A new short film from acclaimed writer and director Jonathan Glazer (Sexy Beast, Birth, Under The Skin) surprised viewers on BBC Two on Sunday night, when it appeared unannounced on the channel at 10pm. Inspired by The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters, an etching by Francisco Goya, The Fall is a powerful short film which […]
The Nairobi Bottler’s Embakasi Plant based in Nairobi, Kenya, which is a fully owned subsidiary by Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA), received a Totally Integrated Automation training rig from Siemens Digital Industries South Africa to enable skills development in Digitalisation Technologies. The training rig completed with an extensive portfolio under Totally Integrated Automation (TIA) will serve […]
Sky’s impact investment fund, Sky Ocean Ventures, has committed $2million – its largest investment to date – in zero-waste shopping service, Loop. Sky Ocean Ventures is part of Sky’s Bigger Picture initiative and is the solutions arm of the Sky Ocean Rescue campaign, which shines a spotlight on the issues that affect ocean health and inspires behaviour change. […]
Satellite operator SES has reported its 9-month numbers with revenues down 3.9 per cent, EBITDA down 6.6 per cent and operating profit down 19 per cent (all at constant foreign exchange rates). Video revenues were down 8.1 per cent, but the growing Networks division reported further strong revenue increases up 5.1 per cent overall, and […]
UK viewers will be able to experience the BBC’s latest landmark natural history series Seven Worlds, One Planet in Ultra High Definition (UHD) and High Dynamic Range on BBC iPlayer, both live and on-demand. Beginning this Sunday October 27th in Antarctica, the series will explore the stories of each of Earth’s seven spectacular continents and […]
The latest Pact UK TV Exports Report shows that TV exports reached a record high of £1.4 billion (€1.62bn) in 2018/9, an increase of 7 per cent on 2017/18. The report’s publication coincides with an industry roundtable at independent producer trade body Pact’s Leeds office attended by Liz Truss, Secretary of State for International Trade, […]
HBO Max is re-crystallizing the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning smash hit Adventure Time greenlighting four new one-hour specials titled Adventure Time: Distant Lands that will premiere exclusively on HBO Max with the first two set to debut on the streamer in 2020. These four new specials will continue the Adventure Time stories that captured imaginations and introduced unlikely heroes Finn and Jake, best […]
Multichannel programmer Discovery and pay—TV operator Cyfrowy Polsat have signed a joint venture agreement to create a video streaming platform which will operate in Poland and international markets. The new OTT service will give viewers a single destination to access the best of Polish content including movies, series, documentaries, sports and entertainment. The new service […]
The FCC is still on track for a decision on C-band spectrum this autumn, FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly said at Mobile World Congress Americas in Los Angeles on October 23rd. He spoke of various initiatives to free up extra spectrum for cellular use, including C-band, and stressed that the FCC has its eyes on 300 […]
The readjustment of antennas as a result of the DTT migration is entering the second phase in Spain with Madrid and Catalonia starting to make the change from mid-November. 1,433 municipalities in Madrid, Catalonia, Canarias, Cantabria and some in Aragon, Castellón, Castilla-La Mancha and Castilla y León will be affected in this new phase totalling […]