Advanced Television

Williams talks sustainability on WaterBear Network

WaterBear Network has released Episode 2 of their original interview series The Bear Hug starring ‘WaterBear Leader’ actress, activist and filmmaker Maisie Willaims. Hosted by WaterBear’s Head of Strategy Sam Sutaria, the episode covers Willaims’ reflections on her early success “it was really hard to deal with at the beginning. It obviously made me very […]

January 22, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Sky acquires A Boy Called Christmas

Sky has announced that A Boy Called Christmas will join their 2021 original film line-up. Acquired from STUDIOCANAL, exclusively for the UK & Ireland, the film – based on the book by Matt Haig – will be released on Sky Cinema and NOW TV this Christmas. as well as in cinemas. Co-written and directed by […]

January 22, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Iceland: MOG guaranteeing live remote acquisition of Premier League

Recently, MOG has been selected by Síminn, the Icelandic Broadcaster, to ensure the smooth recording of 4 simultaneous HD 3G-SDI channels of the Premier League to fans across Iceland, with an intuitive but powerful remote software. The integration was made possible with the full support of MOG’s partner and knowledge company Exton. MOG’s streamlined production […]

January 22, 2021

Gamestream appoints de Jong as Content and Licensing Director

Gamestream, a specialist in cloud video game streaming solutions for B2B industries, has announced the appointment of Gaëlle de Jong as Director of Content and Licensing. This appointment is integral to Gamestream’s international expansion strategy, to secure further best-in-class partnerships in the videogames industry. de Jong is now leading Gamestream’s licensing and content strategy, firmly […]

January 22, 2021

MTV Africa Music Awards to air in 180+ countries, hosted by DJ Khaled

Grammy Award-winning DJ and record executive, DJ Khaled, who is best known for his hip hop and R&B hit anthems, will be the international host for the MTV Africa Music Awards Kampala 2021 (MAMA), airing globally for the first time in 180 countries on MTV on Saturday, February 20, at 8P CAT/ 6P GMT/1P EST.  Khaled will […]

January 22, 2021

Data: Amazon half of new UK SVoD sign-ups in Q4

Kantar, the data, insights and consulting company has published Q4 2020 results from its Entertainment On Demand service in the UK. With 12.9 million subscriptions taken out last year, the service reveals the following consumer behaviours in the three months to December 2020: Amazon Prime membership jumped again in Q4, with 53.5 per cent of […]

January 21, 2021

Movistar, DAZN Spanish sports rights deal

Movistar+, Spanish telco Telefónica’s entertainment platform and sports streaming platform DAZN have reached an agreement that will offer more sports content to their customers. The agreement will see DAZN distributed through new channels on Movistar+. In addition, DAZN has acquired the exclusive exploitation rights to the Formula 1 World Championship for the next three years, […]

January 21, 2021

Pluto TV launching in France

ViacomCBS Networks International has confirmed that Pluto TV, the free streaming television service, will debut in France on February 8th. Pluto TV will be available on all major streaming devices (TV, smartphone, tablet, PC) via the Pluto TV browser, via app on Apple TV, Android TV, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast and the iOS and Android […]

January 21, 2021

Report: UK ad spend falling sharply

With the Brexit transition period drawing to a close and Covid-19 continuing to wreak havoc across the global economy, UK marketing executives saw another sharp decline in advertising budgets during the final quarter of 2020, according to the Q4 2020 IPA Bellwether Report. A net balance of -24 per cent of Bellwether panellists recorded a […]

January 21, 2021

Sky Media, TVbeat expand partnership

Sky Media, the advertising sales arm of Sky, and TVbeat, a global player in TV inventory and yield management, have further expanded their long-term partnership with independent TV data verification. Sky Media has appointed TVbeat as the ‘System of Note’ to ingest, process and harmonise data from various sources across their technology stack in a […]

January 21, 2021