Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) is set to launch an SVoD service in the Nordics that will offer the first pay TV window to sibling Paramount Pictures’ new movies plus shows from its networks. The service, branded Paramount+, will also offer over 800 episodes of popular TV content from Viacom-owned networks, including South Park, Teen Mom […]
Sky has launched its first offer that brings together Sky Mobile and Sky TV. For £35 (€38) a month the deal includes a new iPhone SE handset on a Swap24 plan, with 500MB of data, Unlimited Calls and Texts and Sky TV’s Variety bundle. Available to new customers joining Sky or existing Sky TV customers […]
AB Group will launch its new male-skewed discovery channel ABXplore in French-speaking Belgium on September 13th. It replaces existing channel AB4, mainly targeting men from 15 to 49 years old. The line-up will focus on entertainment, reality TV and documentaries, and will feature content acquired from the likes of A&E, BBC, National Geographic and Discovery. […]
Facebook has ordered a 12-episode docu-series from Brandon Stanton, the man behind the popular photo blog Humans of New York. The 30 minute episodes will air on the new Facebook Watch video platform, debuting next week. In a Facebook post, Stanton said: “Early on I realized that video would add a deeper layer to Humans […]
EBS, a full-service provider of EPG and VoD metadata, has announced a major new deal with the ITV that sees EBS providing its extensive range of EPG metadata services to ITV’s portfolio of 10 commercial channels, spanning 17 regions. Key services supplied to ITV by EBS include: EPG data, press listings, image-led weekly and seasonal […]
Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics are being sued in the US amidst alleged collusion. Haier owns the US home appliance business marketed under the General Electric name. The case has been brought by a Chinese home appliance manufacturer, Haier Group, and the company has commenced a lawsuit in a New York federal court in Albany, […]
The head of South Korea’s Samsung, Jay Y. Lee, was sentenced to five years custody for bribery in a watershed case for the country’s economic elite, family-run conglomerates. After a six-month trial and a scandal that brought down then president, Park Geun-hye, a court ruled that Lee had paid bribes in anticipation of favours from […]
There’s to be a High Court-endorsed investigation into how contracts were awarded in South Africa for the supply of subsidised set-top digital decoders for the country’s DTT broadcasting scheme. South Africa’s Universal Services & Access Agency (USAASA) is making the application to the North Gautang High Court and the Agency is looking to see established […]
Elon Musk’s SpaceX successfully landed its 1st stage rocket following the launch of Formosat-5, a science satellite, on August 24th. The rocket’s powerful first stage was landed on SpaceX’s “Just Read the Instructions” floating barge, situated off the coast of southern California. In what is fast becoming a routine event this was the 15th successful […]
Facebook has struck a deal with digital sports network Stadium that will see the social networking company live-stream 15 US College Football games this season starting next week. The agreement gives Facebook exclusive rights to show six Mountain West games and nine Conference USA games. The games will not be televised. Facebook also recently reached […]