SYFY UK – NBCUniversal International Networks’ multiplatform media brand that gives science fiction fans of all kinds a universe to call home– will showcase its science fiction experience, Eleven Eleven, at MCM London Comic Con from May 24th to May 26th at Excel London. The virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) project will launch on May […]
According to data science firm Parrot Analytics, YouTube original series Cobra Kai is currently the most in-demand digital original series in the world. Cobra Kai is also the most in-demand digital original in the US during the period April 24th to April 30th; demand was 41 per cent higher than the second most in-demand digital original, The Act (Hulu). Season 2 of Cobra […]
The meeting between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox at London Stadium will be shown live on the BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport website. The games on June 29th and 30th are part of a two-year deal signed by Major League Baseball (MLB) and BBC Sport to stream the London Series in the […]
Channel 4 will broadcast live coverage of Grand Slam winners Wales when they take on England and Ireland this August. The three nations will face each other at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium as part of their preparation for the Rugby World Cup which begins on September 20th. The reigning Six Nations Champions play England on August […]
YouTube has confirmed a deal with Major League Baseball (MLB) for the exclusive rights to live stream 13 games this season. The games will be available globally on YouTube, and exclusively in the US, Canada and Puerto Rico. The matches will stream live on MLB’s official YouTube channel and via a new channel on YouTube […]
IHS Markit figures reveal the console market to be in robust health, with its content and services segment having grown from $27 billion (€24.09) in 2017 to nearly $32 billion in 2018. Indeed, the total console market (spend on hardware, plus content and services) totals $47 billion for 2018, up from $42 billion in 2017, […]
Altice USA, the broadband communications and video services provider, has reached an agreement to acquire Cheddar, the digital-first news company, for $200 million (€178.8m). The Cheddar networks are available in approximately 40 million US pay-TV homes through MVPDs, all virtual MVPDs (YouTube TV, Sling, Hulu Live, DirecTV NOW etc), free tv systems (Pluto, Roku Channel, […]
Netflix has entered into a multi-year first look deal with director, producer, and actress, Regina King and her production company Royal Ties. Named one of Time Magazine’s most influential people of 2019, King recently won an Academy Award for her role as Sharon Rivers in feature film If Beale Street Could Talk as well as […]
Bitmax, the digital media management and licensing company, has partnered with MTonomy, the blockchain-based digital media rights and content management company, to license and provide new release content to MTonomy. Through this partnership, millions of cryptocurrency users around the world will be able to securely buy and rent Bitmax’s video content, including movies, documentaries, TV […]
Venezuela’s struggling President Nicholas Maduro has banned distribution of CNN from the nation’s cable and DTH networks. The BBC’s news channel has also been removed. DirecTV, Net Uno, Intercable and Telefonica have all be ordered to remove the news channels via the local telecoms regulator Conatel. CNN, in a web-statement, said: “CNN has been taken […]