Covid-19 might be keeping millions working from home but it is proving to be good news for streaming music providers. Pay-radio broadcaster SiriusXM has already told the market that it expects to add a net 700,000 subscribers this year, and significantly over and above its previous target. Now the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) […]
Channel 4 has announced that 4Creative’s Eoin McLaughlin has been promoted to the newly created role of Deputy Executive Creative Director and the appointment of award-winning creative Lydia Raghavan to Creative Director. McLaughlin will report into Lynsey Atkin, Executive Creative Director of Channel 4’s in-house creative agency. Channel 4 says McLaughlin is responsible for supporting […]
Alchimie, the content aggregation and dynamic distribution company, has announces a new partnership with Huawei, the Chinese mobile handset manufacturer, to provide Alchimie’s factual SVoD channels to millions of Huawei Video consumers. The partnership sees Alchimie reinforce its distribution network by integrating its TVplayer GO! app into Huawei Video, the preloaded entertainment app on all […]
Viaccess-Orca (VO), a global player providing OTT and TV platforms, content protection, and advanced data solutions, has announced that 1.75 billion licences of its multi-DRM cloud service have successfully been delivered in the last 12 months by Orange, a tier-1 telecommunications operator with 253 million customers worldwide. Orange’s massive delivery across Belgium, France, Ivory Coast, […]
The BBC has announced that Gary Lineker has signed a new contract that will keep him at the corporation until 2025. The former England football captain will continue as Match Of The Day host, a programme he first presented back in 1999 as well as fronting the BBC’s coverage of the FA Cup, major football […]
The first episode of ITV’s new drama Des was watched by 5.4 million on September 14th making it the biggest drama launch on the channel since Cleaning Up in 2019. Des, featuring David Tennant as serial killer Dennis Nilsen, opened to critical acclaim and is the second biggest drama launch episode across all channels so […]
Broadpeak, a provider of content delivery network (CDN) and video streaming solutions for content providers and pay-TV operators worldwide, has announced that Orange France has successfully launched its new Network PVR service powered by Broadpeak. Using Broadpeak’s Cloud PVR solution, Orange subscribers can record content directly in the cloud, enjoying seamless switching from one screen […]
Global media services provider Red Bee Media has renewed its relationship with multinational video applications developer Dotscreen. Red Bee will continue to deliver TV and movie metadata for Dotscreen’s multiscreen applications, showcasing how viewers can discover content, no matter the device they’re watching on. Red Bee’s metadata portfolio offers access to a database of 10+ […]
StarzPlay, the SVoD service in the MENA region, has reported growth of 141 per cent in the number of unique users during April 2020, when the Covid-19 crisis peaked in the region, according to a study titled The Rise and Rise of Streaming Video in the MENA Market. Conducted by PSB Research, a leading global […]
Leeds United’s historic return to the Premier League has been documented in two new special edition episodes of Take Us Home: Leeds United, due for release on Amazon Prime Video in the UK on September 17th. The two new 45-minute episodes bring Take Us Home: Leeds United to a fitting conclusion, having followed every twist […]