London-based independent producer Nevision is further expanding its global reach, launching a new bi-coastal US operation Nevision Inc. This bolsters Nevision’s roster of companies following the launch of Nevis Productions in the Nordics last year. With offices in LA and New York, Nevision Inc will be headed by Sandy Wax as President and Vincent Gabriele […]
hayu, the all-reality SVoD service from NBCUniversal, has launched in India. This launch builds on the ongoing success of hayu in 27 other territories and rounds off a successful and pivotal growth year for the streaming service. Launching direct-to-consumer (DTC) on a full array of devices – mobile, tablet, laptop, connected TVs and selected consoles […]
Sky Original Dating No Filter sees some of the UK’s top comedians provide raw and unfiltered commentary on members of the public embarking on blind dates. The show will return for a second season in 2022 and Christmas special in 2021 on Sky Max and streaming service NOW. An exciting line-up of comedic pairings has […]
Amagi, a global leader in SaaS for broadcast and connected TV on the cloud, has announced that Alchimie, a video content aggregator and distributor, has partnered with it for channel creation and distribution to Advertising Video on Demand (AVoD) platforms. Amagi is distributing 23 of Alchimie’s channels to Rakuten TV and to Samsung TV Plus […]
Sky and NBCUniversal have confirmed plans to roll out SVoD Peacock content across Sky territories, beginning with a soft launch in the UK and Ireland on November 16th. Included at no additional cost, Sky TV customers and NOW Entertainment Members in these markets will have early access to a new Peacock destination, featuring a catalogue […]
MediaRadar has released advertising data on NBCUniversal’s streaming service, Peacock. The data follows last week’s Q3 earnings report from NBCUniversal’s parent company, Comcast, which disclosed that Peacock drove $230 million (€199.6m) in revenue and an adjusted EBITDA loss of $520 million. In the same period a year earlier, Peacock drove $41 million in revenue and […]
Amagi, a global leader in cloud-based SaaS technology for broadcast and connected TV, has announced that AccuWeather, the world’s most accurate weather source, has partnered with Amagi to launch its 24/7 linear channel, AccuWeather NOW, and create a differentiated offering of the channel for distribution to The Roku Channel in the United States. AccuWeather is […]
Amagi, a global leader in cloud-based SaaS technology for broadcast and connected TV, has partnered with the global smartphone brand Xiaomi, to manage and monetize their linear TV and Video-On-Demand offerings to their mobile and connected TV consumers across multiple countries. The content would be a part of Xiaomi’s direct-to-consumer app. Xiaomi is a consumer […]
While parent Comcast’s NBCUniversal was buoyed by The Tokyo Olympics, its Peacock streaming service delivered another $520 million (€446.8m) quarterly loss, up from $233 million year-on-year. Peacock revenue was $230 million, up from just $41 million a year ago. NBCUniversal’s media EBITA rose 1.2 per cent to $997 million. Revenue went up 47.9 per cent […]
In a boost to the UK creative sector, Sky Studios Elstree, Sky’s new state-of-the-art film and TV studio, has kicked off a recruitment drive for a range of new roles as it readies for opening early in 2022. First announced in late 2019 and granted planning permission in summer 2020, the new 27.5 acre site […]