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STV Player adding 270 hours of content

STV Player has announced five new deals which will see over 120 hours of new content being added to the free UK-wide service in time for Christmas, and an additional 150 hours coming early in the new year. STV’s VoD offering – which is the exclusive home of the Channel 3 network schedule in Scotland […]

December 22, 2020

Eleven Sports, MyCujoo stream cycling challenge

Eleven Sports will be bringing the virtual cycling event The Challenge of Stars to fans in Belgium and Portugal on December 26th. MyCujoo will also be streaming the event globally. The Challenge of Stars by ENEL will welcome some of the best riders from around the world to compete across two dedicated races for sprinters […]

December 22, 2020

FOX News Digital sees record November

FOX News Digital closed out November 2020 with a record month in multiplatform views (over 2.7 billion) and multiplatform minutes (over 5 billion), its highest month in history across both categories. The digital network hit a new milestone surpassing over 5 billion multiplatform minutes for the first time ever and continued its streak of now […]

December 22, 2020

Survey: It’s A Wonderful Life is best Xmas movie

It’s a Wonderful Life has been voted by BBC Radio 2 listeners to be their favourite Christmas film of all time. A long list of 25 classics to choose from was created by the network’s resident movie critic, James King. King said: “It’s a Wonderful Life is what Christmas is all about: friendship, kindness and […]

December 22, 2020

Channel 4 draws record young streamers

Channel 4 has unveiled its most popular shows, viral social clips and viewing trends of 2020, a year which saw growth in viewing across all key platforms, particularly amongst young viewers. In an unprecedented year of global upheaval, viewers have turned to Channel 4 in significant numbers both to its streaming service, All 4, and […]

December 21, 2020

BT retains Premiership Rugby rights

Despite suggestions that the multiplay telco was set to lose its rights amid rumours of disagreement over price, BT Sport and Premiership Rugby have renewed their longstanding broadcast partnership and BT Sport will continue as the home of Gallagher Premiership Rugby in the UK for the next four years. BT Sport subscribers will continue to […]

December 21, 2020By Colin Mann

Analysis: First 2 weeks drive top movie revenues

In 2019, the top-10 US movies earned 69.2 per cent of their total box office gross revenue in the first two weeks of release, according to the latest report – Movie Windows – Adapting for the Future – from consultancy firm Omdia. This compares to 63.1 per cent for the films ranked between 41 and […]

December 21, 2020

Prisoners of the Moon on Prime Video

As Amazon Prime Video integrates with Sky, Freesat and other platforms, the 2019 drama-documentary Prisoners of the Moon, joins its global movie inventory. Prisoners of the Moon, the most widely released independent drama-documentary in UK and Ireland in 2019, was co-written and produced by Advanced Television’s Nick Snow and directed  by Johnny Gogan. The film […]

December 21, 2020By Nik Roseveare

Report: “Success stories for TV sport amid pandemic”

With major international events such as the Summer Olympics and the European Football Championship, the 2019/20 season looked set to become an exceptional year. Before these events were cancelled, other major international competitions had marked the start of the season, such as the Rugby World Cup, from September 20th to November 2nd, which was a […]

December 21, 2020

DAZN unveils Club Ibiza original series

DAZN, the online sports destination, has unveiled its latest DAZN Originals production Club Ibiza: The Sessions; an inside look at UD Ibiza, a Spanish football club driven by the passion of president Amadeo Salvo and his brothers David and Lalo who have a dream to take the team to La Liga. The 5-part series features […]

December 21, 2020