The search for ‘the next big thing’ in UK Children’s Television is gearing up as part of a £60 million (€67.5m) initiative being introduced by Government to support the nation’s vibrant broadcast sector. Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright has announced that the Contestable Fund which aims to halt the decline of UK produced children’s content and […]
OTT sports service DAZN has agreed a six-season deal to show FA Cup matches in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, from the this season to 2023-24. The FA Cup will join DAZN’s other English football content which include matches from the League Cup and the Championship. DAZN’s FA Cup coverage will begin from the third round […]
Limelight Networks and Ericsson have signed an agreement to collaborate on content delivery and edge cloud services. As more traffic shifts to the public internet from private networks, the need for high performance networks and distributed infrastructure is required to maintain a high-quality user experience. A key solution to this is edge cloud computing. Providing […]
Eleven Sports, the OTT sports broadcaster, has confirmed it will abandon its controversial decision to stream La Liga football matches on Saturday afternoons during the traditional UK blackout period for live football. However, the company signalled it is ready to challenge the decades old ruling, and pointed to the fact that the blackout would seem […]
Creative Content Australia (CCA), an industry organisation committed to raising awareness about the value of copyright and the impact of content theft on the screen industries, has welcomed the introduction of copyright legislation amendments that protect the work of local and global screen content creators. The Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Bill 2018, introduced in the […]
MTV Studios has unveiled a partnership with Facebook Watch to reimagine the ground-breaking series MTV’s The Real World for three all new seasons debuting Spring 2019. Drawing on Facebook’s global platform, the new seasons will be native productions in Mexico, Thailand and the United States, respectively, to explore friendship, and the cultural and social environment in each. Available exclusively on […]
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) is urging the European Commission to ensure online platforms and advertisers put in place effective procedures and policies to tackle the scourge of fake news. In September 2018, the Sounding Board of the Multistakeholder Forum on Disinformation – of which the EBU is a member – delivered a damning verdict […]
Streaming platform and device specialist Roku has confirmed it will resume sales of its devices in Mexico. Roku device sales had been banned in the country for over a year amid a court battle resulting from hackers offering pirated content from pay-TV networks, such as HBO and ESPN, through the devices. “We are grateful for […]
CSI Sports’ 24/7 live sports channel, Fight Sports, has extended its carriage agreement with Bouygues Telecom in France. Fight Sports Network reaches over Forty (40) countries with over 200+ carriage agreements within under 6 years from launch. The performance and success of the network has delivered a longer term multi-year extension with leading operator Bouygues […]
Animal Planet, one of Discovery’s leading networks, has unveiled a new brand identity as part of a worldwide strategy to take the network forward. Animal Planet mission is squarely centered around keeping the childhood joy and wonder of animals alive by bringing people up close in every way. The Animal Planet global brand identity will […]