Netflix is expanding its anime slate with 12 new series and a Godzilla animated movie, with all titles set to be released over the next 18 months. The full list of TV series are: Cannon Busters, Devilman Crybaby, B: The Beginning, Sword Guy: The Animation, A.I.C.O. Incarnation, Lost Song, Knights of the Zodiac: Saint Seiya, […]
Comcast Technology Solutions, a division of Comcast Cable,, and Plazamedia, a German-based content solution provider in production, will provide an end-to-end online platform for SPORT1, the 360° multimedia sports platform offering national and international premium live sports programming. The enhanced SPORT1 VoD services will launch in Q3 2017 with live video services following later in […]
WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) and Foxtel will extend their partnership into its 18th year with a new agreement to broadcast WWE programming live in Australia, including WWE’s flagship shows Raw and SmackDown as well as marquee WWE pay-per-views, including WrestleMania and the upcoming SummerSlam. “Foxtel is a long-time, valued partner who shares our vision and […]
Duccio Donati has been appointed to take on the newly created role of EVP, Lifestyle & Kids, NBCUniversal International reporting to Kevin MacLellan, Chairman, Global Distribution & International, NBCUniversal. This strategic position sees Donati broaden his ongoing oversight of E! Entertainment Television (outside the US), adding international responsibility for DreamWorks channel. Further, Donati will collaborate […]
WeCast, the turn-key online video platform, has launched its new website in the lead-up to the company’s presence at the 2017 edition of IBC, the electronic media, and entertainment industry exhibition. The new online home for all things WeCast focuses on showcasing the platform’s potential to a wider audience while allowing potential customers to reach […]
Continuing a very active period of organic growth, acquisitions and strategic appointments, Telestream, a provider of digital media tools and workflow solutions, has announced the creation of a new senior leadership role within its organization. Chris Drake has been appointed to a new position, Vice President of Business and Corporate Development, at Telestream. Drake took […]
The BBC has worked with Microsoft to build an experimental version of BBC iPlayer that uses artificial intelligence to allow individuals to sign in to BBC services using their unique voiceprint and to talk to their TV to select what they want to watch. Writing in the BBC Internet Blog, Cyrus Saihan, Head of Digital […]
A couple of months ago, Japanese media conglomerate SoftBank was attempting to engineer a merger between Intelsat and would-be satellite operator OneWeb. Intelsat’s debt-burden stymied that deal. Now SoftBank is reported to be behind a merger between US cellular telco Sprint, and Charlie Ergen’s DTH operation DISH Network. Shares in Sprint jumped 10.3 per cent […]
When asked to choose between their legacy pay-TV and SVoD services, Hulu on-demand users are 37 per cent more likely than Amazon Prime users and 29 per cent more likely than Netflix users to select streaming services over legacy pay-TV, according to new research from The Diffusion Group (TDG). Two-thirds (67 per cent) of Hulu […]
Italy’s Communications Authority AgCom has received a proposal from Vivendi, “to partially integrate and modify the plan presented on June 19th, aimed at eliminating the position of dominant influence on Mediaset”. In a statement, the telecommunications sector regulator said that it now expects Vivendi to provide further details how it intends to “structurally remove the […]