Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) is set to launch an SVoD service in the Nordics that will offer the first pay TV window to sibling Paramount Pictures’ new movies plus shows from its networks. The service, branded Paramount+, will also offer over 800 episodes of popular TV content from Viacom-owned networks, including South Park, Teen Mom […]
Following the UK Culture Secretary Karen Bradley’s request for advice and clarification in light of representations received in relation to the proposed merger between 21st Century Fox and Sky, communications regulator Ofcom has submitted additional advice to the Secretary of State. Bradley will now carefully consider that advice before making her decision on referral on […]
Sky has launched its first offer that brings together Sky Mobile and Sky TV. For £35 (€38) a month the deal includes a new iPhone SE handset on a Swap24 plan, with 500MB of data, Unlimited Calls and Texts and Sky TV’s Variety bundle. Available to new customers joining Sky or existing Sky TV customers […]
Multi-play telco Digicel and Huawei Technologies have teamed up to push the boundaries of technology and put the real power of fibre to the test with the first-ever local linear broadcast of Ultra HD TV in the Caribbean. Hosted at Digicel’s downtown Kingston headquarters in Jamaica, the test demonstrated the benefit of having a 100 […]
AB Group will launch its new male-skewed discovery channel ABXplore in French-speaking Belgium on September 13th. It replaces existing channel AB4, mainly targeting men from 15 to 49 years old. The line-up will focus on entertainment, reality TV and documentaries, and will feature content acquired from the likes of A&E, BBC, National Geographic and Discovery. […]
Facebook has ordered a 12-episode docu-series from Brandon Stanton, the man behind the popular photo blog Humans of New York. The 30 minute episodes will air on the new Facebook Watch video platform, debuting next week. In a Facebook post, Stanton said: “Early on I realized that video would add a deeper layer to Humans […]
EBS, a full-service provider of EPG and VoD metadata, has announced a major new deal with the ITV that sees EBS providing its extensive range of EPG metadata services to ITV’s portfolio of 10 commercial channels, spanning 17 regions. Key services supplied to ITV by EBS include: EPG data, press listings, image-led weekly and seasonal […]
Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics are being sued in the US amidst alleged collusion. Haier owns the US home appliance business marketed under the General Electric name. The case has been brought by a Chinese home appliance manufacturer, Haier Group, and the company has commenced a lawsuit in a New York federal court in Albany, […]
The head of South Korea’s Samsung, Jay Y. Lee, was sentenced to five years custody for bribery in a watershed case for the country’s economic elite, family-run conglomerates. After a six-month trial and a scandal that brought down then president, Park Geun-hye, a court ruled that Lee had paid bribes in anticipation of favours from […]
There’s to be a High Court-endorsed investigation into how contracts were awarded in South Africa for the supply of subsidised set-top digital decoders for the country’s DTT broadcasting scheme. South Africa’s Universal Services & Access Agency (USAASA) is making the application to the North Gautang High Court and the Agency is looking to see established […]