Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Studios have announced a €1 million commitment to support the Italian entertainment industry through the pandemic. The donation is being made to the emergency Covid-19 fund, Scena Unita, created by a group of Italian artists and celebrities, with the support of Amazon Prime Video as main donor. The fund is […]
Cellnex Telecom and CK Hutchison have announced a series of agreements pursuant to which Cellnex will acquire circa 24,600 telecommunications towers and sites that CK Hutchison currently owns in Europe for total consideration of €10 billion. The transactions include the roll-out of up to 5,250 sites over the next eight years with an investment of […]
WandaVision, the first live-action TV spin-off from the behemoth Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), will debut on the Disney+ streaming service on January 15th 2021. The series will consist of six episodes. It’s currently unknown whether all episodes will drop at once, but it seems more likely instalments will be released weekly, much like Disney+’s other […]
APSTAR-6E has been ordered by APT Satellite from China’s Great Wall Industry Corp. The concept is something of a so-called ‘condominium’ vehicle which will have a portion of its function operated by the Chinese Academy of Space Technology (CAST). Overall cost is reported as being $137.6 million which includes launch and insurance. The satellite is […]
Sky Sports has announced that coverage of the British Basketball League (BBL) will return this season. The two-year agreement will see Sky Sports air 30 live matches a season. As part of the agreement Sky Sports will air both the men’s and women’s finals including BBL Trophy Final, BBL Cup Final, BBL Playoffs. Sky Sports […]
The Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SRMG) and Bloomberg Media will collaborate to provide Arabic-language content to business audiences and decision makers across the Middle East and beyond, through Asharq Business with Bloomberg, in an exclusive content agreement. The agreement forms part of the forthcoming launch of SRMG’s new Arabic-language news service, Asharq News. Owned […]
Extreme E, the new off-road electric racing championship, has confirmed an agreement with national Brazilian channel Globo TV to televise the series when racing gets underway early next year. Globo is the largest broadcaster in Brazil and reaches over 100 million people per day. It already televises a number of big sporting events including the […]
Enthusiast Gaming has announced the launch of BCC Gaming, its first free, ad-supported streaming channel, which is available on Samsung TV Plus, Samsung’s free Smart TV video service, in the US. This licensing and distribution activity is the latest result of Enthusiast Gaming’s recent acquisition of Omnia Media, which extends the company from one that […]
CSG has launched its Digital Mediation platform, a cloud-first solution proven in both private and public clouds like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure, that helps CSPs monetise 5G and B2B2x opportunities with minimal risk, while reducing disruption to their existing systems. CSG says its Digital Mediation eases the burden and simplifies the process […]
DoubleVerify, a software platform for digital media measurement, data and analytics, has announced the launch of its Custom Contextual solution for programmatic advertisers. This new offering delivers privacy-friendly targeting by aligning ads to relevant content, in order to maximize user engagement and drive conversion. DV’s Custom Contextual solution will be available on leading DSPs that […]