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ITV Hub to “supersize” this summer

The ITV Hub has said it will “supersize” its content offering this summer, offering audiences “the biggest dramas, documentaries and reality TV of 2020”. In drama, viewers will have another opportunity to binge scripted commissions White House Farm, Quiz and Flesh and Blood, as well as the most recent series of Liar and Bancroft. Meanwhile, […]

June 24, 2020

Italy: WWE content on Discovery

WWE and Discovery have announced a new multi-year agreement in Italy beginning July 1st that will make WWE’s weekly flagship programming available exclusively live and on-demand with original US commentary on DPlay PLUS, the OTT premium pay service of Discovery, along with versions featuring Italian commentary on DMAX. Every week, Dplay PLUS will exclusively air […]

June 24, 2020

Canada: Corus to air Peacock Originals

Corus Entertainment has announced an agreement with NBCUniversal to air marquee Peacock Original programming in Canada. The exclusive deal includes a selection of original scripted and unscripted content, along with movies and specials, produced for Peacock airing across Corus networks and platforms. “Corus is delighted to expand its offering with our long-time partner NBCUniversal to […]

June 24, 2020

Sky, AMC partner for Gangs of London season 2

Sky has ordered a second season of its record-breaking Sky Original drama, Gangs of London. The first series is the biggest Sky Original drama launch on Sky Atlantic of the past five years with a 7-day cumulative audience of over 2.2 million viewers for the opening episode. Gangs of London is also Sky’s most binged […]

June 24, 2020

Movies Anywhere on Vizio Smartcast TVs

Vizio and Movies Anywhere have announced the addition of the Movies Anywhere app to VIZIO SmartCast, the Smart TV platform. Movies Anywhere allows users to access their digital movies purchased across platforms and digital retailer accounts, all in one seamless experience. It brings together users’ movie collections from Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal Pictures (including DreamWorks […]

June 24, 2020

Discovery US Hispanic launching Hogar de HGTV

Discovery US Hispanic, a division of Discovery, has unveiled Hogar de HGTV, an all-new network offering food and home content to Spanish-language audiences. Set to debut on June 30th, the network will first be available to Cox Communications’ Contour TV customers, followed by Charter Communications’ Spectrum subscribers by August 1st. Hogar de HGTV will join […]

June 24, 2020

Netflix ‘Homemade’ films to show life in lockdown

Netflix has unveiled Homemade, a collection of short films created by celebrated filmmakers around the world. Confined at home as a consequence of the Covid-19 outbreak, filmmakers created personal stories that capture our shared experience of life in quarantine. Produced by The Apartment Pictures, a Fremantle company, and Fabula, Homemade is a celebration of the […]

June 24, 2020

World’s Toughest Race in Fiji heads to Prime Video

World’s Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji will launch on Amazon Prime Video on August 14th in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. This 10-episode adventure series, hosted by Bear Grylls and executive produced by Mark Burnett, tells the story of the ultimate expedition race, in which 66 teams from 30 countries race non-stop for 11 […]

June 24, 2020

Research: Tech issues slowing online video take-up 

From Shakespearean performances to pub drinks with friends, it seems any activity can be made virtual now, yet streaming issues may be causing us to shy away from these resources. This is according to research on How Video is Changing the World from content delivery provider Limelight Networks. Globally, 14 per cent of adults are […]

June 23, 2020

AWS, F1 debut new stats

As Formula 1 gears up to kick-start its interrupted season, cloud platform Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Formula 1 have developed six new, real-time racing stats that will roll out throughout the 2020 season, debuting at the season-opening Grand Prix in Spielberg July 3rd-5th at Formula 1 Rolex Grosser Preis Von Österreich. The statistics that […]

June 23, 2020By Colin Mann