{"id":5545,"date":"2021-06-30T01:40:08","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T01:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visualon.com\/?p=5545"},"modified":"2021-06-30T01:40:08","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T01:40:08","slug":"win-subscribers-during-the-sports-d2c-wave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visualon.com\/index.php\/latest-news\/win-subscribers-during-the-sports-d2c-wave\/","title":{"rendered":"Win Subscribers During The Sports D2C Wave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#edeef2;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-two-third fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:66.666666666667%;width:calc(66.666666666667% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.66666666666667 ) );margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:31px;\"><h1 class=\"title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\"><h1 class=\"entry-title fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" data-fontsize=\"36\" data-lineheight=\"39.6px\"><strong>Innovative Playback Features Can Boost Sports Streaming during COVID-19<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1 class=\"epi-fontLg bwalignc\"><\/h1><\/h1><\/div><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" image_height=\"600\" image_id=\"5546\" title=\"D2C\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visualon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/D2C.png\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-5546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visualon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/D2C-200x150.png 200w, https:\/\/www.visualon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/D2C-400x300.png 400w, https:\/\/www.visualon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/D2C-600x450.png 600w, https:\/\/www.visualon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/D2C.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 970px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/span><\/br>\n<div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p dir=\"ltr\">Accelerated by COVID-19, the D2C process is moving faster than two years ago. Ampere\u2019s latest wave of consumer research, for Q1 2021, found the average U.S. consumer reporting subscribing to four-plus subscription VOD services, and one-quarter subscribing to five or more.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Meanwhile, sports D2C platforms play an important role in rights-holders media strategies. The global sports media rights revenue hit $51bn in 2019 and is projected to reach $56.1bn by 2022, according to the Sports Business Global Media Report 2019. So, what helps a sports D2C win subscribers?<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Low Latency\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Delays of 6\u00a0to 30 seconds between the event in real-time and the viewer seeing the stream, leads\u00a0to \u2018spoiler\u2019 events such as alerts, messages, or neighbors celebrating before you do. Latency also creates inequality in the betting market. VisualOn&#8217;s low latency technology is trusted by top companies, such as Amazon, KDDI, KT, and China Mobile MiGu with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Minimized re-buffering and bitrate oscillation<\/li>\n<li>Glass-to-glass latency of broadcast comparable latency, with DRM, in real-world conditions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Stable Performance<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Buffering, reduction in picture quality, and outages during surges in internet traffic is one of the biggest challenges that sports D2C platforms are facing. Provide a stable viewing experience for live\u00a0and VoD content. Also, service providers need to bring the variations in quality in different parts of the world\u00a0into the consideration<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Fan Engagement Experience<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">48% of the rights-holders analyzed use their D2C service purely as a content platform, according to Mediakind&#8217;s research.\u00a0Operators have the opportunity to turn sports fans into paying users of new live sports streaming services.\u00a0More streaming services are seeking advanced features for viewers to interact with the content, such as multistream viewing, virtual watch parties, volumetric videos, augmented (AR) and virtual reality (VR), etc. Read more about<\/span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visualon.com\/index.php\/latest-news\/innovative-playback-features-can-boost-sports-streaming-during-covid-19\/\">innovative playback features that boost fan engagement<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-last\" style=\"width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 50px;\"><div class=\"wpforms-container wpforms-container-full\" id=\"wpforms-3707\"><form id=\"wpforms-form-3707\" class=\"wpforms-validate wpforms-form\" data-formid=\"3707\" method=\"post\" enctype=\"multipart\/form-data\" action=\"\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5545\" data-token=\"324420e38da83eff0f914c898a1cc1c0\"><noscript class=\"wpforms-error-noscript\">Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.<\/noscript><div class=\"wpforms-field-container\"><div id=\"wpforms-3707-field_1-container\" class=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-email\" data-field-id=\"1\"><label class=\"wpforms-field-label\" for=\"wpforms-3707-field_1\">Subscribe to get the latest news <span class=\"wpforms-required-label\">*<\/span><\/label><input type=\"email\" id=\"wpforms-3707-field_1\" class=\"wpforms-field-medium wpforms-field-required\" name=\"wpforms[fields][1]\" placeholder=\"Email Address\" required><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-hp\"><label for=\"wpforms-3707-field-hp\" class=\"wpforms-field-label\">Email<\/label><input type=\"text\" name=\"wpforms[hp]\" id=\"wpforms-3707-field-hp\" class=\"wpforms-field-medium\"><\/div><div class=\"wpforms-submit-container\" ><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"wpforms[id]\" value=\"3707\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"wpforms[author]\" value=\"11\"><button type=\"submit\" name=\"wpforms[submit]\" class=\"wpforms-submit \" id=\"wpforms-submit-3707\" value=\"wpforms-submit\" aria-live=\"assertive\" data-alt-text=\"Sending...\" data-submit-text=\"Subscribe\">Subscribe<\/button><\/div><\/form><\/div>  <!-- .wpforms-container --><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#edeef2;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-flex-container.fusion-builder-row-2{ padding-top : 0px;margin-top : 0px;padding-right : 0px;padding-bottom : 0px;margin-bottom : 0px;padding-left : 0px;}<\/style><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":5546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[135,190,152,176],"class_list":["post-5545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","tag-d2c","tag-sportstreaming","tag-videoplayer","tag-videosolution"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Win Subscribers During The Sports D2C Wave<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Accelerated by COVID-19, the D2C process is moving faster than two years ago. 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