FaceBank Group and Disney Media Networks have struck a comprehensive distribution agreement to deliver Disney’s lineup of premier news, sports and entertainment content from ESPN and Walt Disney Television to live TV streaming platform fuboTV. Beginning this summer, customers who subscribe to fuboTV’s fubo Standard base package will have access to ABC, ABC News Live, […]
Iran’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi has announced that the number of the country’s manufactured satellites will increase to 18 by the end of the current Iranian year (March 19th 2021). His comments were made to the Iranian parliament and reported by the FARS news agency. “Iran had made three […]
Netflix is one of the few fortunate companies, which has a service that is more meaningful to people who are forced to stay at home due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This was reflected on Twitter as well, where the influencer discussions related to ‘Netflix’ spiked more than 60 per cent
Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1 has acquired the free-to-air domestic TV broadcast rights package of the (DFL) Bundesliga football games for the 2021-2025 seasons. Sky Deutschland won five of the seven pay-TV packages. Perhaps coincidentally, private equity giant KKR increased its stake in ProSiebenSat.1 and now holds 6.61 per cent. Earlier KKR acquired a 5.21 percent stake as […]
Amazon Rekognition Video is a machine learning (ML) based service that can analyse videos to detect objects, people, faces, text, scenes, and activities, as well as detect any inappropriate content. Now, the service can automate four common media analysis tasks – detection of black frames, end credits, shot changes, and colour bars using fully managed, […]
BBC World Service is partnering with MTN Nigeria to deliver BBC News Minute bulletins which will be free of charge to subscribers of the myMTN App in English, Hausa, Igbo, Pidgin and Yoruba. This is the first time an international news organisation will feature in the MyMTN App. BBC News Minute is the BBC’s 60 […]
3 Screen Solutions (3SS), a provider of software solutions for STV and multiscreen entertainment, and Broadpeak, a provider of video streaming solutions, have integrated technologies to enable superior Android TV viewing experiences. Broadpeak is the latest technology innovator to join 3SS’ new 3READY Entertainment Ecosystem, an all-in portfolio of complementary capabilities, technical deployment options, key […]
With schools unable to host a Sports Day this year, BT is giving children across the UK the chance to race at a virtual sports event, including the opportunity to win brand new tech equipment for their schools. Through BT Skills for Tomorrow, BT is helping 5 million children across the UK make the most […]
Media and action sports executive Jaime Pollack has been named Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) for Fight Media Group, a division of Anthem Sports & Entertainment. In this newly created position, Pollack will oversee all revenue generation for the Group, which includes Fight Network and the popular IMPACT Wrestling promotion. Pollack will report directly to Ed […]
The first episode of The Salisbury Poisonings received a seven-day consolidated figure of 10 million viewers (43.7 per cent share), making it the biggest new drama across all channels since 2018. All-screen +7 days data also reveals the episode has attracted 10.3 million viewers to date. The BBC One drama, written by Adam Patterson and […]