Vice’s European operations will double revenues to £100 million (€138m) this year, as its TV strategy starts to pay off. Vice UK, the London-based parent for all the company’s European operations, will also deliver its first significant profits of about £18 million this year, according to The Guardian. The company, which has investors including Rupert […]
Howard Stern has renewed his deal with SiriusXM, the US satellite radio company, for five more years. “I’m very, very proud of this business and what has been accomplished,” Stern said on his show. In addition to extending production of the show, Stern and SiriusXM announced on Tuesday a 12-year deal for further content related […]
Videology, the video advertising technology company, has announced the certification of their integration of Nielsen Digital Ad Ratings (DAR), which enables audience measurement across mobile apps in Europe. Available to Videology’s clients in the UK and France – and soon, in Italy and Germany – the expanded integration will now allow Videology to provide audience […]
Amy Savitsky has been named Senior Vice President, Development & Programming for A&E Network, it was announced by Elaine Frontain Bryant, Executive Vice President & Head of Programming for A&E. “Amy joins A&E with a proven track record of developing long-running franchises that engage viewers,” said Frontain Bryant. “With her experience developing buzzy factual content, […]
Mark Burnett, a prolific TV producer, has been named president of MGM Television and Digital Group. He succeeds Roma Khanna, who has stepped down. Burnett’s appointment will occur simultaneously with the closing of MGM’s acquisition of the remaining 45 per cent of Hearst’s, Burnett’s and Roma Downey’s interests in United Artists Media Group (UAMG), which […]
Canadian multimedia company Bell has confirmed that Bell Fibe TV and Bell Aliant FibreOP TV subscribers can now access their Netflix accounts directly from their existing TV receivers. All Fibe TV receivers have been automatically upgraded to enable quick access to the video streaming service. “Bell is very excited to add the tremendous Netflix catalogue […]
On September 14th, pay-TV technology provider Motive announced its intention to make TabletTV available on the recently announced new Apple TV platform in the US, UK, and throughout the world. The company has now confirmed that it has developed a beta version of its TabletTV App for the new Apple Television platform and submitted it […]
At the annual MRS Awards ceremony, BBC Worldwide, the BBC’s main commercial arm, and global panel provider, Lightspeed GMI, were awarded the MRS Award for Advertising & Media Research for their audience research project, conducted by emotion intelligence platform CrowdEmotion. Awarded to projects that prove the power that can be found in research, the MRS […]
AOL Platforms and video platform Dailymotion have announced a strategic reinforcement of their partnership. The move allows advertisers from around the world to purchase Dailymotion’s in-stream inventory directly through ONE by AOL, the first cross-screen programmatic advertising platform optimising campaigns from web to TV. Dailymotion Exchange (DMX), Dailymotion Advertising’s global and premium video marketplace, has […]
One-Blue has revealed that ARRIS has joined the One-Blue product licensing programme as a licensor. ARRIS joins the current programme licensors Columbia Technology Ventures, Cyberlink, Dell Global, Fujitsu, Hewlett-Packard Company, Hitachi, JVCKENWOOD, Koninklijke Philips, LG Electronics, Panasonic, Pioneer, Samsung Electronics, Sharp, Sony, Taiyo Yuden and Yamaha. “One-Blue is pleased to announce that ARRIS has joined […]