Netflix has revealed that over 26 million accounts watched its epic mob movie, The Irishman, in its first week of release. The streaming giant has also estimated that this figure will rise to 40 million accounts by the end of the year. The movie, which went live on November 27th, received widespread critical acclaim, with […]
Data published by Kantar shows that once again, reality and entertainment television has driven the highest level of social media engagement over the past year, closely followed by current affairs programmes. Kantar measured engagement amongst UK viewers between December 1st 2018 and November 30th 2019, using the Kantar Social TV Ratings tool. Over the 12-month […]
Marvel Television’s run is shuttering, with several of the division’s executives and its properties being folded into Marvel Studios. Marvel Television will not be developing any new TV shows, beyond the shows that that are currently in the works, reports Varity. Marvel Studios is expected to scrap a number of positions, with current Marvel Television […]
BT Sport will be the exclusively live broadcaster of the Bangladesh Premier League, showing all 46 matches live. The league gets underway today (December 11th) as Chattogram Challengers take on Sylhet Thunder, followed by current champions Cumilla Warriors facing Rangpur Rangers. Seven teams will battle it out to make the final on January 17th 2020. […]
Netflix has announced an untitled scripted series about the Swedish start-up that shook the entire music industry and evolved into becoming one of the world’s leading music services – Spotify. The limited series is inspired by the book Spotify Untold by authors Sven Carlsson and Jonas Leijonhufvud – both business reporters at Swedish Dagens Industri […]
Australian broadcaster Network 10 partnered with Grabyo to evolve its digital, social and mobile content strategy throughout 2019, replacing SnappyTV in the process. The partnership sees 10 utilise Grabyo’s leading cloud video platform to replicate its broadcast news content from programs such as The Project, Studio 10 and 10 News First, on social, in a […]
On the heels of its Premier League streaming success, Amazon has acquired the rights to show selected matches from the Champions League to its subscribers in Germany, as the online giant continues to make strides into sports broadcasting in Europe. Amazon Prime Video will show ‘first-pick’ matches on Tuesday evenings of each game-week from the […]
Canal+ Group and beIN Sports are in talks with a view to an exclusive distribution and sublicensing deal in France. Under the proposed agreement, Canal+ would offer all beIN Sports premium sports channels and content within its Canal+ offers, while also being the exclusive distributor of beIN Sports to third-party providers across all platforms in […]
Arte has announced the launch of a 1080p demo channel called Arte HDR, produced from an HD feed, that will broadcast for the next 12 months. The channel is initially available on OTT TV platform Molotov.tv and Free’s Box One and Delta STBs, and will soon also be available on all HDR-compatible TV sets and […]
As 2019 draws to a close, Juniper Research has created its list of the top 10 technology predictions for 2020. The Top 10 5G – Last-mile fibre rollouts to be replaced by 5G connectivity. OTT TV – Advertising stakeholders to develop functional attribution Ecosystem. Mobility as a Service – Open data in transportation to drive […]