The weekly audience for BBC Sounds, the broadcaster’s streaming media and audio download service, peaked at a record 2.9 million during Q4 2019, topping the previous record peak of 2.5 million in the previous quarter. New figures confirm that more than half a million young people (16-34s) use Sounds each week, and that BBC Radio […]
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT), the Nordic streaming company, has acquired the exclusive pan-Nordic media rights to Denmark’s eSuperliga eSports tournament and become a joint owner of the competition. The country’s best FIFA players, representing 15 top Danish football clubs, will showcase their skills in eSuperliga, which kicks off its next season on March 11th and […]
Extreme Networks, the official Wi-Fi solutions provider for the seventh consecutive Super Bowl, has announced it will blitz Super Bowl LIV with Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi analytics solutions to fuel the digital game day experience for fans attending the game in Miami on February 2nd. Further enhancing the fan experience, Extreme is working with Verizon to […]
Sky has released the first look trailer for Intelligence, a Sky original comedy featuring David Schwimmer and Nick Mohammed. Created and written by Mohammed, Intelligence is a workplace comedy set in the UK’s GCHQ—a kind of weedier, geekier version of MI5, where they tackle international and domestic Cyber Crime from a desktop. But when a […]
WWE has announced that Co-Presidents George Barrios and Michelle Wilson will depart the company, effective immediately, and will no longer serve on its Board of Directors. Frank A. Riddick III, who has served as a member of WWE’s Board of Directors for more than 11 years, has been named interim Chief Financial Officer, reporting to […]
Since Q3 2018, around one in three Internet respondents have an OTT streaming box or stick within their household, reports Ampere Analysis. Uptake has doubled since 2015, but growth has slowed between Q3 2018 and Q3 2019, with an increase of 2 percentage points across 16 markets. Penetration is highest in Sweden where 55 per […]
The key satellite operators within the C-Band Alliance (CBA) are suffering a roller-coaster ride in terms of share value as the ebb and flow of news affects investor confidence – or lack of confidence in any meaningful upside. January 29th, was catastrophic for Intelsat (down a massive 30.26 per cent) and SES (down 8.27 per […]
FreeWheel, a Comcast company and advertising management solution, has launched its first Video Marketplace Report specifically for Europe, focusing on video advertising in Q3 2019. The paper shows a continued upward trend in premium video with ad views increasing 10 per cent year-on-year. This rise is driving investment in “growth platforms” such as connected TV […]
BT reported a 3 per cent decline in revenue and a 4 per cent fall in core earnings for the third quarter, as its share price fell 6 per cent. The operator said revenue was impacted by regulation, competition and declines in legacy products. BT has also estimated that the decision to allow Huawei only […]
An initiative to develop a digital and an OTT platform for British Olympic and Paralympic sports has been announced by a group of leading sports’ National Governing Bodies, UK Sport, the British Olympic Association and British Paralympic Association. In their first move, the collective of British sports’ bodies have appointed Dominic Coles as the Chair […]