Italian thematic channel producer Giglio Group has signed a distribution agreement with leading Lebanese platform Cablevision for the Nautical Channel. Cablevision offers its subscribers more than 134 channels both free and pay-per-view that air documentaries, news, TV series, music, fashion and sports. The deal comes only three months after the launch of the Nautical Channel […]
From January 1st 2016, AMC is joining three major operators’ line-ups in Central and Eastern European territories. The new launches include Telenor, a major telecom operator in Hungary; Invitel, a prominent service provider on the Hungarian telecommunications market; and Vivacom, a leader in offering modern telecommunications services in Bulgaria. “AMC has a raft of exclusive […]
Netflix has released a “how-to” guide for festive socks that pauses the show the viewer is watching if they fall asleep. That solves one of the biggest binge-watching problems: losing track on when exactly the viewer stops paying attention. It is an ambitious project – the guide recommends being comfortable with sewing and soldering and a working knowledge […]
Vonetize, a global VoD service provider, has inaugurated its new partnership with Samsung by launching its premium content service, SmartVOD, on Samsung devices in Brazil. In the coming months, Vonetize will roll out the offering with Samsung to countries across the region, giving millions of Latin American consumers the highest quality video content directly on […]
At the 2016 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, LG will unveil its latest Smart TV line-up featuring the newest webOS 3.0 smart TV platform. LG says its webOS 3.0 was designed to provide an exceptional user experience to allow for more intuitive navigation of the TV’s features. Designed with the aim of […]
BT TV is claiming a UK first following the announcement that it is to offer Netflix in Ultra HD. BT TV customers will be able to view some of the world’s biggest TV shows via the new Ultra HD YouView+ set-top box and adding Netflix’s Ultra HD plan for £8.99 (€12.33) a month. BT TV […]
Channel 4 will be the UK terrestrial home of the FIA Formula One World Championship from 2016-2018 in a new deal agreed with Formula One World Championship Limited. ITV had been rumoured to be in pole position to take over the deal from the BBC as it sought to reduce costs. Writing in a BBC […]
Reports suggest that US comms giant Comcast’s NBCUniversal is considering an £11 billion (€15.1bn) bid for UK commercial broadcaster ITV, with talks having been held between company executives Any such bid would pitch Comcast against John Malone’s Liberty Global, which took a 6.4 per cent stake in ITV in July 2014 subsequently raising its holding […]
Netflix has made the first episode of its new series Making a Murderer available for free on YouTube. The true crime series follows the real-life story of Steven Avery, who was convicted and later exonerated of assault, but later arrested again as the prime suspect in a new crime. The series features 10 episodes, and […]
Ericsson and Apple have agreed on a global patent licence agreement between the two companies. The agreement includes a cross licence that covers patents relating to both companies’ standard-essential patents (including the GSM, UMTS and LTE cellular standards), and grants certain other patent rights. In addition, the agreement includes releases that resolve all pending patent-infringement […]