Africa will have 12.96 million SVoD subscriptions by 2025, up from 2.75 million at end-2019, according to the Africa SVoD Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. From the 10 million additions, South Africa will supply 3 million to take its total to 4.3 million and Nigeria will add 2.1 million to total 2.73 […]
The BBC has reviewed its decision to bring an end to its interactive Red Button TV text services. In November 2019, the Corporation said it planned to remove the text and data element of the service as a result of financial pressures and the significant technical effort and cost of retaining the service, which would […]
From November 1st, Colman Deegan will be the new CEO of Vodafone Spain, joining the Vodafone Group Executive Committee. Deegan will replace Antonio Coimbra who will become a Non-Executive Chairman of Vodafone Spain. Deegan joined Vodafone in 1998. He has held senior roles in group Finance & M&A as well as CFO roles in Vodafone […]
Research commissioned by Intel has revealed how eSports has burst into mainstream entertainment in recent years, and how the industry has grown in value over time. The research reveals that: Popular streaming sites, such as Twitch, YouTube Gaming and Facebook Gaming, have experienced a 20 per cent increase in the numbers of hours streamed during […]
fuboTV, sports-focused live TV streaming platform, has announced the launch of its public offering of 15,000,000 shares of common stock. The offering consists of 15,000,000 shares of common stock offered by fuboTV. The underwriters will have a 30-day option to buy an additional 2,250,000 shares of common stock from fuboTV at the public offering price, […]
Channel 5 has signed a content partnership deal with AMC Networks International – UK (AMCNI UK) for two of its branded channels, CBS Reality and Horror Channel, to launch on its AVoD service My5. Effective immediately, CBS Reality and Horror Channel, which are part of a joint venture between ViacomCBS and AMCNI UK in the […]
Virgin Media Ireland has announced the arrival of Virgin TV 360, a new connected entertainment platform which Virgin says delivers its most advanced and innovative TV service yet. Underpinned by Virgin Media’s ultrafast broadband connectivity, this new platform gives viewers an all-encompassing TV experience on all their screens, backed by new functionality including Voice Search […]
Fitness experience Fiit has launched on Sky Q, allowing users to access over 600 on-demand classes, created and led by Fiit’s 35 industry-leading trainers, including Adrienne Herbert, Cat Meffan, Corinne Naomi, Gede Foster, Gus Vaz Tostes and more. Users can pick their desired class by studio – Cardio, Strength and Rebalance – or by trainer. […]
Modern Times Group (MTG) eSport portfolio companies ESL Gaming and DreamHack have jointly announced a combination in order to increase competitiveness, accelerate products and events innovation and to offer the widest portfolio to the market. MTG has been the principal owner of ESL Gaming, the eSport company, and DreamHack – the gaming lifestyle festival company […]
Entertainment analytics specialist Whip Media Group has confirmed the availability of a new movie analytics solution which provides key consumer data insights to media companies as they are shifting releases from theatrical to premium on-demand-platforms. With production slowing and theatrical distribution in flux, more viewing is taking place on digital platforms. The new CVM (Content […]