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Netflix pays tribute to Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In

Netflix has announced that the stars will align on March 8th at Hollywood’s Dolby theatre for Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate, a 50th anniversary tribute to Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In. The series, which spanned from 1968-1973, won two Emmy Awards at the helm of its legendary director/producer George Schlatter, who will also be attendance as […]

March 5, 2019

Insight TV commissions new shows from VICE Studios

Insight TV, the 4K broadcaster and producer of native UHD content, is partnering with VICE Studios to create two, new shows following street football and eSports. These new series are being developed and produced by VICE Studios in Benelux, and will be broadcast globally on Insight TV. Premiering in Autumn 2019, the first series will […]

March 5, 2019

My5 content deal with Israel’s HOT

Channel 5 has signed a content partnership deal for its streaming service, My5, with HOT Telecommunication Systems, Israel’s largest multi-channel cable television company. The partnership marks the first ever foreign language content deal for the platform and includes a selection of four original Hebrew language drama series produced by HOT. All of the content will […]

March 4, 2019

Eros joins netgem.tv platform

Eros International, a global company in the Indian film entertainment industry, has announced that Eros Now, its OTT South Asian entertainment platform has partnered with netgem.tv in the UK. Commenting on the partnership, Rishika Lulla Singh, CEO – Eros Digital said, “Eros Now and netgem.tv share a similar focus and aim at providing user friendly […]

March 4, 2019

ITV Studios Australia to produce Love Island NZ

ITV Studios and Motion Content Group’s award-winning format Love Island has been commissioned by Three in New Zealand, taking the total number of original commissions to 12. Love Island NZ will be produced by ITV Studios Australia, in what will be its first production for a New Zealand network. The deal, which was brokered by […]

March 4, 2019

MVMNT launches on Brightcove

Brightcove, a provider of cloud services for video, has announced that MVMNT TV is using its technology to launch multiple platform apps across Apple TV, Amazon Fire, iOS, Android, and Google Chromecast. MVMNT TV will leverage Brightcove OTT Flow, powered by Accedo, to unlock new revenue streams and content monetisation efforts, incorporate cloud technology for […]

March 4, 2019

Sky wins IndyCar coverage

Sky Sports will show every round of the 2019 NTT IndyCar Series, including the world-famous Indianapolis 500, on the Sky Sports F1 channel after agreeing a new partnership with IndyCar. The agreement means that every qualifying session and every race from all 17 rounds of America’s premier single-seater racing series, starting with the 2019 curtain-raiser […]

March 1, 2019By Colin Mann

Amazon Prime Video serves up live tennis

This year marks the start of a five-year deal that sees Amazon Prime Video deliver live and exclusive coverage of 37 ATP Tour events from 2019 to 2023, including all ATP Masters 1000 events, as well as the US Open from 2019 to 2022, available on Prime Video in the UK and Ireland, at no […]

March 1, 2019

Drama tops iPlayer requests in January

Idris Elba’s return as Luther has helped BBC iPlayer to a dramatic start to the year. The detective’s first episode back on the beat was the best performing programme on BBC iPlayer in January, with 3.7 million requests, and 11 million requests for the four episodes of the latest series in total. Drama dominated the […]

March 1, 2019

Inside Secure closes Verimatrix acquisition

Suggesting the deal creates a software-based security and analytics powerhouse, security solutions specialist Inside Secure has announced the successful completion of the acquisition of content security specialist Verimatrix. According to Inside Secure, the combination accelerates the company’s strategic roadmap, offering an improved value proposition for its customers with an expanded reach to securely transform connected […]

March 1, 2019By Colin Mann