Russia has permanently blocked access to online video portal DailyMotion – owned by French media group Vivendi – following a complaint from Gazprom’s media division that the site was illegally hosting TV content. The Moscow city court ruled that DailyMotion had repeatedly violated Russia’s copyright law by hosting shows from Russian TV network Pyatnitsya!, owned […]
Data on the physical entertainment market from Kantar Worldpanel has revealed a tough fourth quarter with a decline of 7.8 per cent across music, video and gaming in the 12 weeks to December 18th. Music and video both witnessed double digit declines, with sales falling by 11 per cent and 12 per cent respectively, while […]
BBC.com had a record-breaking year in 2016 with 98 million unique visitors each month. Along with the news and sport mobile apps, the global news and features site generated more than 15 billion page views across the year. June 24th – the day of the UK’s European Union referendum result was the site’s busiest single […]
The Director General of Russia’s state-owned Voronezh rocket engine site, Ivan Koptev has “tendered his resignation” according to Russia’s Roscosmos space agency. There have been considerable anxieties over rocket failures and quality control issues at the plant. Koptev was responsible for the Soyuz and Proton rocket engines built at the site. The facility has a […]
Starz has confirmed the launch of its Starz app on Amazon Fire TV. Starz subscribers can now watch exclusive Starz Original series including Black Sails, The Missing, American Gods, Outlander and Power, as well as hundreds of movies and first-run films on Amazon’s streaming media devices including Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick. The […]
Eurosport has extended Giro d’Italia coverage and additional races have been confirmed from 2017, meaning cycling fans can enjoy over 200 days of live cycling on Eurosport in 2017. The news follows a new long-term agreement covering all major Italian races, Flanders Classics and a number of Tour events around the world. The races form part […]
Motors TV UK has revealed it will air all 12 rounds of the 2017 IMSA WeatherTech SporsCar Championship live across Europe, starting with 16 hours of live coverage from the 24 Hours of Daytona (January 28th – 29th). Broadcasts for all 2017 IMSA races will be available live across Europe in English, French, German, Spanish, […]
Hispasat is launching its new communications satellite, Hispasat 36W-1 (H36W-1), from the European Spaceport located in Kourou, French Guiana tonight (January 27th). The launch vehicle responsible for putting H36W-1 into its transfer orbit will be Arianespace’s Soyuz vehicle. From there, the satellite will move towards the geostationary orbit chosen to carry out the tests to […]
Fox Networks Group Asia is entering in a comprehensive media and content partnership for 2017 with French multinational hotel group AccorHotels for the Asia Pacific market which includes Hong Kong, Malaysia, Brunei, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, PNG, Myanmar, Macau, Mongolia, India, China, Australia and New Zealand. The deal will see tactical media campaigns across […]
MatrixStream introduces the MatrixCloud OTT solution for IPTV operators enabling end-to-end IPTV and OTT platform rollout in less than 60 days. Operators can utilise MatrixCloud OTT to launch skinny channel bundles and subscription VoD to complement existing IPTV offerings or to release a standalone video package to bundle with high-margin broadband and wireless services. The […]