ESPN will conclude its 1,000+ college baseball game schedule in the US with a record 14 conference championship games over ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SEC Network and streaming on ACC Network Extra, ESPN+ and SEC Network+. Every pitch in the Atlantic Coast Conference, Conference USA, Horizon, Mid-American Conference, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, Missouri Valley Conference, Southeastern […]
Sky has unveiled plans to create and build a dedicated innovation centre on its Osterley campus in West London as it continues its push into developing world leading consumer technology. The space will house an ever-growing number of technology engineers and software developers focusing on innovation across Sky’s broadcast and streaming platforms, consumer products and […]
A man from Norwich in the East Anglia region of the UK has been sentenced to 10 months imprisonment for selling illegal TV devices and for re-offending, since being prosecuted and sentenced for the same crime in October 2016. William Marston, who traded as ‘Billie the Bookie’, appeared at Norwich Crown Court on May 4th […]
On June 10th, Viacom’s FTA Paramount Channel in Spain will officially become Paramount Network. Spain, the first country to launch Paramount Channel in 2012, is the first to rebrand following the launch of Paramount Network in the US earlier this year. “Paramount Network has great positioning and fits perfectly with our strategy in Spain, where […]
Somewhat unsurprisingly, the Royal Wedding between Meghan Markle and Prince Harry on May 19th proved to be the biggest UK TV event of the year so far. However, viewing numbers were slightly down from the 2011 Royal Wedding between Kate Middleton and Prince William. BBC One’s coverage of the event pulled in an average audience […]
Sony’s new CEO, Kenichiro Yoshida, will host the multimedia company’s Investor Relations Day in Tokyo on May 22nd. Each of Sony’s eight key divisions will present to analysts and explain their mid-term 3-year strategies from now to 2021. Analysts reporting ahead of the event say they expect Yoshida, who was previously CFO prior to his […]
In the UK there is little visibility of comparative time spent on Netflix vs other broadcast TV channels and services, or how consumption varies across different devices and platforms because the company does not reveal its own data and BARB does not measure time spent on the service. Tablets and smartphones may account for the […]
US streaming service Hulu and VICE Media have announced a content licensing agreement. The deal, VICELAND’s first SVoD partnership, will increase Hulu’s library of unscripted programming with 15 series from VICELAND, including all past episodes of the Emmy Award-nominated Gaycation and Woman, as well as popular shows such as F*ck, That’s Delicious. All VICELAND series […]
Even after the domestic season has ended, live sports streaming service DAZN claims it is continuing to offer fans in Germany the very best footballing action with news that extensive highlights from the upcoming 2018 FIFA World Cup will be available on the platform. DAZN has sub-licensed the highlights for Germany from sports rights agency […]
Insight from IHS Markit identifies how the media management industry is moving to services-based business model, focusing on faster and cheaper workflow. Highlights of the report include: In the media management market, migration from selling equipment-based solutions to service-based solutions is deploying massively this year. Nearly two-thirds (62 per cent) of global revenue was service-based, […]