WildBrain, a popular networks of children’s videos on YouTube, has expanded its footprint with the launch of four new channels on leading AVoD platforms Apple TV, Amazon Fire and Roku. The new channels include a WildBrain hub channel, as well as three curated channels dedicated to preschool content, kids’ action and Degrassi, each collecting together […]
Swedish media group MTG (Modern Times Group) has posted record Q4 sales of SEK 5,375 million (€516.1m) with 1 per cent organic growth. Operating income before items affecting comparability (IAC) of SEK 568 million including transaction costs related to the proposed split of MTG of SEK 6 millio. Total operating income of SEK 596 million […]
Eurosport, the Europe sports broadcaster, is celebrating the 30th anniversary of its launch and first ever transmission. To commemorate the milestone, Eurosport has launched a new brand identity celebrating the spirit and sports stars of 1989 across its Eurosport linear, digital and social platforms in the form of idents, pre-title sequences and promos. Eurosport has […]
Ooyala has announced that it will work with the DPP, the media industry’s business network, on its efforts to advance global news-industry standards for the use of metadata. The DPP’s initiative, Metadata Exchange for News, is designed to help establish standards for application in every step of delivering news content – from planning and newsgathering […]
Shetland Space Centre (SSC) and Goonhilly Earth Station have joined forces to develop rocket launch and tracking business capabilities for the burgeoning new space launch sector. The two companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) committing them to collaborate on a range of projects as the UK’s space sector flourishes. Projects include working together […]
SES has announced that Discovery Deutschland, a TV and Digital Media broadcast station based in Germany, has extended its partnership with MX1, SES’s global provider of media services and solutions. Under the terms of the extension, MX1 will continue to fully manage playout and media asset management tasks for Discovery Deutschland’s SD and HD channels. […]
DistroScale, the video-as-a-service provider, is launching DistroTV; a streaming OTT service built to feed the insatiable curiosities, passions and pursuits of globally-minded viewers in the US, Canada and UK with a broad range of entertainment, news, sports, film and TV programming in live, linear and video-on-demand formats. DistroTV is free to consumers and now available via Apple iOS, Android, […]
NBCUniversal International Networks (NBCUIN) has announced the acquisition of Proven Innocent, licensed from Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution, to premiere on Universal TV– NBCUIN’s general entertainment channel – in the UK and Africa. Thisnew legal series tells the emotional story of one woman’s fight for the innocence of others, as well as her own. Produced by 20th Century […]
Market research firm Kids Insights, who conduct regular surveys into the attitudes and preferences of children and tweens, has published its latest trend predictions for the next 12 months. The Future Forecast report, which is based on Kids Insights’ surveying more than
Vice Media is to lay off about 250 staffers, representing 10 per cent of employees, citing a declining revenue stream. Vice implemented a hiring freeze last autumn, and trade magazine Variety says that CEO Nancy Dubuc is restructuring the focus of the business and away from web-based activity and towards film and TV production. In […]