Independent analyst Ben Keen has outlined significant changes to the way global streamers conduct their business and the content they offer. In all cases, they are drawing from a playbook that served pay-TV operators and channel owners well for decades.

Watch: Sam Taylor explains how he and his team are pushing the envelope with data-driven AV marketing.

The Spanish football club has introduced two FAST channels to complement its free on-demand content. The Amagi Now cloud video platform is credited with simplifying content operations.

Comcast Technology Solutions is promising its new umbrella managed service, covering ingest through to delivery, will de-duplicate and streamline multiplatform operations that have become prohibitively complex.

Half of viewers first go to linear TV when turning on their TV set, with another 8% going straight to BVOD, according to The New Life of the Living Room by RTL AdAlliance.

Watch: ProSiebenSat.1 Puls 4 co-CEO Thomas Gruber discusses a groundbreaking innovation in audience measurement and broadcast planning.

The conference highlighted how three key segments of the TV industry are adapting to “life after” and quickly building a new story for themselves.

Sky Media previously handled sponsorship and Paramount continues to rely on the sales house for wider ad representation.

Watch: Media Distillery CEO Roland Sars on content discovery and winning attention from YouTube.

Industry leaders have been reviewing the road to profit for SVODs and their advice spans sharp marketing and hard bundles to co-windowing and more immersive video.