Introduced in 1980 by Bandai Namco, Pac-Man is now 40. And from AR pins to retro gaming competitions and even full-sized real-life game boards, everyone’s getting in on the act. Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe has announced that Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle is arriving exclusively on Google’s cloud gaming service Stadia from November 17th 2020. Players […]
Deluxe, a global provider of digital and cloud-based solutions to the world’s leading content production studios and distributors, has announced that Anna Lee has been appointed to the newly created role of Chief Strategy Officer. Lee will report directly to Deluxe Chief Executive Officer Cyril Drabinsky and be responsible for developing, communicating, executing, and sustaining […]
This year the British Association for Screen Entertainment brought the 40th anniversary BASE Awards home, with entrants and colleagues from across the industry finding their own ways to celebrate while they watched a series of specially made awards videos that announced who was commended, highly commended or a winning entry for this year’s 24 BASE […]
Media Excel, a leading provider of multiscreen encoding solutions, and Vualto, a prominent solution provider for video delivery & orchestration, expand their strategic partnership to include sales and support services for Media Excel’s products in Vualto’s regions of operation. The two companies have been collaborating closely for over 10 years already, as Media Excel’s HERO […]
Discovery Plus, India’s first aggregated real-life entertainment streaming app, is launching an8 episodic docuseries “Matchday – Inside FC Barcelona” through which viewers can enjoy exclusive never-seen-before footage of FC Barcelona squad during the 2018/19 season. For the first time in India, football fans can witness the everyday lives of players such as Leo Messi, Philippe […]
Socialie, a content distribution platform for sports leagues, teams, federations and media companies, and Grabyo, the cloud platform for live and real-time video production have announced a new partnership allowing customers to distribute content quickly and easily to multiple publishers, athletes and influencers – maximising ROI on content spend. The official partnership highlights an important […]
Cinewax has entered an agreement with the OTT platform Magine Pro for their Online African Film Festival OAFF. Since 2015, Cinewax has been promoting African films through original programming, premieres and festivals. With original media and event formats they have promoted African cultures accessible through cinema. After a number of earlier online one-month festival events […]
Quibi, the short-form mobile content platform, is closing down after just six months, becoming the first big casualty of the streaming era. The company is expected to hold a conference call later today (October 23rd) to outline the decision to investors. Reports emerged last month that the platform – founded by US media co-founder and […]
Vivendi’s quarterly numbers impressed the market, beating forecasts. Vivendi reported €4,022 million of revenue in Q3/2020, 3.4 per cent ahead of ahead of Deutsche Bank’s estimates and the median Zone Finance consensus (with a range of €3,775m – €3,939m). Group organic growth returned in positive territory to 0.7 per cent Y-o-Y in Q3. “Within the […]
In a move likely to be repeated in the coming weeks and months, Nordic region streaming company Nordic Entertainment Group is to move the registrations for its streaming platforms and the broadcast licences for its TV channels to Sweden from the UK, starting January 1st 2021. The move ensures NENT Group’s services will remain available […]