deal with cable giant Deutsche Telekom to supply high-end European series to Telekom's German streaming service Magenta TV."

Netflix Dives Into Overall Deal With ‘Blue Planet II’ Creator | Deadline

"The SVOD service has inked a multi-year deal with Honeyborne to produce nature and science series through his production company Freeborne Media."

Eleven Sports hands over UK Serie A rights but commits to La Liga | SportsPro Media

"Global sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has ‘regrettably’ handed over its UK and Ireland rights for Italian soccer’s Serie A to Premier Sports, but has vowed to continue showing exclusive live coverage of Spain’s La Liga until at least the end of the season."

Cinedigm claims key growth milestones | Rapid TV News

"Digital content distributor Cinedigm has released performance data showing its channels achieved an estimated 2.4 million ad-supported monthly active viewers, up 370% year-over-year and 102,000 active subscribers."

Comcast to take NOW TV global | Advanced Television

"Comcast revealed during its analyst briefing this week that it will launch a global version of Sky’s OTT service NOW TV in 2020."

Sky Spain OTT price cut | Advanced Television

"Sky’s Spanish OTT service has cut its monthly subscription fee by €3 to €6.99 in an attempt to boost subscriptions."

A1 Telekom Austria launches youth-focused OTT TV service | Digital TV Europe

"The OTT service, a1now.tv, will provide users with live and video-on-demand content across sport, music and entertainment, including matches from the Austrian Football Bundesliga."