Eleven Sports has agreed a three-year deal which will see them to broadcast the FIA Formula 1 World Championship in Portugal from 2019 until 2021. Eleven Sports will showcase all the complete track action, with Friday and Saturday practice and qualifying sessions, and Sunday races, through live, delay and repeat broadcasts. Eleven holds exclusive rights […]
Sony has announced the addition of around 200 new local network affiliates across the US for PlayStation Vue – its OTT TV service. In a blog post, Dwayne Benefield Vice President, head of PlayStation Vue, said: “I am excited to announce that PS Vue users in select markets will gain access to local broadcast stations […]
Netflix launched Disenchantment on its service on August 17th to much fanfare. The animated series – from Simpsons creator Matt Groening – was seen as a huge coup for the streaming giant, and early viewing figures are promising. US audience figures, provided by Nielsen, show that the series’ pilot episode drew an average minute audience […]
Newly launched US video streaming service Flixon.tv has added Flixon Cinema to its OTT applications Flixon Cinema contains movies, documentaries, comedies, sci-fi, dramas and TV shows packaged in over 250 hours of content which is refreshed monthly through its partnership with FilmHub.com. The content is provided as part of its standard basic offering at no […]
Parrot Analytics, the big data TV analytics firm specialising in audience demand measurement worldwide, has partnered with Guinness World Records to identify the most in-demand TV series and digital original series in the world. Using Parrot Analytics’ global, real-time, platform agnostic TV demand measurement system, Guinness World Records and Parrot Analytics charted demand for series […]
VRV, a fandom-focused video aggregation platform, has partnered with Nickelodeon to become the launch partner for NickSplat, available now as an OTT channel in the US on VRV. NickSplat is a multi-screen destination that includes popular Nickelodeon content from the 1990s and beyond across television and social platforms. Nickelodeon collaborated with VRV to create a […]
Accedo, a video experience pioneer, has announced the launch of a targeted advertising solution for Augmented Reality (AR) experiences with the API integration of Amazon Web Services (AWS) Elemental MediaTailor. The Accedo AR experience, powered by the Accedo One video platform, is designed to give a TV viewer a more personalised and engaging second-screen experience […]
Amid roiling debates about the impact of screen time on teenagers, roughly half of those ages 13 to 17 are themselves worried they spend too much time on their cellphones. Some 52 per cent of US teens report taking steps to cut back on their mobile phone use, and similar shares have tried to limit […]
The gaming industry is at a crossroads. Cyber-crime threatens to not only steal revenue from game publishers, but also inhibit future game creation that is only made possible by the sale of popular titles. Not to mention the very real issue of player cheating that threatens to destroy in-game economies and put legitimate gamers in […]
Insight TV, the UHD broadcaster and producer of native UHD HDR content, has created and launched a Smart TV app in partnership with TV manufacturer TCL. Launched globally for Android 5 and higher TCL television sets, the new Insight TV Smart TV app is easy for customers to navigate to find their favourite Insight TV […]