The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) – a global coalition dedicated to protecting the dynamic legal market and reducing online piracy – has achieved another major win when the operator of two giant sources of illegal, unauthorised content, agreed to cease all operations. Prior to this ACE action, Openload and Streamango were massive piracy […]
Giant screen operator IMAX enjoyed revenue increases for its Q3 trading period up 5.2 per cent and helped by a 9 per cent rise in income from its commercial theatre network. “We are on track for our best year ever at the global box office. In China our box office is up 27 per cent […]
Japanese broadcaster WOWOW has trialled a broadcast with MQA audio (Master Quality Authenticated) which is frequently used in streaming audio services. But this is said to be the first time it has been used in a TV broadcast. WOWOW says UK-developed MQA closes the quality gap between TV video and audio. WOWOW used a pre-recorded […]
Current model year OLED TVs from LG Electronics will receive a firmware update starting this week allowing for enhanced gameplay via NVIDIA G-Sync Compatible technology. NVIDIA G-Sync Compatibility will be available on LG’s 2019 OLED TV models E9 (65 and 55 inches), C9 (77, 65 and 55 inches) as well as B9 (65 and 55 […]
3 Screen Solutions (3SS), a provider of software solutions for STB and multiscreen digital entertainment, has been chosen by Uruguayan cable and OTT service provider TCC to help develop its next generation TV service to launch in 2020. TCC’s new service will be powered by 3READY Android TV + Multiscreen, 3SS’ front end and UI […]
Kinetic Content, a Red Arrow Studios company, has been commissioned by Discovery to produce major new unscripted series Man vs. Bear. For thousands of years, Grizzly Bears have stood at the top of the evolutionary food chain with unchallenged dominance. Now for the first time ever, humans will be entering the bears’ territory and take […]
Viu, a pan-regional OTT video service from PCCW Media Group with more than 36 million monthly active users (MAU), has won 12 awards at the first round of 2019 Asian Academy Creative Awards. The category winners qualify as the entries to represent their home market to compete with entries from other markets to win the […]
Acclaimed Sky original drama, Temple, has been recommissioned for a second season on Sky One and NOW TV. Produced by Hera Pictures, Temple tells the story of Daniel Milton (Mark Strong), a respected surgeon who finds himself drawn into the underground world of doomsday preppers and bank robbers when he tries to save his wife’s […]
The AfricaCom Awards, one of the global technology and telecommunications industry’s most respected awards, has announced the current shortlist of nominees. Top honours will be revealed on November 13th at The Lookout in the impressive V&A Waterfront, Cape Town. The Awards are a highly respected extension of AfricaCom, the world’s largest Africa-focused technology, telecommunications and […]
BBC Three is inviting independent production companies based in Northern Ireland to submit format ideas as part of a youth content development scheme with the promise of a factual entertainment series for the channel. The opportunity, which was announced today at a briefing in Belfast and is a collaboration with Northern Ireland Screen and BBC […]