A Juniper Research study has found that hardware revenues from Virtual Reality headsets, peripherals and 360º cameras will reach over $50 billion (€44.8bn) by 2021, up tenfold from an estimated $5 billion in sales this year. This rapid growth will
Vice’s UK TV channel has got off to a slow start, with some nights during peak viewing time achieving a zero rating audience figure. Viceland UK, which launched on September 19th exclusively on Sky, has only managed a peak audience of just under 14,000 during 9pm to 11pm in its first two weeks of broadcast. […]
Ericsson is to lay off nearly 20 per cent of its home-country workforce as it makes cuts in the face of intensifying competition from Chinese rivals and weak demand for its specialty wireless products. Ericsson said it intends to cut 1,000 positions in production, 800 in research and development and 1,200 in other operations such […]
Discovery Networks UK & Ireland has announces that Sky Media has been appointed as the exclusive sales partner for Discovery’s portfolio of 11 factual and entertainment TV channels in the UK and Ireland, in a new long-term deal. The advertising sales deal extends the relationship between Discovery and Sky Media which started in 2002. Under […]
Discovery Communications has announced that Gunnar Wiedenfels will be appointed Chief Financial Officer, with the appointment expected to be effective on or about April 1st 2017. Wiedenfels will join the company from ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE, where he is currently Chief Financial Officer. He will succeed Andrew Warren, who previously announced his plans to depart Discovery. Warren […]
Freeview, the UK’s biggest TV platform, has launched what it has described as its most innovative and ambitious advertising campaign yet, The Other Way. Freeview will be running hundreds of short contextual films in TV ad breaks that comment on the storylines of programmes being shown or events that have happened that day throughout October. […]
Following an outstanding showcase at MIPTV, VR will be even bigger at MIPCOM 2016 with a series of Virtual Reality Panel Sessions, focusing on creativity, production and financing. The global entertainment content market, MIPCOM takes place in Cannes, France from 17-20 October. The VR Sessions will take place from October 17-19 in the Palais des […]
French broadcasting, production and distribution company Groupe AB, teaming with Televisa USA’s Chris Philip, today announced it has signed Cesar Millan to host its first English-language series for the global TV market, “The Messenger.” From AB Productions and renowned wildlife prodco Boréales (producers of the original French version), the new series will be executive produced […]
The number of titles in the US Netflix library is down 50 per cent in the last 4 years. Streaming news site Exstreamist pulled September 2016 title counts from uNoGS in the US, showing that there are currently 5,302 titles available in the US Netflix library including movies and TV shows. It says this means […]
Another half a billion dollars was invested into virtual and augmented reality start-ups in the third quarter of this year, with a record $2.3 billion (€2bn) invested in the last 12 months, reports Digi-Capital. Q3 2016 saw the 9th straight quarter of investment trending upwards, as the money flowing into AR/VR is now being driven […]