Amazon’s first Indian Original Inside Edge broke multiple records in the first week of its launch. Since being added to the SVoD service on July 10th, it has become the most watched title on Amazon Prime Video, catching the imagination of a cricket and entertainment loving nation. It is the second best performing Original, with […]
RTL AdConnect, the international sales house of RTL Group, has signed an exclusive contract with StyleHaul’s men’s lifestyle network, Hauk. With this new partnership, RTL AdConnect wants to give international advertisers direct access to the sought-after target audience of men aged 16-34 years by offering powerful, innovative campaigns with influencers. Hauk, launched in May 2016 […]
ESPNcricinfo, the digital cricket brand, has redesigned its website and app. Now faster than ever, the new ESPNcricinfo delivers a mobile-first experience for cricket fans, bringing its live scores, stats and commentary, engaging content, trusted and insightful analysis, and expanding library of video and more. “The mobile phone is the gateway to cricket for hundreds […]
AMC Networks International – Latin America (AMCNI – Latin America) has announced the appointment of Alejandro Kember as its new Vice President of Affiliate Distribution for Latin America. Kember, a seasoned executive within the pay-TV industry, will be based at the company’s regional headquarters in Miami and will report to Ed Palluth, AMC Networks International’s […]
KTC, one of the main and established end product manufacturers in China, today announced the integration of SERAPHIC’s TV browser into its Linux powered smart TVs targeting at European markets. With SERAPHIC’s TV browser, viewers have an easy and immediate access to thousands of global TV apps from mainstream TV portal providers and can choose […]
Newstag, Stockholm-based media-tech company, has announced plans to launch a new experience specially designed for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) later this year. Newstag Arabic نيوزتاج عربية will be available in Arabic and will provide a stream of video news stories each day covering international and regional news, culture and entertainment. Newstag Arabic […]
The BBC has revealed it undertook a research programme into VR encompassing market sizing, a mix of existing ‘media needs’ research and a longitudinal ethnographic study. The Corporation recruited teens and adults from across the UK who were interested in VR but had little experience with it, giving each of them each a mid-range mobile […]
Vodafone has committed to launching consumer IoT this autumn, with the solution being trialled by the Group’s CEO Vittorio Colao as its Q1 results were revealed. The operator first promised a consumer IoT play last November. Vodafone will be relying on the experience of its enterprise IoT solution, which registered a 15.1 per cent year-on-year […]
YouTube has revealed plans to redirect users searching for “violent extremist propaganda” and instead offer them videos that denounce terrorism. People searching for certain terms relating to the Islamic State group or other known terrorist organisations will be offered playlists of videos “debunking its mythology”. YouTube said it wanted to help prevent people being radicalised. […]
ABI Research forecasts the market for analytics within pay-TV services will grow by 105 per cent in the next five years, from $1.8 billion (€1.55bn) this year to $3.7 billion in 2022. Comcast, Netflix, Sky, Telstra, and other successful video companies differentiate themselves from their peers by their strong use of analytics to optimise and […]