Sports fans in Singapore now have greater access to global sports events with the launch of Discovery’s pan-European sports destination Eurosport, and Setanta Sports, now available on Mediacorp’s digital entertainment service, Toggle. For an all-in fee of $7.90 per month (inclusive of GST) for the Sports Action Pass, viewers can catch the best of European […]
Amazon Studios has signed an overall television deal with award-winning writer Neil Gaiman. The creator of the Amazon Original series Good Omens and the Hugo Award-winning book American Gods, Gaiman will exclusively work with Amazon Studios on the creation of additional series which will premiere globally on Amazon Prime Video in over 200 countries and territories. “Neil Gaiman is a phenomenally talented writer, who creates worlds […]
H&C, the multi-screen TV network for equestrian sports, and Digital Cornucopia, has signed a new partnership to produce, launch and distribute H&C in Spain, Portugal and Latin America. Under the terms of the partnership, Digital Cornucopia will seek opportunities for the channel in Spanish and Portuguese on both pay-TV networks and OTT platforms, as well […]
Multiplay operator Amplia has announced a partnership with Zappware to deliver a multitenant digital TV solution serving The Caribbean region. Amplia will revamp its TV platform in Trinidad & Tobago and leverage that deployment launching TV as a Service (TVaaS) towards regional service providers. Lisa Agard, Managing Director of Amplia, commented: “This partnership will enable […]
South Africa’s Constitutional Court has set aside a 2017 Competition Appeal Court ruling and said the Competition Commission is entitled to perform an investigation into a channel licensing agreement between the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), and pay-TV operator MultiChoice. “MultiChoice agreed in terms of the agreement to pay the SABC fees of more than […]
Beginning September 28th, Canal + channels offered what the broadcaster described as a 5-star weekend with more than 120 hours of non-stop sport, with golf’s Ryder Cup, flagship event of the weekend, has kept all its promises with the triumph of the European team at the Golf National course. In total, 2.2 million viewers watched […]
BBC News has launched BBC Reel, a new video features platform on BBC.com that will be the global home of the BBC’s best factual digital output. · BBC Reel will be the curated global home of the BBC’s video archive and will also produce its own content. Reel has already commissioned dozens of original videos […]
On the heels of its acquisition of the Carabao Cup and English Football League Championship broadcast rights, StarHub has netted a brace with the UEFA Champions League (UCL) and the UEFA Europa League (UEL). With this, football fans can enjoy more football broadcast in HD at no additional cost. UCL and UEL matches will be […]
Netflix, the online streaming giant, is continuing its investment in French content and has announced three new French series and the acquisition of four new French films and documentaries. All titles will be available in over 190 countries where Netflix is available. Erik Barmack, Vice President of International Originals at Netflix says “We are delighted […]
People in Western Europe have a clear preference for TV as a source of news. And while the use of online and radio outlets for news is also widespread, print news consumption trails far behind the other formats, according to a Pew Research Center survey of eight countries conducted in late 2017. Across the countries […]