Some 70 per cent of gamers surveyed in UK, France, Germany and Spain say they’re not interested in a video game streaming service according to a survey conducted by Ipsos MORI’s GameTrack survey, on behalf of GamesIndustry.biz. Just 15 per cent of the surveyed gamers (defined as anyone playing games via any device) are interested […]
Agile TV, the TV service distributed by low cost telco operator Yoigo, owned by Másmóvil, has reached an agreement with Rakuten TV to distribute its SVoD content – offering over 1,500 films and TV series. Yoigo FTTH customers can add the Rakuten Wuaki package to their Agile TV offer for a combined €6 a month […]
Mobile and connected devices security solutions specialist Inside Secure has officially changed its corporate name to Verimatrix and is trading on the Euronext Paris exchange under the ticker symbol ‘VMX’, effective immediately. The move follows the December 2018 $125 million (€110m) acquisition by Inside Secure of the network-connected devices revenue security and enhancement specialist. The […]
In advance of the theatrical release of Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw, the first stand-alone vehicle in the Fast & Furious franchise, which features Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham reprising their roles as Luke Hobbs and Deckard Shaw, Universal Pictures has teamed up with The pro-copyright education body The Industry Trust for IP Awareness’s ‘Moments Worth […]
A record-breaking 7.6 million people tuned in to BBC One on June 27th to cheer on the Lionesses as they convincingly beat Norway by 3 goals to nil. The figures, based on people watching for five minutes or more, made it the UK’s most-watched women’s football game ever. The number beats the previous best for […]
Promising a world-first: giving every football fan their own football channel, hyper-personalised video experiences cloud-based solution provider Linius Technologies has entered into a Master Services Agreement (MSA) with SportsHero Limited via their respective wholly-owned subsidiaries. Linius Technologies Limited has invented and patented the Video Virtualization Engine. SportsHero Limited has developed an Australian sports prediction platform, […]
Propagate, an content creation and distribution studios, today announced the development of an adventure competition series with Asmodee Entertainment, a newly formed platform of global games publisher and distributor Asmodee, whose titles include Catan, Pandemic, Arkham Horror, KeyForge and Ticket to Ride. Propagate and Asmodee Entertainment will develop a television series based on Alan R. Moon’s […]
Italian public broadcaster RAI has lost the battle for FTA broadcast rights to the UEFA Champions League for the period 2019-2021. This follows a decision by the Italian court to reject an urgent appeal submitted by RAI against Sky Italia, according to a report in Il Sole 24 Ore. This will enable the pay-TV broadaster […]
Seven months after new rules against unjustified geo-blocking began to apply, general consumer awareness of the new rules against restrictions for online shopping and cross-border sales is already high. A Eurobarometer survey shows that just a few months after the new rules on geo-blocking started to apply, 50 per cent of EU citizens are generally […]
Virgin Media’s latest TV drama The Rook will premiere exclusively on Virgin TV Ultra HD from July 1st. The Lionsgate/Starz original series, produced in association with Virgin Media, is a supernatural spy thriller. The Rook tells the story of Myfanwy Thomas, a woman who wakes up beside Millennium Bridge with no memory and no way […]