DHX Media, a global children’s content and brands company, has licensed more than 450 half-hours of children’s content to Tencent, a provider of internet value-added services, such as entertainment and social media, in China. In this multi-year deal, DHX Media’s new Teletubbies and Inspector Gadget series, as well as Twirlywoos, Super WHY!, Animal Mechanicals, and […]
Globecast, the global solutions provider for media, has completed a second successful season of full coverage of the FIA World Endurance Championship from circuits around the world. It also provided coverage of the world famous 24 Hours of Le Mans as well as the six-race European Le Mans Series and Michelin Le Mans Cup series. […]
Leading telecoms and digital services provider PLDT, through its business unit PLDT Enterprise, recently signed a partnership with the country’s no. 1 pay-TV provider, Cignal TV, to deliver pay-TV content to commercial establishments, hotels, resorts, and hospitals which require premium television content services to address the entertainment needs of their customers. Already part of PLDT […]
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has announced that the life and career of Michael Palin CBE will be celebrated in an hour-long television special to be broadcast on BBC Two in the New Year Michael Palin: A Life on Screen, co-produced by BAFTA Productions and Whizz Kid Entertainment, will reflect on Palin’s […]
Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox has reportedly resumed talks with Walt Disney over a sale of “most” of its business, including its Sky stake. Talks between the two companies were believed to have ended last month but according to a report originating in the Wall Street Journal – in which the Murdoch family has a […]
When it comes to watching sport on TV, football is by far the most popular choice. More than one in four people (28 per cent), said they enjoy watching watch football on TV in Ampere Analysis’s exclusive survey of 28,000 consumers across 14 markets. That places it nine
Mobile TV is the TV distribution platform that has seen the highest growth in Italy over the past two years, according to the 2017 Censis report on the state of communication and media. In fact, Mobile TV doubled the number of users, going from 11.2 per cent in 2015 to 22.1 per cent. DTT remains […]
The European cable industry continued to show resiliency and steady growth in 2016, increasing 4 per cent from the prior year, with gross revenue of €23.5 billion, according to the latest findings from the European Broadband Cable Yearbook – widely-recognised as the definitive guide to the European cable industry – from critical information, analytics and […]
As Telecoms Ministers meet in Brussels, trade body Cable Europe is renewing calls for a regulatory framework which fosters private investment in high-speed broadband networks and improves the competitive potential of operators vis-à-vis traditional and over-the-top players. Ministers will today December 4th discuss progress made under the Estonian presidency on issues which should realise the […]
Fox Networks Group (FNG) Europe & Africa has unveiled a new non-linear service. Created by FNG Europe & Africa, National Geographic+ will provide exclusive access to the vast catalogue of National Geographic, with the award winning visual storytelling delivered through carefully curated topics. Space, Egypt, World Cultures, Deep-sea Exploration and Human Body are just a […]