Women’s sport has grown in prominence thanks to the rise of digital platforms and this is set to accelerate. In fact, 94 per cent of industry professionals are primed to increase investment in the creation, production and distribution of content, according to research from Imagen, the SaaS video management platform business. The survey of more […]
Millennial Esports will expand its global eSports and motorsport content creation and distribution platform by taking a controlling stake in leading automotive YouTube channel, LetsGoRacing. LetsGoRacing is a YouTube channel that focuses on motorsport and eSports racing content, from the creators of The Apprentice. The channel has achieved more than 40 million views from fans […]
MediaCom’s 2019 Connected Kids research has revealed the extent to which young people are recognising the negative impact of social media on their lives, with nearly 1-in-5 (18 per cent) teens saying they have deleted social media apps off their devices. The annual report, which investigates the media habits and attitudes of kids and teenagers […]
TVSquared, a specialist in digital and linear TV attribution, has released performance analysis on TV ads in the UK retail space across Q3 2019, revealing the most effective ad spots for driving audience response with the most cost efficiency. The key insights include: Genres Reality programming led the way for performance in retail TV ads, […]
The NBA has defended free speech following a team executive’s tweet in support of the ongoing Hong Kong protests. Daryl Morey, the general manager of the Houston Rockets, wrote on Twitter: “Fight For Freedom. Stand With Hong Kong”. It caused a furore in China, and Morey’s attempt to backtrack then succeeded in upsetting US fans. […]
For the first time ever in golf, every shot by every player will be live-streamed from a full-field tournament when The Players Championship returns to TPC Sawgrass, March 12th – 15th 2020, allowing fans to follow any player in the elite field, all four rounds. All of this revolutionary coverage will be available to PGA […]
Verizon Fios and Movies Anywhere – the digital movie collection app – have announced that Movies Anywhere is now available to Fios TV customers in the US. Movies Anywhere is a free app that allows customers to seamlessly bring their eligible movie purchases together into a robust digital collection that can be accessed across multiple […]
Discover.film, a global platform solely devoted to making quality short movies and series available on mobile, TV and web, has gone live. Over 80,000 people from 216 countries have already subscribed to the beta version Discover.film has signed partnerships with some of the world’s largest airlines, including British Airways, American Airlines, Virgin Trains, Eurostar and […]
Thinkfactory Media, an ITV America company, and WWE Studios have announced a partnership to produce a new reality series, Big Show vs. The World: A Giant Abroad (working title), starring WWE Superstar Paul Wight, better known as The Big Show. Through his extensive world travels with WWE, the 7 feet tall Big Show has collected […]
ITV2 is launching a new reality show, Killer Camp, which will air across five nights leading up to Halloween. The show will feature 11 unsuspecting contestants who will be dropped into an 80s inspired lakeside lodge where, after an explosive twist, they learn it’s not the Summer Camp they’d envisaged but a ‘Killer Camp’ with […]