Having posted Q1 2020 results down 7.1 per cent, M6 Group, owner of French commercial TV channel M6, has announced a €100 million cut in programming costs, which represents around 20 per cent of 2019’s total spend. M6 has posted a €321.3 million consolidated revenue in the first quarter of the year, with the first […]
Odeon Cinemas, owned by AMC, has banned all Universal films after the studio said it intends to release future movies on streaming platforms and cinema screens on the same day. AMC boss Adam Aron said the ban will cover its 1,000 cinemas worldwide. It follows comments from NBCUniversal which said the film Trolls World Tour […]
Video software provider Synamedia has partnered with Google Cloud to expand its video network portfolio with new OTT ‘as a service’ offerings. It suggests this enables the company further to address customer needs for high availability, increased scalability and maximised performance for OTT services while simultaneously reducing operational costs and complexity, particularly with live sports […]
Modern Times Group (MTG) portfolio companies ESL and DreamHack have announced a three-year streaming agreement with Twitch, the online service and community for multiplayer entertainment. The agreement will see some of the biggest esports tournaments organized by ESL and DreamHack live streamed exclusively on Twitch. “This both strategically and financially important deal between Twitch, ESL […]
Netflix is not only surviving during the Covid-19 pandemic, but it is thriving. The company’s strong position during this crisis has gained it first place in GlobalData’s thematic ranking for the music, film and TV sector – beating Amazon for the top spot. Danyaal Rashid, Thematic Analyst at GlobalData, commented: “The company added nearly 16 […]
Lionsgate UK is to stream four of its big-ticket movies for free as part of a campaign to raise funds for health service and industry-related charities during the Coronavirus lockdown. Starting on May 2nd, the weekly ‘Lionsgate Live! A Night at the Movies’ will livestream Oscar-winning La La Land, biopic Eddie The Eagle, Bend It […]
beIN Sports has rolled out a new sports archive service available on beIN On Demand, featuring a wide selection of classic matches, exclusive documentaries, behind the scenes features, as well as official FIFA World Cup films for viewers to enjoy across the Middle East & North Africa (MENA). With most global live sport on pause […]
The unique presentation of the 2020 NFL Draft established new all-time highs for media consumption in every category, reports Nielsen. With over 600 camera feeds from homes across the US, all telecasts of the 2020 NFL Draft reached more than 55 million total viewers across Nielsen-measured channels over the three-day event, up +16 per cent […]
Sky original Dynamo: Beyond Belief launched over Easter weekend to a cumulative seven-day audience of 1.8 million viewers for the opening episode, making it Sky’s biggest entertainment launch in the last ten years. Director of Sky Arts and Entertainment for Sky, Phil Edgar-Jones, said: “We always felt Dynamo’s story was very special and that he brings something […]
Discovery and Amazon have announced an expanded collaboration that will provide the tens of millions of new and existing Amazon Fire TV and Fire Tablet customers in the US with a one-year subscription to Discovery’s Food Network Kitchen, compliments of Amazon. Amazon and Discovery first joined forces in 2019 to introduce Food Network Kitchen on […]