Channel 4 has signed agreements with Toyota and BP to become joint sponsors of programming across the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. The two deals will see official IPC and BPA partners Toyota and BP share sponsorship equally, spanning programming across Channel 4, More4 and All 4. The agreement with Toyota follows on from a successful […]
The National Television Awards (NTAs), an annual awards ceremony that celebrates the success of British television, has announced that Hyve Managed Hosting has been chosen to provide the platform for its high traffic website. The 2020 ceremony will mark 25 years of the awards. After being introduced to Hyve through its digital agency partners, Ten4 […]
Roku has announced Roku TV Ready, a new programme that allows consumer electronics companies to partner with Roku to help their products work seamlessly with Roku TV for an incredible home entertainment experience. The first partners under the programme are TCL North America and Sound United, parent company to Denon, Polk Audio, Marantz, Definitive Technology […]
Synamedia, the world’s largest independent video software provider, is bringing the most complete, secure and advanced end-to-end open video delivery solutions for infinite entertainment to CES 2020. After making a splash at CES 2019 with the award-winning Credentials Sharing Insight solution, the company is heading back to Las Vegas to showcase new tools that empower […]
Fincons Group, the IT business consultancy, will be presenting its new Smart Digital Platform (SDP) designed to accelerate Next Gen TV roll-out for media and broadcast businesses at CES this January. The SDP introduces a revolutionary publishing tool that redefines application development as it enables automatic generation of applications, thus accelerating Hybrid TV and OTT […]
After a successful first season (under the title Britain’s Youngest Football Boss), BBC Three returns to east London to follow the fortunes of West Ham United women’s team, in Squad Goals: West Ham United Women (working title). With record audiences for the Women’s World Cup earlier this last summer, women’s football is booming and attendances […]
A YouGov poll for The Times suggests that half of Britons support a commercial model for the BBC and would like the broadcaster to make its money through advertisements or subscriptions. According to the poll, just one in four favour the current compulsory licence fee system as the way to fund the BBC. During the […]
Richard Plepler, who left his position as HBO’s chief executive in February 2019 after spending 27 years working for the premium US broadcaster, has signed a five year exclusive deal to create content for the Apple TV+ streaming service. Plepler recently launched a new production company, Eden Productions, which will create TV series, documentaries and […]
Figures released by the British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) and based on data from the Official Charts Company and Futuresource Consulting, show that the home entertainment sector grew by 9.5 per cent in 2019, bringing the total market value to £2.6 billion (€3.05bn). A proliferation of consumption models, including traditional physical media and digital […]
Over half (53 per cent) of Spaniards are subscribed to a pay-TV service in the country, 7 per cent higher than in 2018. A report from Ymedia reveals that the proliferation of OTT platforms have boosted pay-TV growth, with Netflix being the main driving force. In November almost 5 million viewers watched Netflix content, versus […]