Discovery Communications has confirmed the appointment of Fred Graver as Senior Vice President, Digital Content and Social for Discovery Digital. Graver most recently served as the Global Head of TV for Twitter. In his new role, he will oversee the digital network teams across Discovery’s US portfolio to extend the brand’s reach across all digital media platforms. […]
Sky has had a broadband TV commercial banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) following a complaint from Virgin Media. The commercial featured the cast from animated movie The Secret Life of Pets, with one character becoming frustrated with their broadband connectivity. Virgin Media challenged a claim in the ad that Sky broadband was “super […]
US streaming service Hulu and 20th Century Fox Television Distribution have announced an expansive agreement that will add nearly 3,000 episodes of hit comedies, popular dramas and iconic series to Hulu. In addition to granting streaming rights to every episode of long-running hits including How I Met Your Mother, Burn Notice, Bones and Glee, the […]
Losing a satellite is traumatic for any satellite operator, its clients and even the financial community. But the loss of AMC-9 which failed on June 16th (from 83 deg West) and is now drifting harmlessly and inert, has seen its clients almost completely replaced. SES has drifted AMC-6 to 83 degrees West, according to a […]
DHX Media, a global children’s content and brands company, has announced a distribution deal with Virgin TV UK for SVoD rights in the UK and Ireland, and linear rights for its Irish network, TV3 Ireland, for a total of 615 half-hours of content. A total of 30 titles from DHX Media’s library have been licensed […]
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN), a division of Viacom, has announced that Comedy Central’s flagship late night talk show The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, is launching on Amazon Alexa for customers in the UK. Fans with Alexa devices now have access to a Daily Show Flash Briefing, featuring a daily snippet of news from […]
Scripps Networks International has selected Encompass CloudVOD, a cloud-based VoD service, as its exclusive solution for delivering VoD content to the EMEA region. CloudVOD is powered by Microsoft Azure and uses powerful automation and orchestration engines to manage Scripps’ VoD workflow including the delivery of assets to the largest VoD platform footprint in EMEA. “With […]
Global TV operator SPI International / FilmBox is launching six channels on E-vision, an IPTV platform operated by Etisalat in the UAE. SPI International and E-Vision signed an agreement to launch six channels from SPI’s worldwide TV portfolio including a movie channel FilmBox, two sports channels – FightBox HD and Fast&FunBox HD, a classic/independent movie […]
Harmonic, a specialist in video delivery infrastructure, has announced that GTPL, India’s leading digital cable TV distribution company, which reaches an estimate of more than 8 million households in more than 189 cities, has deployed a next-generation software-based unified video headend system from Harmonic. At the heart of the solution is Harmonic’s Electra X2 advanced […]
Arqiva, the leading UK communications infrastructure company, has announced its involvement in the delivery of Gulli Bil Arabi – an international version of France’s leading children’s TV channel, Gulli – to 18 new territories across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Channel owner Lagardère Active – the media activities arm of French media conglomerate […]