BT has become the first European distribution partner for Stadia, Google’s new cloud gaming platform. The partnership will see BT and Google deliver cloud gaming via this new-generation platform to more UK consumers as well as see the two companies work together on initiatives designed to build awareness, access and availability of it in the […]
Netflix and Bill Prady have agreed a first look deal for scripted series programming. Prady has penned scripts for a number of iconic television series including The Muppets, Married… With Children and Dharma & Greg. In 2007, Prady co-created the hit CBS series The Big Bang Theory with television veteran Chuck Lorre. He served as […]
A recent survey of UK football fans revealed there is a significant appetite for personalised TV channels, with audiences willing to pay extra for access for content tailored to their favourite football team. The Future of TV Market Demand November 2019 showed that 96 per cent of viewers would use a personalised channel if offered […]
The French Culture ministry wants streaming platforms such as Netflix and Amazon, to invest at least 25 per cent of revenues generated locally into the creation of French content. It is more than the 16 per cent previously planned. Minister Franck Riester has unveiled the first outlines for the upcoming production decree that will be […]
App Annie, the mobile data and analytics company helping brands and publishers win on mobile, has released The State of Mobile 2020 report. This annual appraisal provides insight into mobile’s expansive impact across industries and the global economy, highlighting publishers and brands that are outperforming their peers. Key findings in this report:
Channel 5 has announced the launch of two Endemol Shine Group channels on its VoD service, My5, as part of a continued expansion of third party content partnerships on the platform. Two genre based channels, Masters of Food and Reel Truth Crime, are now available on My5, adding 60 hours of specialist food and crime […]
BT Sport will show two live NHL games every week through to the Regular Season and Playoffs – including the first pick every week. On most weekends, BT Sport will air a game during UK primetime hours. In addition, BT Sport will show one live and exclusive Stanley Cup Finals match, other Finals matches in […]
The BBC’s hit virtual reality (VR) experience Doctor Who: The Runaway, has now launched on the official Doctor Who YouTube channel, and rolled out internationally. The VR experience stars Jodie Whittaker voicing an animated version of the Thirteenth Doctor. The viewer crash lands in the TARDIS and is quickly recruited by the Doctor to help […]
The BBC is upping of climate change coverage with special programming, digital coverage and debates. With the UN’s international conference on climate change coming to the UK in the autumn, the BBC aims to be at the heart of the national and international debate. Under the BBC’s Our Planet Matters banner, BBC News and wider […]
Quibi, the soon-to-launch short-form content platform, and WWE have announced the line-up of performers participating in the transformational series Fight Like a Girl. Leading individual episodes of the upcoming series will be WWE Superstars Sasha Banks, Brie Bella, Nikki Bella, Alexa Bliss, Sonya Deville, Charlotte Flair, Nia Jax, Becky Lynch and Natalya. In each episode of […]