Netflix has acquired Adam McKay movie Don’t Look Up, with Jennifer Lawrence set to star. The comedy tells the story of two low-level astronomers, who must go on a giant media tour to warn mankind of an approaching asteroid that will destroy planet earth. McKay, director and writer of cult comedy classics including Anchorman, Talladega […]
Blackpills, a European and US content creator and distribution studio for scripted short-form content aimed at millennials, has announced that its service will be launched during the first year half of 2020 on Telenet’s premium entertainment offers Play & Play More, with new series released on a regular base. “It’s absolutely key for Blackpills to […]
Eutelsat is developing a fleet of small cubesats which they have dubbed ELOs (for Eutelsat LEO for Objects) and which will seek IoT and related communication business. The satellites are being built by AAC Clyde Space, a leading European nanosatellite specialist. Exotrail, a French company dedicated to providing innovative on-orbit transportation solutions for the small […]
Grabyo has formed a partnership with J-Stream, the Japan streaming services company, bringing new video production tools to Japanese broadcasters, publishers and online video services. As part of the agreement, J-Stream will help bring Grabyo’s cloud video platform into video production workflows across the country. Grabyo’s browser-based tools ensure content publishers can create, edit and […]
Broadpeak, a provider of content delivery network (CDN) and video streaming solutions for content providers and pay-TV operators worldwide, has unveiled its S4Streaming tech, which it describes as “a revolutionary technology that gives video service providers more control over streaming quality and bandwidth usage”. Through a unique combination of server-side technologies, S4Streaming assesses and selects […]
BBC presenter Samira Ahmed, who recently won an employment tribunal ruling against the Corporation in a dispute over equal pay, has been shortlisted in this year’s Broadcasting Press Guild (BPG) radio, audio and podcast awards, sponsored by Virgin Media. The BBC Radio 4 Front Row and podcast presenter is nominated as BPG Audio Broadcaster of […]
JUMP Data-Driven Video, the pioneers behind the world’s most advanced actionable data management platform specifically designed for the video industry, announces that Spanish national broadcaster, RTVE, has identified the potential of JUMP’s data-driven video technology for optimised video tagging. Given the demonstrated strength of the JUMP platform, RTVE has chosen to support JUMP in its […]
Satcube, a disruptive development company in the satellite communications arena that manufactures innovative, lightweight terminals, has launched the lightweight Satcube Ku satellite terminal on Intelsat’s new FlexMove service, providing broadband connectivity to Satcube users in nearly 190 countries. Satcube Ku is the first satellite terminal fully operational for Intelsat FlexMove Comms on the Pause (COTP) […]
Deutsche Telekom has reported record full year revenue, profit growth in all operating segments, and a further increase in investments. Revenue grew by 6.4 per cent in 2019 compared with the prior year to €80.5 billion. Adjusted EBITDA AL increased by 7.2 per cent to €24.7 billion. Free cash flow AL increased by 15.9 per […]
Marketers are expected to lose $4 billion (€3.7bn) in 2020 due to OTT ad fraud, a global economic study by CHEQ has revealed. The ‘military-grade cybersecurity company’ has released a report about the scale of ad fraud in the fast-growing OTT market, undertaken with economist Roberto Cavazos, a professor at the University of Baltimore, using […]