The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has today revealed its new intake of global BAFTA members for 2019. The 559 new members span the film, games and television industries across 11 countries, including 104 BAFTA nominees and 38 BAFTA winners. New members include high profile acting talent Robert Pattinson, Joanne Froggatt, Sam […]
Global content creation and distribution company ADD Content has signed a deal with Vikram Malhotra-led Abundantia Entertainment to develop an Indian remake of hit YA drama The Missing. The original series, created by Yaron Arazi and produced by ADD Content, has had three hit seasons on Nickelodeon in Israel and has recently been commissioned for […]
Digital distribution firm Genba Digital is evolving the way video games are being sold online after developing innovative new technology for its GENBA platform. New developments include stock availability notifications, stock reserving, self-service functionality for better visibility and planning, all housed in a fully Cloud-based environment for global scaling and optimal security. The tech company, […]
Fastly, a provider of a global edge cloud platform, reports expanded adoption of its edge offerings and services across leading European media and entertainment brands. Fastly customers, such as Paradox Interactive, PRISA, RCS MediaGroup, and ZEIT ONLINE, employ Fastly’s high-density points of presence to power gaming, streaming or over-the-top (OTT) video, breaking news, and more […]
The most important part of television services is content. Content determines how attractive the services are for viewers. The vast amount of content coming from various sources must be efficiently processed and delivered to users. Of course, to do this, there are many obstacles to overcome. First you need storage, which is often very expensive […]
Since 2014, Netflix’s catalogue of movie titles has dropped by 40 per cent with over 2,600 fewer films now available for streaming, according to a report from Streaming Observer. And things may only get worse in the coming months as Comcast (NBCUniversal), FOX, WarnerMedia, and Disney all continue to pull content from Netflix to bolster […]
Spanish TV group Mediapro, holder of the main football TV rights in the country, is pulling out of Atresmedia with the sale of its 3 per cent in the TV group for an estimated value of €27.5 million. Mediapro has made the decision on the grounds that its share participation in the TV group, operator […]
The bill for Vodafone’s acquisition of ONO continues to increase following the Spanish Courts decision obliging Vodafone to pay huge bonuses to ONO’s former executives. The Courts have ruled that Vodafone must pay up to €55 million to the former directive board of ONO in compensation for the executives bonuses that the company refused to […]
Eleven Sports plans to test the ‘pay-per-view’ model on its platform in the Portuguese market. The test-run will take place this weekend, with the boxing bout between Anthony Joshua and Andy Ruiz, and could then be extended to other sporting events. The heavyweight boxing rematch on December 7th “will be a first test” of this […]
Today (December 3rd) is the start of a two-day London High Court hearing which should have seen a routine approval of the agreed buy-out of Inmarsat by a consortium including Apax Partners, Warburg Pincus, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board. However, the hearing is far from automatic in that a […]