Firstlight Media has partnered with Google Cloud to support rapid deployment and expansion of OTT video streaming services. Firstlight Media’s microservices-based architecture takes full advantage of Google Cloud capabilities, including: Agility to launch services in weeks, rather than months; Scalability for cost effective growth with customers’ businesses and support for complex use cases; and Extensibility […]
Estrella Media, a vertically integrated, multi-platform, Spanish-language media company, announced that it has placed a season two renewal order for its critically-acclaimed prime time talk show Tu-Night con Omar Chaparro. The new season is scheduled to premiere on January 25, 2021, at 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT on EstrellaTV. Co-produced and hosted by Mexican superstar […]
Datazoom, the Real-time Video Data Platform, has announced the release of their integration with Amazon CloudFront, expanding upon their capabilities to capture, standardize, and route data from across the end-to-end workflow of video. Recently, the company announced one of the industry’s first end-to-end data collection, standardization, and routing services for streaming Content Delivery Network (CDN) […]
ViacomCBS Networks UK has acquired the broadcasting rights to the first series of new British comedy Hapless for Channel 5’s VOD service, MY5. Written and directed by Sinyor, the deal was agreed by Damian O’Hara, Acquisitions Manager at ViacomCBS Networks UK, and ‘Hapless’ will be available on MY5 in March. Starring Tim Downie (The King’s […]
Shutterstock, a global creative platform offering full-service solutions, high-quality content, and tools for brands, businesses and media companies, has announced the launch of the 10th anniversary edition of its annual Creative Trends Report, highlighting both global and local trends that will inspire creative expression and ingenuity in 2021. “After the year that was, we were […]
Apple is extending its free Apple TV+ trial subscriptions again, this time until July. When the Apple TV+ SVoD platform launched in November 2019, Apple offered a free 12 month subscription to those who purchased a new Apple device in or after September 2019. They were initially set to expire in November 2020, but Apple […]
Sky and STUDIOCANAL, Canal+ Group’s film production and distribution company, are partnering to bring Sky customers hundreds of hours of movies on Sky Q. The content will also be available to NOW TV customers with a Cinema Pass. Under the deal, STUDIOCANAL’s titles scheduled for release from January 2021 will be brought to Sky Cinema […]
SVoDs will have much slower growth in 2021 after the record-breaking 2020, according to Omdia. While global OTT TV subscriptions rose from 849 million in 2019 to 1.06 billion last year – overtaking global pay-TV numbers – growth is likely to be relatively slower this year, with the overall number rising to 1.14 billion. Traditional […]
Matchroom, the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC), and World Snooker Tour (WST) have signed a new multi-year deal with ITV seeing some of sport’s flagship events remain on free-to-air television in the UK. ITV’s partnership with Matchroom Group will see a number of sport’s most elite events remain exclusively on ITV4. Snooker’s Champion of Champions promoted […]
Intelsat has been hit with another claim of insider dealing over the reallocation of C-band spectrum and the collapse of Intelsat share values. This time the allegation concerns its current chairman and former CEO Dave McGlade. Intelsat is in Chapter 11 bankruptcy reconstruction. McGlade is specifically alleged to have sold a significant package of Intelsat […]