As part of its ongoing commitment as an anti-racist organisation to improve Black representation on and off screen and drive long-term change, Channel 4’s Director of Programmes Ian Katz has announced two major new commissioning opportunities – a new Black-led comedy series and a new unscripted series set in the Black community – which will […]
WaterBear Network, the free, interactive VoD platform dedicated to supporting life on earth, has announced its first original short film: The Whales and the African Seaforest. This short is the first of a selection of original productions for the platform launch later this year. The Whales and the African Seaforest will feature WaterBear’s unique ‘connect’ […]
ENENSYS Technologies, a provider of media delivery solutions, has announced that its eMBMS middleware, called CubeAgent Mobile, can now be deployed in combination with Quectel’s LTE modules and dongles. Quectel’s LTE modules can now be integrated into devices, enabling LTE Broadcast features with ENENSYS’ technology. As broadcast networks seek to differentiate themselves from competitors, evolved […]
Parks Associates consumer research finds 62 per cent of US broadband households subscribe to a traditional pay-TV service via a cable or satellite provider, down from 69 per cent in Q1 2019, even as the average amount of video watched per week has spiked to more than 37 hours per household. “The explosion of online […]
One in five UK adults (21 per cent) – the equivalent of 10.3 million consumers – purchased at least one new digital device as a result of spending more time at home because of the Covid-19 pandemic according to Deloitte’s Digital Consumer Trends 2020 report. In total, up to 21.2 million digital devices were purchased […]
Findings from video advertising platform Unruly suggest that Connected TV (CTV) advertising performs better than linear TV across key indicators. The company’s research investigates consumer attitudes
Further to the announcement that Sky Arts, the UK’s only channel dedicated to arts and culture, will be made available to everyone, Sky has confirmed a launch date, as well as programming and EPG details. Sky Arts will join DTT platform Freeview on September 17th on channel number 11. According to Sky, the prominent channel […]
Disney has revealed that it will cost £19.99 to rent the live-action Mulan remake in UK homes when the movie launches on September 4th, forgoing a theatrical release. In European markets where Disney+ is present it will cost €21.99. The price is slightly lower than the US market where it was previously announced it will […]
Altice Portugal has launched a new set-top box for its Meo TV service, which it claims is the first in the world to enable a simultaneous Android TV and Apple TV experience. The new Android TV box has been developed by technological unit Altice Labs with Meo’s engineering and product teams and Google. According to […]
Premium digital technology company PubMatic has announced that mobile advertising grew significantly in the second quarter of 2020, despite the Covid-19 economic impact. According to PubMatic’s Q2 Quarterly Mobile Index, mobile advertising spend increased globally, rising 71 per cent over Q2 2019, and was also 8 per cent higher than Q1 2020. While mobile advertising decreased […]