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Canal+ renews French film agreement

Canal+ and the French film industry signed a new agreement in Dijon at the annual Rencontres cinématographiques, in the presence of the new French Minister of Culture Franck Riester. The agreement, which renews the way Canal+ will contribute to the financing of the French movie industry and feature film projects, will be applicable over a […]

November 9, 2018From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

STARZPLAY to launch on Virgin Media

US programmer Starz has confirmed that its  STARZPLAY SVoD service will launch on UK multiplay network Virgin Media in the UK on November 29th. The STARZPLAY premium streaming service will give Virgin TV customers in the UK the opportunity to watch STARZ series all in one place, with future STARZ Originals launching exclusively on STARZPLAY […]

November 9, 2018

Digitiser: The Show to debut on YouTube

In 2019 the video game industry is expected to grow to $180 billion worldwide. In the UK alone in 2017 the consumer spend on games was £5.11 billion – up 12.4 per cent from the previous year. Gaming is now on a par with the music and film industries, and yet it is all but […]

November 9, 2018

Attenborough narrates Netflix docu-series

Sir David Attenborough will serve as the voice of upcoming Netflix original documentary series Our Planet, which will premiere on Netflix on April 5th 2019. The series has been created in collaboration with Silverback Films, whose director Alastair Fothergill was the creator of the acclaimed BBC series Planet Earth and Blue Planet series, and WWF, […]

November 9, 2018

Bulgaria: Nova extends Premier League rights

MTG’s Nova Broadcasting Group has been awarded the exclusive rights to show live Premier League football for the 2019/20 to 2021/22 seasons in Bulgaria. Every year, more than 235 matches will be available live on Nova’s subscription TV and streaming platforms, together with local language commentary, highlights, interviews, profiles, archive footage and related programming. From […]

November 9, 2018

ZEE5 on NetRange platform

A month after announcing its global soft launch across 190+ countries, ZEE5, the digital entertainment platform from Zee Entertainment Enterprises, has formed a strategic partnership with NetRange, a provider of global Smart TV and OTT ecosystems. The ZEE5 app will be available on all NetRange’s Smart TV platforms across its 100+ global network. Archana Anand, […]

November 9, 2018

Red Bull Radio to stream worldwide via Sonos

Red Bull Radio is now available to stream worldwide via the  smart speaker brand, Sonos. The integration allows Sonos users to stream Red Bull Radio’s live on-air broadcast as well as its curated Channels in any and every room of the home. iOS users can also play any content within the Red Bull Radio app […]

November 9, 2018

Mexico: Televisa expands TV CDN with Edgeware

CDN technologist Edgeware has announced that Televisa, Mexico’s largest cable TV operator, will expand its existing TV CDN, adding more capacity and new time-shift features to its service. The new time-shift capabilities will be deployed for more than five hundred thousand subscribers across 100 channels, enabling its viewers to pause and rewind up to three […]

November 9, 2018

SPI launches Fast&FunBox HD on Orange Spain

Global media company SPI has extended their channel distribution in Spain with the launch of Fast&FunBox HD on Orange TV in Spain. SPI will now bring sports and entertainment in HD quality to Orange sports fans. This multi-discipline channel offers 400 new hours every year of car racing, skydiving, sailing and much more. “Following the […]

November 9, 2018

Google: 3bn+ rights-infringing URLs removed

According to the 2018 How Google Fights Piracy report, the company has invested $100 million in building Content ID, its rights management tool, leading to over 3 billion URLs being removed from Search for infringing copyright. Writing in Google’s Public Policy blog, Cedric Manara, Head of Copyright, notes that the Internet has enabled people worldwide […]

November 8, 2018By Colin Mann