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CNN launches on Pluto TV

Pluto TV has announced CNN as the latest premium news brand to join the Pluto TV platform. The CNN channel on Pluto TV will feature a curated playlist of short-form digital content from CNN’s esteemed anchors and story-tellers. The channel will showcase CNN’s original feature content to viewers, with programming focused on lifestyle and culture, climate change, and the environment, […]

April 24, 2019

Luxembourg: Turner channels for PostTV

Turner France has agreed a deal to feature some of its most popular channels on PostTV’s Entertain Me! pay-TV package in Luxembourg. The Turner channel line-up includes TCM, Cartoon Network, and Boomerang (all in HD) alongside Toonami HD, WarnerTV HD, and Boing HD. The channels are available in French and English. “It is always an […]

April 24, 2019

Liberty Global secures Prime Video deal

International TV and broadband provider Liberty Global has agreed a multi-year deal with Amazon to make what it describes as the best content and viewing experience available to 4 million Virgin Media TV customers in the UK. Virgin Media will be the first of Liberty Global’s European operations to integrate the Amazon Prime Video app […]

April 23, 2019By Colin Mann

Analysis: Disney+ focused on quality over quantity

Disney has announced an impressive slate of headline titles for its new Disney+ direct-to-consumer service, launching in the US in November. Titles such as the Marvel and Star Wars franchises, classic Disney and Pixar animations and a host of family-friendly Fox titles – including 30 seasons of The Simpsons – as well as original films […]

April 23, 2019

Report: Entertainment genre still dominates primetime TV

Entertainment shows still capture big audiences regardless of the country, according to the latest edition of the Entertainment TV Report from Eurodata TV Worldwide which examined these programmes in 11 countries. On average, TV channels devoted 1/3 of their prime time schedules to entertainment formats in 2018. “During primetime, entertainment shows helped boost audience figures […]

April 23, 2019

MUSO raises £3.5m

Digital piracy data specialist MUSO has raised £3.5 million (€4.04m) in an extension to its £2.5 million 2017 Series A with Harwell Capital. The investment will be used to expand the company’s sales and marketing and increase its foothold in the digital media, gaming and live broadcast sectors. MUSO’s technology removes unlicensed digital content and […]

April 23, 2019

Italy’s RAI relaunches thematic channel offer

Italian public broadcaster RAI is closing two thematic channels, while at the same time launching one new TV channel. The channels that will close are Rai Movie (dedicated to movies) and Rai Premium (repeats of recently aired TV series on the main Rai channels). In addition, the existing Rai 4 channel will now be targeted […]

April 23, 2019From Branislav Pekic in Rome

France Télévisions acquires Olympics rights from Discovery

Discovery and France Télévisions have announced a partnership to present complementary coverage of the Olympic Games in France, including for Beijing 2022 and Paris 2024, the first summer edition of the Games to be hosted by France for a century. Through creating an Olympic Games offering from France Télévisions and Eurosport, Discovery’s sports brand, viewers […]

April 23, 2019

Report: Cricket media rights worth over $2bn in 2021

Global media rights for cricket topped $1 billion for the first time in 2018 and will likely top $2 billion in 2021, according to a report by Media Partners Asia (MPA). The report, The Future of Cricket, suggests that cricket’s future prospects can be optimised even further if cricket boards and authorities implement structural changes […]

April 23, 2019

Analysis: Number of fraudulent apps up 159% YoY

According to eMarketer, mobile ad spend – estimated at $87 billion in 2019 – will account for more than two-thirds of overall US digital ad spend. Last year, for the first time, mobile ad spend surpassed ad spend on linear TV. This growth was driven by large investments in mobile app advertising, which is expected […]

April 23, 2019