Viaplay and NBCUniversal Global Distribution have finalised a multi-year content partnership that makes Viaplay the exclusive streaming home of DreamWorks Animation series in all five Nordic countries (Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland), the Netherlands and Poland. Starting this spring, Viaplay will offer younger viewers new NBCU kid-friendly programming, including over 400 episodes of DreamWorks TV […]
The first season of ‘Prime Crime’ is now available on Peacock. The true crime series, produced by Law&Crime Productions, is hosted by attorney and Law&Crime anchor Jesse Weber. The series, now in production on a second season, takes a deep dive into sinister high-profile crime stories, such as Samuel Little, the most prolific serial killer […]
WWE has announced that The Undertaker will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame at a ceremony on April 1st at American Airlines Center in Dallas as part of WrestleMania Week. The event will stream live exclusively on Peacock in the US and WWE Network in the UK and everywhere else. In addition, for […]
Phenix, a provider of real-time video streaming solutions, has reported that US streaming platforms, such as NBC Sports, Peacock, Hulu and YouTubeTV, were lagging behind the action on the field during the 2022 Super Bowl between 50 and 60 seconds. And when measuring the time difference between the same stream, there was up to a […]
According to results from iSpot.tv’s second-by-second cross-platform measurement, Super Bowl LVI, which ran from 6:33-10:09 ET on February 13th, drew an average minute audience of 121 million viewers. Americans tuned in to watch the LA Rams defeat the Cincinnati Bengals on NBC, Telemundo and Peacock, in homes and public venues across America. Full Game Insights: […]
NBC Sports has selected Grass Valley to provide a range of IP and SDI solutions for its production of the XXIV Olympic Winter Games from Beijing, China, February 2–20, 2022. The announcement was made today by Todd Donovan, Vice-President Engineering Technology, NBC Olympics, and Sydney Lovely, CTO, Grass Valley. NBCUniversal provides coverage of the 2022 […]
NBC Sports has selected TAG Video Systems to provide OTT monitoring and multiviewing for its production of the XXIV Olympic Winter Games, from Beijing, China, February 2–20, 2022. The announcement was made by Chris Connolly, VP of Transmission Engineering and Operations, NBC Olympics, and Kevin Joyce, Zero Friction Officer for TAG Video Systems NBCUniversal provides […]
African OTT movie and TV episode revenues will reach $2 billion (€1.75bn) by 2027 – triple from $623 million in 2021, according to the Africa OTT TV and Video Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. South Africa and Nigeria will together account for 56 per cent of the total by 2027, leaving $896 […]
Findings from Tubi, FOX Entertainment’s free streaming service, reveal the explosive growth of AVoD services, set to surpass SVoD this year in audience size, and the changing demographics of a free streaming universe that remains young and multicultural while becoming more reflective of national audience averages in education and affluence. The report, The Stream: 2022 […]
WWE has announced financial results for its fourth quarter and year ended December 31st 2021. “In 2021, we reached a significant milestone of over $1 billion in revenue, for the first time in the Company’s history. We ended the year with strong performance across each of our business lines that reflected the engagement of a […]