Research from Ampere Analysis has revealed that China is responsible for over half of the world’s brand-new drama productions. In the last six months alone, leading Chinese broadcasters and OTT services commissioned nearly 300 new drama series – as many as all of its international peers combined. Analysis of new data
A study from Juniper Research finds that the global value of the mobile mixed reality market will exceed $43 billion (€ 38.6bn) by 2024, rising from $8 billion in 2019. Mixed reality overlays interactive digital images and videos onto the real word through a smartphone, tablet or smart glasses. The new research identified
Eurosport secured exclusive ATP Tour rights in a series of new multi-year deals covering the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia. The agreements, which commence in Romania and Hungary in 2020 and the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 2021, include 41 ATP Tour events in each of the four markets, reinforcing Eurosport’s commitment to serve […]
Synamedia, the independent video software provider, has announced that Discovery has chosen its virtualised Digital Content Manager (DCM) from its video network portfolio to increase operational efficiencies for its Asia Pacific distribution. A long-time Synamedia PowerVu customer, Discovery is centralising its Asia Pacific uplink compression systems to its Sterling ,Virginia broadcast center. The company is […]
A new first-hour box office sales record has been set by Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. The trailer for Episode IX of the epic space saga went live in the early hours of October 22nd and, according to US cinema ticket site Atom Tickets, the movie shifted 45 per cent more tickets that Avengers: […]
Alchimie, the content aggregator and distributor, has announced a new move into Japanese content with a deal with NHK Enterprises, a subsidiary to a public broadcaster NHK, to distribute a range of wildlife programming. NHK’s programming is often seen as the gateway to Asia bringing a Japanese perspective and fresh insights on current events and […]
The National Basketball Association (NBA) and Tabcorp have announced a multi-year media partnership that will bring NBA TV – the league’s 24-hour television network – to Tabcorp’s Sky Channel in more than 4,400 TAB retail and entertainment venues across Australia. Separately, Tabcorp will become an authorised sports betting operator of the NBA in Australia and […]
Akamai, the intelligent edge platform for securing and delivering digital experiences, has revealed that traffic on its global content delivery network (CDN) reached a new peak last week of 106 Tbps (terabits per second). It was the first time in the company’s 20-year history that the peak volume of data it delivered exceeded the 100 […]
Viewing figures for El Camino, the movie sequel to the celebrated Breaking Bad TV show, draw an around 6.5 million viewers for Netflix across its opening weekend in the US. The figures are based Nielsen’s SVOD Content Ratings, which measures streaming viewing figures in the US, where 40 per cent of Netflix’s global userbase resides. Around […]
Movistar has entered into an alliance with airline companies Iberia and Air Europa to integrate their apps into its pay-TV platform to allow users to buy tickets and perform check-ins. Following the deal, the airline companies will enable Movistar subscribers to buy flight tickets through their respective TV apps, and via Movistar Home with the […]