Parade Media have joined forces with Australian prodo, Essential Media, to produce a fast turnaround documentary about the heroics performed during the most catastrophic bushfire season to hit Australia. For months the world has woken to stories of Australia’s seemingly endless Summer of Hell. Koala Rescue (1 x 60’) tells the story of the selfless […]
Minute Media, a global technology and digital publishing platform, has acquired FanSided from Meredith Corporation, marking the fourth acquisition for Minute Media over the past 18 months. FanSided is one of the fastest growing platforms of sports and lifestyle digital properties, with more than 300 destinations focused on specific professional sports teams, college sports, lifestyle […]
Comcast expects to be able to make more money from streaming than any other company in the world, so says Steve Burke, chairman of Comcast’s NBCUniversal unit. Speaking at Comcast’s Q4 earnings release, Burke said that taking account of Comcast’s broadband business and its Flex and Peacock businesses, will be big streaming will be the […]
Ofcom has revealed the latest league tables on the complaints it receives about the UK’s major home broadband, mobile and pay-TV firms. The quarterly report reveals the number of complaints made to the media watchdog between July and September last year, about firms that provide home broadband, pay-monthly mobile and pay-TV. The report includes all […]
Around 7.8 million French viewers now watch catch-up TV on a daily basis, an increase of 13 per cent over the last two years. Catch-up TV is watched for an average one hour and eleven minutes per day according to a study from Médiamétrie. It’s not just repeated content catch-up services. In November 2019, two […]
Football fans can enjoy two full days of FA Cup fourth round action this weekend (January 25th – 26th), with live games, classic matches, highlights and all the goals on a new pop-up channel on BBC iPlayer. The FA Cup Channel is the first time iPlayer has ever done a pop-up channel, and will see […]
Pia Chaozon Barlow has been named Senior Vice President of Programme Marketing for HBO Max. The news was announced by Chris Spadaccini, Chief Marketing Officer of WarnerMedia Entertainment and Direct-to-Consumer, to whom she will report. It is a homecoming of sorts for Chaozon Barlow, who was responsible for launching some of HBO’s most creative campaigns […]
Spain’s largest telco Movistar is to raise its fee by between €3 and €6 per month for its Fusión convergent packages. The price hike comes at a time when its rivals Vodafone and Orange are bringing down fees with 50 per cent discounts and low cost offers to tempt new subscribers. Movistar’s premium packages Fusión […]
Sports streaming platform DAZN has acquired the live and on-demand rights in Italy to MotoGP’s top three motorcycling series during the 2020 and 2021 seasons. The deal, agreed with series’ owner Dorna, includes race coverage from the MotoGP, Moto 2, and Moto 3 championship categories, and will see DAZN providing its own commentary team. Existing […]
Comcast unveiled its Q4 numbers on January 23rd, and reported earnings rising an extremely healthy overall 26 per cent helped by broadband growth. The downside drag was its entertainment unit NBCUniversal as well as miserable box office revenues for its latest movie, Cats, and a 49 per cent fall in its film unit’s profits. Chairman/CEO […]