Eir, the Irish telco, has launched a new TV service with Apple TV. The service provides customers with over 100 channels in HD, and access to thousands of apps including RTE Player, Now TV, Netflix, Youtube and Amazon Prime Video. Customers can get a monthly subscription for €14.99 per month for the first six months, […]
The growth in value of in-play clip and short-form highlights rights will outstrip the growth in value of live rights according to five-year projections by Two Circles. Using its proprietary media-modelling techniques, the data-driven sports marketing agency projects the global sports media rights market will be worth $60.9 billion (€50.7bn) in 2024 – up from […]
A district court in Düsseldorf, Germany has ruled in favour of global visual technology specialist, RealD, finding infringement of three of its patents by Volfoni SmartCrystal Diamond triple-beam systems. RealD, best known for its 3D technology, sued Volfoni/CinemaNext for infringing on RealD’s two- and three-beam 3D cinema projection system patents (pat. numbers EP 2 469 […]
Amazon Prime Video has revealed its Premier League football Boxing Day schedule. For the first time, the entire December 26th slate of matches will be available to watch live – exclusively on Amazon’s streaming platform. There are four different kick-off times throughout the day, allowing football fans to potentially watch around 10 hours of live […]
Sami Kassab, a satellite analyst at investment bank Exane/BNPP, issued useful summary of the October 17th US Senate hearing on matters concerning the Federal Communications Commission and in particular the FCC’s thinking on the C-Band Alliance’s (CBA) plan for C-band over the US. Evidently, Senator John Kennedy used robust language in pushing his view that […]
HBO Max will bring Japan’s celebrated, Oscar-winning animation house, Studio Ghibli, to its slate of premium content that will be available at launch in the spring of 2020. HBO Max will be the US streaming home to the entire Studio Ghibli film library. The deal with North American distributor GKIDS for the twenty-one Studio Ghibli feature […]
Scott Carlin, the former President of HBO Domestic Television responsible for bringing to the network iconic programing such as The Sopranos and Sex & The City, has been named EVP, Global Media & Entertainment of Magid – the consumer-centred business strategy company. The announcement, effective immediately, was made by Kate Morgan, Chief Product Officer and […]
Canada-based satellite operator Telesat raised $550 million in new debt but has used the extra funds to pay down $500 million of older debt some 5 years early (due to be repaid in November 2024).. That old debt was costing Telesat 8.875 per cent in interest while the new borrowings are priced at 6.5 per […]
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN), a division of Viacom, has announced the acquisition of the remaining 50 per cent of Super Broadcast, the company that owns and operates the free-to-air kids’ TV channel, Super!, from De Agostini Editore. Super! is aimed at children aged 4-14 with a pipeline of local and International content. As part […]
Social media analysis by marketing technology company 4C Insights reveals posts, mentions, tweets and re-tweets of the official Rugby World Cup handles increased 1,041 per cent over the weekend of October 12th and 13th. Of particular value to sponsors and advertisers of the global tournament, the sentiment of social chatter also rose by 10 percentage […]