Netflix, Amazon Prime and similar SVoD services could soon be adhering to a 20 per cent quota for European content in EU member states. French Daily Les Echos reports that European Commission media industry officials are working on this basis. Commissioner Andrus Ansip, responsible for the digital single market, said that a more level playing […]
Peer-to-peer file sharing protocol and software company BitTorrent has unveiled a multichannel app for live and linear programming, which it says solves provisioning and lag time problems for live online broadcasting. It features free tier of channels spanning news, sports, music, tech, and youth culture. BitTorrent says it has changed the way the Internet works, […]
Audiences across the EU will lose out substantially if the European Commission presses ahead with plans to erode the territorial exploitation of film and television rights, a report released at the Festival de Cannes international film festival reveals. Changes to copyright and
In a move designed to take better advantage of growth opportunities, content production and distribution group Atresmedia has created Atresmedia Internacional to combine its three international channels – Antena 3, Atreseries and ¡HOLA! – into just one business area. TV. The division will remain under Javier Nuche, Managing Director of Atresmedia Internacional, who is responsible […]
Spotify is producing original video series, as the market leader in music streaming seeks to bolster the platform amid intensifying competition with rivals such as Apple Music and YouTube. It is teaming up with actor Tim Robbins and Russell Simmons, co-founder of Def Jam Records, to make some of the films will focus on music […]
Channel 4’s main channel audience share increased last year and its public service remit delivery metrics were at their highest ever level as the corporation invested record amounts in original television, film and digital content funded by record commercial and digital revenues. The company’s 2015 Annual Report outlines that Channel 4 spent a record £629 […]
Netflix is entering the reality TV genre for the first time with a global series featuring and produced by Hollywood legend Sylvester Stallone. The 10-episode event series will feature 108 athletes from 6 different countries take their shot at running one of the most physically demanding obstacle courses ever devised. All episodes will be made […]
The 2016 edition of the Entertainment TV Report , covering 11 territories and 90 channels, looks back over the success stories in 2015 from emblematic entertainment genre. Talent searches and competitions of every kind remained safe “bets” and pursue their expansion into new territories. Scripted programmes are still riding the crest of the wave and […]
NBC Olympics and image messaging app Snapchat are partnering to present unique perspectives from this summer’s 2016 Rio Olympics and the US Olympic Team Trials, which will include daily Snapchat ‘Live Stories’ and an NBC Rio Olympic Discover channel. Both the Live Story experiences and Discover channel will be available to Snapchatters in the US […]
Amazon has reported strong growth in subscribers to its Prime loyalty programme (without revealing numbers), which offers one-hour delivery, original TV programming and access to its digital entertainment products such as Prime Music and Prime Video for an annual fee. The company said it would ramp up spending to entice Prime customers through video content, […]