TV studio Celebro is set to begin hosting a new weekly show brought to air on Twitter by BuzzFeed. Launching on June 6th, #What2Watch will be a weekly roundup of recommendations of what to watch on linear and non-linear TV across the next seven days. The show will be broadcast exclusively on Twitter via @BuzzFeedUK […]
SPI/FilmBox has furthered its reach in Switzerland with the launch of four channels on Salt TV. FightBox HD, Gametoon HD and Fast&FunBox HD will all be available in English, while FunBox UHD will be available in English and German. “SPI continues to invest and expand its reach in Western Europe. Today, I am proud to […]
SpotX, the global video advertising and monetisation platform, has announced the appointment of Dr. Neal Richter as its first Chief Scientist. Richter will head up SpotX’s new Salt Lake City, Utah office which will serve as a hub for research and development teams. Reporting directly to J. Allen Dove, SpotX’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Richter […]
DreamWorks Animation has announced that Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, an animated action-adventure series, will debut globally on Netflix in 2020 as part of an ongoing multi-year agreement with the streaming giant to produce original animated kids and family programming. Set within the same timeline as the 2015 blockbuster film, Jurassic World, the original series is […]
Italian broadcaster Europa Way (formerly Europa 7) is planning to launch a new pay-TV platform in September, using DVB-T2 technology. Fly HD will initially distribute eight movie channels from leading Hollywood studios and a music channel that will broadcast major Italian and international events, broadcasting in HD/4K HDR with Dolby Digital sound. The platform, which […]
The global number of gross SVoD subscriptions will increase by 439 million between 2018 and 2024 to 947 million – or by 86 per cent, according to the Global SVoD Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. The total will climb by 119 million in 2019 alone. As the gross subscription total races towards […]
Movistar’s new OTT service has gone live, prioritising other telcos’ subscribers in an attempt to gain customers from its competitors. At a price of €8 a month, similar to other OTT platforms like Netflix, Movistar’s OTT will include Movistar’s in-house content through channels like #0, #Vamos, Movistar Series and Movistar Seriesmania. The service may be […]
The penetration rate of the pay-TV service in Portugal reached 85.9 per cent at the end of 2018, according to data published by the National Communications Authority (Anacom). The number of subscribers reached 3.9 million, or 140,000 more than in the previous year. The growth rate was 3.7 per cent, below the average of the […]
Sunrise’s planned acquisition of UPC Switzerland from Liberty Global is to be reviewed by regulator COMCO. Sunrise said the referral was ‘expected’. COMCO said that its preliminary examination of the deal had revealed indications that the combination could create or reinforce a dominant position in different markets. COMCO said its investigation had also suggested that […]
Otter Media CEO Tony Goncalves is to head the development of WarnerMedia’s new direct streaming service, reporting to Bob Greenblatt, chairman of WarnerMedia Entertainment and direct-to-consumer. Greenblatt, in turn, takes charge of Otter Media, which groups together a number of WarnerMedia digital offerings, as the company continues the restructure of its TV business. COO Andy […]