YouTube Originals is making a portion of its library of programming free to watch. The selection of popular legacy titles were previously only available in their entirety to YouTube Premium subscribers, but now users without a subscription can watch them for a limited time free without ads, from the comfort of their homes. “As people […]
PCCW Media, an integrated multimedia and entertainment company headquartered in Hong Kong, is offering its Now E service free to all Hong Kong viewers in the midst of the Covid-19 outbreak. Now E, a one-stop OTT entertainment platform, will offer over 9,000 hours of streaming content free including news, movies, TV series, variety shows and […]
ViacomCBS Networks Americas, a division of ViacomCBS, has announced a 1-month extended trial periods for OTT streaming services in Latin America (except Brazil), including Noggin and Paramount+ for new users accessing the service, starting the week of April 13th. The organisation is offering access to a range of educational and entertainment services in Spanish while […]
Wurl, a provider of streaming video distribution and advertising services for connected TV (CTV), has announced it now carries more than 400 streaming channels – more than any other independent network. The newest channels to join the Wurl Network come from such leading video producers as A+E Networks, AMC Networks, Bloomberg Media, Endemol Shine Group, […]
SPI/FilmBox and Czech television operator Nej.cz have expanded their long-term partnership. According to the newly minted agreement, Nej.cz subscribers will have access to a total of 13 channels from SPI/FilmBox’s versatile portfolio including a wide range of FilmBox channels and other channels that provide thematic entertainment. Nej.cz will also offer over a hundred specially-curated VoD […]
Sky original Brassic, the comedy drama co-created by Joseph Gilgun and BAFTA-winning writer Danny Brocklehurst, returns for a second series next month,with all episodes available from May 7th on Sky One and on streaming service NOW TV. The first series of Brassic was the best performing launch for a Sky original comedy in seven years. […]
The DPP, in partnership with Signiant, has launched a four-month longitudinal research project to chart how feelings and behaviours around remote and distributed working develop across the media industry through the course of the Coronavirus pandemic. The research will examine how companies make structural adaptations, as well as recording personal and emotional journeys. The impact […]
SCTE•ISBE Cable-Tec Expo will feature learnings from the coronavirus crisis during a special workshops track. “Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic” will examine new strategies for managing workforces and maintaining operational performance amid shifts in usage, as well how cable and new partners can foster cross-industry innovation to leverage new health and safety applications during […]
R-Lines Production and OKAST have announced the launch of an ephemeral VOD platform to rent the 25-minute short film Talk, in support of the association “Un bon repas pour bien soigner” (i.e “A good meal for better cares”). The minimum donation is 1 euro to watch the film for 48 hours and the funds raised […]
Amazon Prime Video has released the teaser trailer for Homecoming season 2, launching on May 22nd. The critically-acclaimed series Homecoming returns for its second season with a fresh new mystery and an exciting new star, Janelle Monáe (Moonlight). Her character wakes in a rowboat adrift a lake, with no memory of how she got there — or […]