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In its “Streaming in the Time of Coronavirus” report, Conviva analysed global streaming data from the 21-day period from March 3 to 23, comparing the last seven-period to the previous two.

As a new strategy in the middle of the coronavirus crisis, the Australian distributor added new titles from The Africa Channel and Tastemade to help fill international channels schedules.

Three-quarters of respondents to the survey conducted by the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) believe the pandemic will have a worse effect on the industry than the Great Recession did. 48% of respondents reported changes to media and budgets, 49% reported postponing, and 5% stopped a campaign midway-through.

Nielson reports that the number of total streaming minutes increased by 22% to 156 billion minutes for the week of March 16 versus the week of March 9 (127.6 billion). The platforms with the highest viewing shares are Netflix at 29%, YouTube at 20%, Hulu at 10% and Amazon at 9%.

With the football matches suspended, French pay-TV broadcaster is refusing to pay €110 million scheduled for Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 clubs.