Mediaset Spain has teamed up with Warner Bros and Netflix to produce its first TV series with the streaming service to be broadcast on Tele 5 first and on Netflix Internationally in a later phase. The TV Series, Brigada Costa del Sol, will be filmed in Torremolinos, south of Spain, this summer and is based […]
A study from Juniper Research forecasts that unique viewers of eSports (competitive playing of video games) and let’s play content (tutorials and talk-throughs of game content) will reach 858 million by 2022, up from 630 million this year. This will equate to 1 in 10 of the global population by 2022. The report, eSports, Let’s Play […]
Qatar is involved in a diplomatic and economic row with near-neighbour Saudi Arabia that has been running since June 2017 when relations between the two countries were severed. Based in Qatar is beIN Sports (a sister business to newscaster Al Jazeera) and which has the undisputed rights to broadcast many exclusive sporting events, including the […]
Channel 4 has announced the shortlist of cities and regions which have been selected to participate in the second stage of the pitch process for the new National HQ and two new Creative Hubs, as part of its 4 All the UK strategy. The first round pitch process was launched by Chief Executive, Alex Mahon […]
An equity report from Morgan Stanley says the potential gain from the FCC’s examination into utilising C-band spectrum over the US, mostly operated by Intelsat and SES, is “too big to ignore”. Morgan Stanley said that if the FCC decides to re-assign some C-band spectrum in order to speed the adoption of 5G then SES […]
The sale of big-screen and 4K-ready TV sets are significantly increasing in Spain as this year’s World Cup tournament in Russia draws closer. The sales of 65 inch+ TV sets have grown by 70 per cent this year and are forecast to reach a 150 per cent rise between May and June, reports El Pais, […]
Fibre and cable networks are dominating the global broadband market, with the technologies now servicing 77 per cent of fixed subscriptions, figures from Point Topic have revealed. According to the Global Broadband Statistics, which take into account subscriptions up to the end of 2017, more than 50 per cent of people in more than 40 […]
Finnish cable TV and ISP firm DNA asked surveyed thousand residents about how they consume media and use the Internet. While the majority, some 58 per cent, said they still have a traditional TV set in their homes, people in Finland are increasing their usage of on-demand video services like Netflix, HBO Nordic or domestic-based […]
Disney-owned US TV network ABC has cancelled its recently resurrected sitcom Roseanne with immediate effect after its star, comedian Roseanne Barr, posted a racist tweet likening an African-American former President Obama aide to an ape. In a statement, ABC said: “Roseanne’s Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values and we have decided […]
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has announced the UK debut of its first mobile streaming app featuring long form content, with the launch of Nick Play on Virgin Media. Effective immediately, Virgin Media customers who subscribe to Nickelodeon channels, will have free access to the Nick Play VoD mobile app. Virgin Media customers who download […]