With arguably the biggest budget TV show returning to UK screens next week, there’s no doubting the hype around the final season of Game of Thrones. However, its success is also its biggest downfall, with it being illegally viewed over 1 billion times, 84.7 per cent of which were streamed. In fact, It has been […]
A movie project featuring Donald Glover and Rihanna will launch on Amazon Prime Video this weekend following months of speculation. The movie, entitled Guava Island, will go live on the streaming service at midnight on April 13th, after its premiere at the Coachella music festival in California, and it will be free to watch for […]
As mobile operators deploy 5G networks, it’s vital that they prepare for the disruptive impact that cloud gaming could pose. According to mobile operator executives attending Openwave Mobility’s Mobile Video Industry Council (MOVIC) Livecast, most operators believe that cloud gaming could represent 25 per cent to 50 per cent of 5G data traffic by 2022, […]
With the Anthony Joshua fight taking place this weekend, Jim Brickmeier, CMO at CDN provider Velocix, has provided comment on why live sporting events tend to amplify the latency problems that are common to online streaming services Brickmeier said: “Live sporting events with high viewership rates, such as the Anthony Joshua fight this weekend, tend […]
Avengers: Endgame is setting presale Box Office records in the UK. As anticipation grows for the epic Marvel sequel, data from Applaudience shows that, as of the morning of April 12th, 188 screenings across the UK are already sold out with another 675 are listed as ‘Selling Out’ (71 per cent of tickets sold). As […]
A research study from Hub shows a dramatic difference between younger and older consumers when it comes to their preferred TV brands. Highlights from the study, entitled The Evolution of Video Branding, include:
French commercial broadcaster TF1 has announced that it will exclusively air all 48 matches from this year’s Rugby World Cup on a free-to-air basis.. TF1 had acquired the rights to the competition in March 2018. Previously, it had shared the rights with pay-TV channel Canal+. The tournament will be held in Japan and kicks off […]
Facebook has secured a late deal to provide the Middle East with free coverage of this year’s Masters golf tournament – which starts today (April 11th). The agreement includes live coverage of all four days of the tournament in Augusta, as well as the green jacket ceremony, which crowns the winner of the competition. Sports […]
Red Bee Media has reached record low latency on its live OTT feed during NAB – reaching as low as 3.5 seconds, glass to glass which is faster than traditional broadcasting feeds. This was achieved using commoditised cloud-based, open source standard technology, utilising open Internet connectivity only. The feed is created with a live camera […]
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) has acquired the exclusive Nordic media rights to a range of leading winter sports competitions from Infront Sports & Media. The five-year deal, which starts in 2021, secures the hugely popular FIS Alpine Ski World Cup and FIS Cross Country World Cup and much more for NENT Group’s platforms and […]