The Tour de France is proving a big hit with cycling fans this year with high audience figures reported from EBU Member broadcasters. The 2019 Tour de France is being hailed as one of the most exciting editions since the end of 1980s, with particular excitement during the two Pyrenees stages on July 20th (Tarbes […]
ITV has confirmed that during 2020 there will be two series of Love Island on ITV2. The show is the most watched programme of the year for adults aged 16-34, across any channel, so the news is perhaps somewhat unsurprising. The show has hit new heights in its fifth series this summer, breaking the 6 […]
Four new Comedy Shorts have been announced by BBC comedy commissioning, promising a mix of comedy genres, tastes and styles. This year’s Comedy Shorts are titled: Brain In Gear, Lazy Susan, Mandy and Sorry. Shane Allen, Controller Comedy Commissioning BBC says: “These shorts are a fast track way to back generation defining comedy talents to […]
Prime Video and Leeds United have announced Take Us Home: Leeds United, a new docu-series that will give Prime members an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the club’s 2018-19 season as they pushed for promotion under head coach, Marcelo Bielsa, after a 15-year absence from the Premier League. Academy Award winner and avid Leeds United fan […]
beoutQ, the TV piracy operation that has allegedly stolen legitimate broadcast rights to most high-profile sports over the Middle East, is running on-air promotional ads ahead of the opening games of the English Premier League football season. The promos are full of typical ‘English’ scenes, including marching ceremonial troops, red London buses, groups of exited […]
Manchester City may have pipped Liverpool to the Premier League title in the 2018/19 season, but it was Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool that topped the charts for the most televised team in the UK last season. According to WherestheMatch.com, the live football on TV companion that shows which teams are playing, when and on which TV channel […]
A survey conducted by Roy Morgan reveals that while Facebook – and social media generally – remains deeply distrusted in Australia, whilst ABC, the country’s national broadcaster, is still by far the nation’s most trusted media organisation. Almost half of all Australians (44 per cent) distrust social media, compared to only 7 per cent who […]
Some six years after it agreed a similar deal with Netflix, customers of UK multiplay operator Virgin Media can now access Amazon Prime Video for the first time directly through Virgin TV. The July 22nd launch gives Virgin Media customers the ability to search for and watch Prime Video content seamlessly through their V6 box. […]
The Italian Police has dismantled a major IPTV platform in Palermo that provided unauthorised access to pay-TV platforms Sky Italia and DAZN. A 35-year old was reported for violation of copyright law. At his home, the Police found the “source” of the illegal ZSat platform, consisting of 57 Sky Italia decoders, connected to Internet transmission […]
techARC-Unomer has released some key insights about OTT entertainment app (live and VoD) penetration in India. The insights are from Unomer AppMap, an in-depth analysis of smartphone and consumer data collected from over 5 million Smartphone users across the country. 4 out of 5 Smartphone users are having at least one OTT entertainment platform which […]