French PSB group France Télévisions has announced its digital portal for overseas territories will go live on March 31st. Branded Outre-mer la 1ère, like its overseas TV channels, the multi-format OTT offering seeks to become the bridge between the overseas territories and the audience in France. This service has been created to compensate for the […]
Greece’s Mega Channel, the country’s first private TV channel, will be back on air within a few days – likely February 17th. Mega was formed in 1989 but hit problems during the financial crisis in 2010 which culminated in the station ending live material in 2016 and eventually going off air in 2018. In 2019 […]
Telenor, the Norwegian telco and owner of Canal Digital, has signed an agreement to distribute eleven Discovery channels in the country, as well as the Dplay streaming service. “We are very pleased to have reached a new and forward-looking agreement with Telenor,” said Tine Austvoll Jensen, CEO of TVNorge and Discovery Networks in a press […]
Thaicom has provided a progress report on its ongoing efforts to migrate customers from Thaicom 5 after the satellite suffered a technical anomaly. The company has informed its satellite television customers to migrate their television platforms from Thaicom 5 to Thaicom 6, which will start on February 15th. The Company further informed the satellite television […]
On February 11th, US District Judge Victor Marrero approved the merger between Sprint and T-Mobile. A report from research company MoffettNathanson (MN) says the deal represents a potential positive for what will now be a new wireless service for the US in the shape of Charlie Ergen who – at long last – can make […]
HBO GO is now available in Indonesia as a standalone service. The streaming app is accessible via the HBO GO Asia website, and can be downloaded from the App Store or Play Store for IDR60,000* (approximately €3.65) a with a 7-day free trial. In Indonesia, the app first launched last year and continues to be […]
Japan’s JCSAT-17 is in the process of being integrated into the payload bay of an Ariane 5 rocket in readiness for launch from French Guiana on February 18th. The Japanese satellite is occupying the upper bay of the rocket, while the lower bay is home for a Korean scientific craft (Geo-Kompsat-2B) which once in orbit […]
Fulwell 73, the producers behind The Late Late Show With James Corden, Gavin and Stacey Christmas Special, Carpool Karaoke and Roast Battle, has hired Saskia Schuster, currently Controller for Comedy at ITV, as its Head of Scripted, effective May 4th. Based in London, Schuster will report to Managing Partner Leo Pearlman, and will be expanding […]
On the eve of its third annual Drama Festival, ITV Studios has announced new sales of its portfolio. Mammoth Screen’s major three-part television adaptation of H.G. Wells’ seminal tale – the first alien invasion story in literature – The War of the Worlds – has been acquired in the US by the AMC upgrade subscription service AMC Premiere, taking […]
Netflix and Spin Master have announced a new CG animated series Mighty Express. From the creator and producers of the global animated hit series PAW Patrol, season one will feature 52 x 11-minute episodes and debut on the streaming platform this September. Executive produced by Spin Master Entertainment’s Executive Vice President, Jennifer Dodge, and Co-Founder […]