Advanced Television

Des is ITV’s most-watched new drama since 2006

More than 10 million viewers have watched the first episode of ITV’s new drama Des in the week since it launched. Des, featuring David Tennant as serial killer Dennis Nilsen, has been watched by 10.9 million since September 14th. The figure includes the audience that watched it on the night, including repeat showings, and via […]

September 24, 2020

Forecast: India to reach 1bn Internet users by 2025

According to data estimations calculated by the Atlas VPN research team, India is set to reach 1 billion Internet users by the year 2025. As of 2020 to date, there are over 687.6 million Internet users in India. The Internet penetration rate in India reached 50 per cent at the start of 2020. Meaning, already […]

September 24, 2020

HBO Max orders Suicide Squad spin-off series

HBO Max is set to explore the origins of the Peacemaker character, the master of weapons from the movie sequel The Suicide Squad. HBO Max has given a straight-to-series order of eight episodes for the first season of the show, simply titled Peacemaker. John Cena, Hollywood actor and partially retired WWE superstar, will reprise his […]

September 24, 2020By Nik Roseveare

VA Media enables rights holders to earn more on YouTube

VA Media, the APAC social video monetisation agency, has launched a new YouTube content ID service for producers, production companies and film & television distributors. VA Media owns and manages some of the world’s largest movie and TV-based YouTube channels, including Movie Central– which boasts 20 million views monthly. The newly announced fee-based service is […]

September 24, 2020

Portrait Artist of the Year returns to Sky Arts this October

Portrait Artist of the Year returns soon with a double dose of portrait magic. While Stephen Mangan hosts a brand new series of Portrait Artist of the Year on Wednesdays from 14th October, co-presenter Joan Bakewell is live each following Sunday from 18th October with a sister series of Portrait Artist of the Week. Stephen […]

September 24, 2020

Enensys announces new version of ATSC 3.0 head end solution

Enensys Technologies has announced the new version of its ATSC 3.0 head-end solution that allows broadcasters to implement the delivery of NextGen TV over hybrid delivery networks. The services can be delivered simultaneously on the Digital Terrestrial TV Over-The-Air network (OTA) and on the broadband network (OTT), with a seamless transition from OTA to OTT […]

September 24, 2020

ONATi chooses DataMiner as its end-to end network management system

Skyline Communications, the global leader in AI-powered end-to-end management and orchestration solutions for the media & broadband industry, proudly announces that their award-winning DataMiner platform has been selected by ONATi SAS. ONATi is a telecom operator based in Tahiti and a subsidiary of the OPT group. They offer mobile, fixed, internet and TV services for […]

September 24, 2020

Crystal Palace v Everton on Prime Video this Saturday

Amazon will broadcast Crystal Palace v Everton on Prime Video on September 26th, with live coverage beginning at 2:30pm ahead of a 3pm kick-off. The fixture will be presented by Jim Rosenthal, with commentary from Clive Tyldesley and Ally McCoist, matchday reporting from Lynsey Hooper and pitch-side punditry from Leon Osman and Eni Aluko. Existing […]

September 24, 2020

Law&Crime Network premieres Prime Crime Tonight with Jesse Weber

Law&Crime, the leading 24/7 true crime and live trial network, is adding Prime Crime Tonight hosted by Jesse Weber to its primetime programming slate. The new true crime program takes a deep dive into the most high profile and shocking criminal cases that have garnered national attention in recent years. Premiering on September 25th after […]

September 24, 2020

DAZN, Discovery extend Eurosport distribution

DAZN and Discovery have extended their distribution partnership to bring DAZN subscribers Eurosport 1 HD and Eurosport 2 HD channels in five countries. Under the new agreement, Eurosport’s channels will be available to watch live and on-demand on DAZN in Austria, Germany, Italy and Spain. In addition, Eurosport is now available to watch on DAZN […]

September 23, 2020