The BBC has acquired the hit US drama Gossip Girl, and will give the new sequel series its UK debut on BBC One and iPlayer later this year. BBC iPlayer will also be home to every episode of the pop culture classic Gossip Girl so far, offering viewers the chance to watch all six seasons […]
Fight Sports has acquired the rights to Tyson Fury’s third meeting with Deontay Wilder for the WBC Heavyweight World Title in over 50 countries. Territories span from covering almost all of Asia, several countries in Europe, the Middle East/North Africa, to the Caribbean. December 2018 was the first time these two heavyweights met. It was […]
Research from human-centric programmatic advertising specialist Sharethrough on video consumption behaviours reveals the impact mobile feeds have had on watching videos on mute, even on TV. “In our continuing effort at Sharethrough to build human-centric programmatic
The Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) and BT Sport have agreed a partnership that will see The Collins Cup highlights shown across the UK through BT Sport, the BT Sport app and on-demand. The Collins Cup is the PTO’s inaugural flagship event taking place on August 28th in Šamorín, Slovakia and is a new race format […]
Entertainment technologist Technicolor Connected Home is integrating Google’s far-field voice technology into its latest generation of set-top boxes (STBs) which enables users to change channels, search for content and more – hands-free with Google Assistant. Previously, Google Assistant with far-field voice recognition was only available on devices such as soundbars and TVs. The integration of […]
Burnley Football Club and TikTok have agreed a partnership which will see the Club livestream every home match of Burnley FC Women’s 2021/22 season as part of a multi-year deal. Burnley FC Women will become the first team to have their games streamed live on TikTok – which will also become the team’s sleeve sponsor […]
OnePlan has raised $3.8 million (€3.2m) in Series A financing from investors in the UK and US. The two-year-old startup streamlines the design and production process through a selection of 2D, 3D, satellite and aerial maps, providing real-time collaboration. For venue owners, it unlocks operational and commercial benefits through a hyper-realistic, fly-through Venue Twin of […]
Modern Times Group (MTG) has announced the acquisition of 100 per cent of PlaySimple, a mobile word games developer from India. PlaySimple is a rapidly growing, profitable business and one of the global leaders in the attractive mobile word games genre. The up-front consideration amounts to approximately SEK 3,090 million(€304m) on a cash and debt […]
A webcast organised by the Asia-Pacific Satellite Communications Council heard some negative comments on the likely impact of Low Earth orbiting (LEO) satellites. Most of the criticism came from operators of geostationary satellites. For example, Hispasat’s CTO Antonio Abad Martin spoke extensively about the business model in place for geostationary (GEO) operators, and said they […]
Russia’s Roscosmos space agency says there’s a risk that a SpaceX Starlink satellite will get “dangerously close” to Russia’s Progress MS-17/78 cargo craft. Progress MS-17/78 was launched on June 29th aboard a Soyuz-2.1a rocket and is due to arrive at the International Space Station in the early overnight hours (GMT) of July 2nd. The decommissioned […]