FOX News Channel (FNC) continued its dominance as the most-watched network in all of US cable across total day and primetime, advancing its winning streak to 23 straight weeks in total day and 21 weeks in a row in primetime among total viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research. During breaking news coverage of the nationwide […]
US SVoD service Philo is adding premium networks EPIX and STARZ to its line-up of entertainment, lifestyle and knowledge-based programming. These networks will be available for an additional monthly fee to all new and existing subscribers. Philo’s standard subscription package includes more than 50 channels from popular networks including A&E, AMC, Comedy Central, Food Network, […]
Three of Pittsburgh’s leading local network-affiliated television stations – WPGH (FOX), WTAE (ABC) and WPNT (MyNet) – have become among the first in the United States to begin broadcasting with NextGen TV digital broadcast technology based on the ATSC 3.0 standard. The Pittsburgh launch follows a decade of development of the new technology and a […]
There’s a new rocket launch company making headlines. Rocket Lab, founded in 2006 and originally based in Auckland, New Zealand (where it still makes its rockets), has SpaceX’s frequency and some of its client list in its sights. Rocket Lab is headed by c0-founder Peter Beck, who currently serves as the company’s CEO and CTO. […]
LG Display says it is working on a major Research & Development project from the South Korean government to manufacture next-generation ‘stretchable’ video displays. The company is planning to develop stretchable displays by 2024 and for them to have a 20 per cent elongation rate. “LG Display will develop stretchable displays, a new form factor […]
Tonight (June 17th) on BT Sport 2, Italian giants Juventus, led by former Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri, will go in search of a 14th Coppa Italia. Standing in their way is Sarri’s former club, Napoli. Viewers will be able to watch a Juventus line up which is likely to include Cristiano Ronaldo, Paolo Dybala along […]
DVEO, a leading TV/OTT equipment supplier, has announced that it has now reengineered its Encoding, Transcoding, and Video Server products to accommodate the changing world. The new versions will be rolling out on July 5th 2020. Beginning in 2007, DVEO was a pioneer in commercialising FF MPEG and VLC by fixing the shortcomings of open […]
Netflix has announced that Frank Lammers and Elise Schaap – known for Ferry and Danielle in Undercover – will star together in the new feature film Ferry, about the drug lord’s early years. Lammers commented: “Ferry is back – again! It is unbelievable that there is going to be a Netflix feature film about Ferry […]
ITN Productions has announced two new appointments to its new regional base in Leeds. Caroline Short is joining as an Executive Producer and Gorana Jelovina will take on the role of Development Assistant Producer. ITN Productions opened its Leeds office, complete with state-of-the-art edit facilities, as part of its regional expansion plans earlier this year. […]
AVANTI Media has sold its BBC Four Life Drawing Live! format and programmes to SBS in Australia. As well as producing the format for air in July, SBS has also bought the two previous two-hour-long, Life Drawing Live! programmes that aired to critical acclaim on BBC Four. It’s recent edition was praised publicly by Tony […]