Channel 4 has officially opened its new Creative Hub in Bristol. CEO Alex Mahon said the new base would enable the broadcaster to tap into the deep pools of talent in the South West and Wales. Mahon commented: “Bristol gives Channel 4 an amazing opportunity to tap into the talent and rich and diverse culture […]
OneWeb, the global communications company whose goal is to connect everyone everywhere, has announced a new distributor partnership with Pacific Dataport (PDI), a company founded by Microcom – a supplier of satellite communication systems in Alaska. The collaboration will enable delivery of OneWeb’s high speed, low latency, communications services across Alaska. This agreement marks a […]
Eutelsat’s next-generation broadband-by-satellite Konnect craft, built by Thales Alenia Space, is in the final stages of readiness for launch today (January 16th). The satellite is a Very High Throughput (VHTS) craft, and will significantly boost Eutelsat’s broadband coverage over Africa in particular and the operator says it should materially bridge the digital divide for consumers […]
The BBC is upping of climate change coverage with special programming, digital coverage and debates. With the UN’s international conference on climate change coming to the UK in the autumn, the BBC aims to be at the heart of the national and international debate. Under the BBC’s Our Planet Matters banner, BBC News and wider […]
Quibi, the soon-to-launch short-form content platform, and WWE have announced the line-up of performers participating in the transformational series Fight Like a Girl. Leading individual episodes of the upcoming series will be WWE Superstars Sasha Banks, Brie Bella, Nikki Bella, Alexa Bliss, Sonya Deville, Charlotte Flair, Nia Jax, Becky Lynch and Natalya. In each episode of […]
ESPN Player deliver live and on demand coverage of X Games Aspen 2020 across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) as the action sports competition returns to Aspen Snowmass next week. The event features top athletes competing in 18 different disciplines over four days at Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen, Colorado. The 24th edition of the […]
Staying steadfast to its positioning as the only India-centric infotainment destination on TV, EPIC Channel has been the front runner in being the platform for stories of India. EPIC’s commitment to create factual entertainment content has not only earned itself a loyal viewer base but also the tag of India’s Storytellers. Taking that forward, EPIC […]
Two months after Disney’s launch of its Disney+ SVoD service, Sensor Tower Store Intelligence data confirms that the service’s mobile app has now been downloaded nearly 41 million times across the App Store and Google Play and has generated an estimated $97.2 million in user spending. In a blog post, the app intelligence firm says […]
Netflix is facing accusations of funnelling as much as £330 million (€385m) in profits made from operations outside the US into offshore tax havens, while receiving relief for making shows such as Black Mirror and The Crown in the UK. Figures from the Taxwatch thinktank estimate that in 2018 the streaming giant moved between $327 […]
Pay-TV subscriptions in the US are expected to decline by 20 per cent by 2023 according to analysts at media research firm Broadcast Intelligence. As the SVoD market continues to grow, US pay-TV subscription declines will accelerate compared to the past decade, marking the continuation of an irreversible trend that is reshaping the US television […]