Streaming platform and device specialist Roku is launching three enhancements to the Roku user experience for UK viewers, designed to give users an easier way to find and stream desired content. What to Watch, Continue Watching and Save List will roll out to Roku streaming players in the coming weeks, followed by Roku TV models […]
Green Light Films announces its launch as an all-rights distribution and co-production company for the Ukrainian market. Backed by the holding group that hosts the Multiplex chain of cinemas, Green Light Films is dedicated to building its slate directly with global and western multi-regional licensors of high-quality international titles and prestige festival films that have […]
NPAW, a specialist in analytics and multi-CDN solutions for online media companies, has introduced Publisher Analytics, a new content optimisation tool to help media publishers and editorial teams enhance user engagement based on insights into user behaviour and preferences. The tool lets publishers and editors identify underperforming content with real-time ranking markers providing instant feedback […]
The Production Guild of Great Britain (PGGB) has appointed ex-Film London marketeer Michael Hunter as Head of Marketing & Communications. Hunter joins PGGB from his previous post in Marketing & Events for Film London. For the past four years, he has looked after branding, design and events for the capital’s screen agency, after previously managing […]
MyStreme ihas announced partnership with the specilaist in studio-approved content filtering, Clearplay. This partnership is a major leap forward in MyStreme’s promise to its investors, and a major expansion for Clearplay’s audience, which is currently limited to PC users. Clearplay provides its customers with the ability to filter content depending on preferences for language, nudity, […]
Over the past seven years, OnlyFans has seen its user base explode, becoming one of the fastest-growing social media platforms as well as one of the best-performing European companies. Despite the criticism and controversies surrounding the site’s main attraction (i. e., adult content), the number of people posting content on OnlyFans has hit record highs […]
Netflix has signed its first direct deal with French creative and production organisations, TV regulator Arcom and producers have announced. After the deal Prime Video concluded in December 2022 with the same organisations, Netflix has now has agreed new financial terms with producers associations, Uspa, Spi, AnimFranve and Satev, with distributors representative Sedpa, and with […]
Euromedia September/October 2023 What is the state of the pirate nation? How has the vulnerability of media services evolved in recent times, and what are the content security industry’s strategies for adapting protections? Colin Mann spoke to a range of industry experts. Read the article and the rest of the issue here.
Fremantle has acquired the global distribution rights for the insightful feature documentary Sisters Interrupted, uncovering the story of two sisters, one condition, and hundreds of years of stigma. Filmed over three years by an all-female production team, Sisters Interrupted will receive its UK premiere at Raindance Film Festival on November 1st. Directed by Caroline Sharp, […]
Net Insight announces that Console Connect, a Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) platform, has leveraged Net Insight’s Nimbra Edge cloud media delivery platform to launch a new cloud-based content delivery and live streaming solution. Console Connect’s Live Internet Video Exchange (LIVE) is a cloud-based IP media transport platform that has been specially developed to meet the ever-increasing demands […]