Streaming media company Plex has confirmed that its global ad-supported video on demand (AVoD) offering is now available, making it the most widely available AVoD offering in the industry, reaching users in more than 200 countries. The free service brings thousands of Oscar-winning movies, cult classic favourites, documentaries, popular TV shows, and more to media […]
DAZN, the sports streaming service, has secured a deal to stream Spain’s premier domestic cup football competition, the Copa Del Rey, in Spain, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Japan. The three-year deal covers the upcoming seasons from 2019/20 – 2021/22, bringing the biggest teams in Spanish football to the platform and represents DAZN’s first package of […]
Blackrock, the US investment fund, is fully breaking into the Spanish telco market with share acquisitions of over 5.2 per cent in MásMóvil, the fourth largest operator, and 5.3 per cent in Movistar. Blackrock has made several moves this week to gain strength in MásMóvil with a massive purchase of shares – the latest amounting […]
The Luxembourg government is launching a dedicated fund to invest in high financial return projects linked to the satellite and space sector. Luxembourg-based satellite operator SES will invest in the fund starting in 2022 and will provide up to €7 million annually into the concept. “The fund SES will be contributing to starting from 2022 […]
Channel 4 has announced Navi Lamba as E4’s Digital Executive. Working closely with E4 Controller Karl Warner, Lambawill oversee the development and delivery of the E4’s content with a focus on digital and also lead the curation of Channel 4’s teen strand. Based at Channel 4’s National HQ in Leeds, Lamba will be E4’s key […]
YouTube has revealed that Liverpool FC’s comeback against Barcelona in the Champions League semi-final has been crowned the most watched video on YouTube for UK users in 2019. A highlight reel of the game posted by BT Sport has attracted more than 9.8 million views globally since going live in May. Liverpool went into the […]
Texas-based MONKEYMedia has been suing TiVo in respect of 4 patents held by MONKEYMedia covering a system of pausing and switching the main audio-video stream to access available bonus content such as behind-the-scenes footage, previews and product information. The action, in the US District Court for California’s Northern District, has resulted in TiVo settling the […]
The BBC has said it is stepping up its commitment to rapidly increase BAME representation at senior levels of the organisation and develop a new generation of talented leaders. Every key BBC leadership group is to appoint two new advisers, bringing with them fresh talents, backgrounds, perspectives and insights. At least one of the appointments […]
Alchimie, the content aggregation and distribution company, has confirmed the appointment of Barry Llewellyn as the head of its new UK operations Alchimie UK. Llewellyn will head up the new Alchimie UK office which will incorporate the recently acquired UK independent OTT service TV Player. Llewellyn joins Alchimie from Mirriad, the advanced advertising technology company where […]
Irish rock band U2 will create an exclusive radio channel on both SiriusXM and streaming service Pandora. The announcement was made by the band themselves, live from The Joshua Tree Tour stage at the Saitama Super Arena in Tokyo, Japan, with a cut-in from frontman Bono to Howard Stern on his SiriusXM channel “Howard 100,” […]