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Discovery enters streaming race with discovery+ and Olympics offering

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Alistair Taylor
Last week , Discovery announced it will launch discovery+, ‘the definitive non-fiction’ subscription-video-on-demand (SVOD), on January 4th, 2021. Consumers in the US can expect the largest-ever content library for a new streaming service from launch, with more than 55,000 episodes from Discovery’s iconic brands such as the BBC’s Natural History collection, A&E Networks, Group Nine and more.
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Anyone Order Latency? Mediaset Falls at the First Hurdle

Alistair Taylor
Mediaset’s newly launched Spanish subscription video on demand (SVOD) service, MiTele Plus, has suffered a succession of technical issues during the debut stream of its domestic La Liga coverage. Latency issues and Smart TV distribution plagued the streaming services broadcast, with complaints galore of transmission issues and reported delays of up to five minutes from disgruntled subscribers.
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BT Sport Continues to Drive Innovation

Tim Mulligan
BT Sport will broadcast this weekend’s EE Wembley Cup live on YouTube using remote production over EE’s 5G network; a world first according to BT Sport. The sporting event is an exhibition football tournament featuring a range of YouTube high-profile stars including Spencer Owen, F2 Freestylers and Calfreezy as well as international football legends.
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MIDiA Research Welcomes Veteran Telco Analyst Paolo Pescatore To Team

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Mark Mulligan
I am very pleased to announce that seasoned and respected analyst Paolo Pescatore is joining MIDiA’s analyst team, to head up our new Telco Consumer Services research stream. Paolo has spent the last 20 years covering telecoms, media and technology (TMT) research and advising leading telcos and technology companies at the c-suite on topics such as convergence, content bundles and consumer services.
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