Netflix has acquired the US, Canada and Latin America rights to Aardman’s A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon from STUDIOCANAL, which will be available on the service in early 2020. STUDIOCANAL and their worldwide distribution partners are releasing the film in the rest of the world. A number of Aardman’s titles, such as Wallace […]
New and existing BT TV customers who recontract can now sign up for Amazon Prime Video and receive the streaming service for six months at no extra cost via the Prime Video app on BT TV. Customers will receive their six months subscription in time for Prime Video’s first Premier League games this December. Prime […]
Spain’s top flight football league La Liga predicts that OTT will significantly grow over the next seven years to represent half of the global revenues in the TV market in 2026. Today, according to La Liga, OTT represents 8 per cent of revenues in the global TV market, versus 92 per cent from pay-TV operators, […]
The GSMA – which represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide – has welcomed the international spectrum treaty adopted by the World Radiocommunication Conference 2019 (WRC-19), which it says will unlock the potential for game-changing 5G services around the world. The conference, which has just concluded in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, has identified much-needed spectrum for […]
Aardman Studios, the celebrated British production house behind the likes of Wallace & Gromit and Shaun The Sheep, has ended a longstanding relationship with the BBC and is working on a new short movie exclusively for Netflix. The new movie – a 30 minute musical – is entitled Robin Robin and will tell the story […]
A renewal of the long-established Satellite Television Extension & Localisation Act (STELA) is looking more likely following extensive discussions by US lawmakers. A new variation, introduced by Senator Roger Wicker, and based on his STAR Act (Satellite Television Access Reauthorisation) was introduced to the US Senate with Wicker bluntly warning colleagues that without the Act […]
TV set manufacturer Hisense and streaming platform and device specialist Roku have confirmed that starting week commencing November 25th, Hisense Roku TV models will be available in the UK. Recently announced at IFA 2019, these smart TVs are powered by the Roku OS, offering consumers a premium TV experience at what the pair say is […]
Malaysia’s Measat has chosen Arianespace to launch its next satellite, Measat-3d. The launch is scheduled to take place in 2021. Measat-3d is a heavyweight craft, built by Airbus Defence & Space, and is a sophisticated satellite with on-board capability to serve the growth requirements of 4G & 5G mobile networks in Malaysia while continuing to […]
Channel 4 will be the new home of Taskmaster, with a six series deal across three years agreed with Avalon. New episodes will arrive on Channel 4 and E4 from late 2020. The game show hosted by Greg Davies as the ‘Taskmaster’, alongside Alex Horne as his assistant, sets out to test the wiles, wit […]
Centro, a global provider of advertising technology, has released an advertising industry report published by the 4A – the trade organisation for marketing communications agencies. It assembled the report, The Future of Programmatic and Automation, through an in-depth examination of programmatic advertising and agency automation. Digital advertising infrastructure consultancy The 614 Group conducted the research […]