Eurosport is set to kick-start its exclusive on-site coverage of the World Snooker Championships by showing every round – including qualifying – from July 21st across Europe in more than 50 markets. The main draw of snooker’s biggest event will also be broadcast live from July 31st across Eurosport channels and the Eurosport App alongside […]
The Play Sports Group (PSG) has launched its twelfth channel, GCN en Français. This dedicated French-language channel will see the Global Cycling Network (GCN)’s blend of informative and entertaining content created in French and will attract many new French-speaking viewers across the world. Since 2013, PSG’s channels have reached 2.5 billion views, and currently serve […]
Amagi, a global leader in cloud-based technology and advertising for broadcast and streaming TV, has announced that Tastemade – the Santa Monica-based modern media company – has launched its streaming network on NBCUniversal’s new streaming video service, Peacock, using Amagi cloud solutions. Tastemade continues to expand its distribution of its streaming network across a wide […]
A study using Ampere Analysis’s most recent AVoD revenue data has revealed that European broadcasters are no longer playing catch-up when it comes to first run VoD content. Broadcaster VoD (BVoD) audiences tend to be younger and more affluent than those who watch linear television, which has contributed to an increase in digital-only commissions. Investment […]
According to cybersecurity specialist Kaspersky, 2019 was officially the year the Streaming Wars kicked off, as nearly all major networks hurried to profit from consumers’ new, preferred method of consuming content: streaming platforms. The company suggests that cyberthreats aren’t relegated to the world of big businesses and large-scale campaigns, with the most frequent attacks actually […]
The Trade Desk has announced a partnership with UK broadcaster Channel 4, offering advertisers the ability to target 23 million viewers at scale, across its live and on-demand services. The Trade Desk will be one of several demand-side platforms (DSP) to offer access to Channel 4 inventory programmatically, giving brands access to audiences across Connected […]
Richard Linklater’s new animated film, Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Adventure will be produced by Linklater’s Detour FilmProductions and Submarine, and released by Netflix. Set against the backdrop of the 1969 Apollo mission to the moon, which celebrates its 51st anniversary this week, the new film is inspired by Linklater’s childhood in Houston, TX. […]
FreeWheel, a Comcast Company and a provider of video advertising software, has announced its partnership with STV, the home of news and entertainment in Scotland, which will allow the broadcaster to monetise its content across OTT and STB devices. Through FreeWheel’s Monetisation Rights Management (MRM) platform, STV is able to monetise premium video content available […]
Netflix has seen a surge in subscribers during the second quarter due to global lockdowns, but has warned investors that sign-ups will inevitably slow. The streaming service added 10.1 million subscribers in the three months to July, bringing the total of new subscribers to 26 million in 2020. For comparison, Netflix saw 28 million new […]
Research conducted by Cable.co.uk has found that Amazon Prime Video has the best original programming of the streaming services available in the UK, while Netflix has the better offering according to the audience ratings on Rotten Tomatoes. Using IMDb, the average series rating for Amazon Prime originals was found to be 7.49, whilst Netflix was […]