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Survey: US users spend $20+a month on app subs

As the mobile app subscription business accelerates, mobile amrketing company Adjust has launched its new Subscription Tracking product to give marketers better visibility into subscription performance. This follows a broader shift toward subscription-based monetisation models, with Apptopia estimates showing that app-based subscriptions generated over $200 million in

October 19, 2020

Netflix: “48m have watched Ratched”

Netflix, normally cagey over viewer numbers, has trumpeted the success of its original TV series Ratched. The One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest prequel spin-off, starring Sarah Paulson as a younger Mildred Ratched, has become the platform’s most watched debut season of 2020.  Netflix revealed via Twitter: “In its first 28 days, 48 million members […]

October 19, 2020By Nik Roseveare

Roth exiting Warner Bros TV

Veteran television executive Peter Roth will leave his job as chairman of Warner Bros Television Group early in 2021, the AT&T Inc-owned studio has confirmed. Roth, who has worked at Warner Bros for 22 years, oversaw development of several hit shows including The West Wing, The Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men, The […]

October 19, 2020

SK Telecom media JVs

Korean operator SK Telecom has revealed a number of new joint ventures (JVs) in what it calls “promising technologies” that span a number of verticals from automotive to media. These include a JV with Uber and Neubility, a vision-based route analysis company. In the media sector, it will work with Kiswe, a non face-to-face live […]

October 19, 2020by Angharad Rhiannon

Anti-piracy campaigns honoured

The Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance (AAPA) has announced the 2020 awards given to an individual or team from the public sector for a successful initiative to tackle audiovisual piracy. The joint winners are the team led by Public Prosecutor Dott.ssa Valeria Sico, Sos. Proc. della Procura della Repubblica di Napoli, The Italian Judicial Authority, and the […]

October 19, 2020By Colin Mann

Humax unveils AURA 4K Freeview PVR

Humax has announced AURA, a 4K Freeview Play Recorder powered by Android TV technology. The Ultra HD TV recorder provides a multitude of subscription-free and top-up entertainment delivered with 4K HDR picture quality. With integrated Google Assistant and access to thousands of apps via the Google Play Store, AURA syncs with the user’s Google account […]

October 19, 2020

Another 60 Starlink craft enter orbit

SpaceX launched another 60 of its Starlink broadband-by-satellite craft into orbit at 8.25am Florida time on October 18th. This was the 14th batch of Starlink launches and takes the delivered total of Low Earth orbiting satellites to 835 (although some have been deorbited). The 60 satellites on board were deployed into a near-circular orbit some […]

October 19, 2020By Chris Forrester

China: BBC Studios, Bilibili expand content deal

BBC Studios and Bilibili, one of China’s largest online entertainment services platforms, have jointly announced a new multi-year strategic cooperation agreement to enhance the platform’s BBC Studios content, taking their existing partnership to a new level by collaborating on BBC Studios-led productions. Both sides say they are committed to enhancing their cooperation by commissioning new […]

October 19, 2020

Sky Arts extends partnership with National Theatre Live

Sky Arts has extended its headline sponsorship of National Theatre Live in the UK for a further three years. And this year, in a UK TV first, two of the theatre’s hit productions will also be screened directly to Sky Arts, the UK’s only dedicated arts channel which is now free for everyone to watch […]

October 19, 2020

Joshua vs Polev on Sky Sports Box Office, DAZN

Unified Heavyweight Champion of the World Anthony Joshua OBE will defend his IBF, WBA, WBO and IBO World Titles against Mandatory Challenger Kubrat Pulev at The O2 in London on December 12th, live on Sky Sports Box Office in the UK and on DAZN in all of its nine markets on a show promoted by […]

October 19, 2020