More than one million UK employees are planning to ‘work’ from the pub for football matches kicking off during office hours, according to research by Uswitch, the comparison and switching service. Seventeen football matches take place at 2pm or 5pm on work days — including England’s second-round match if they make it out of the […]
20th Century Studios’ movie Vacation Friends will debut on August 27th, streaming globally as a Hulu Original in the US and a Star Original on Disney+ in the UK, as well as select international markets. The raunchy comedy sees strait-laced Marcus and Emily befriended by wild, thrill-seeking partiers Ron and Kyla at a resort in […]
Sir Richard Branson managed to handle a reverse take-over of his Virgin Galactic space tourism business by a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) and a stock market listing in October 2019. Now he is reportedly trying a similar scheme with Virgin Orbit. Branson is looking for another SPAC, this time targeting NextGeneration Acquisition II, which […]
Canada’s first official national professional basketball league, the Canadian Elite Basketball League, has announced an OTT streaming platform called CEBL+. Basketball fans in Canada, the US and internationally will now have access to live CEBL games, as well as On-Demand content including highlights and other exclusive features available only on this service. Basketball fans within […]
Riivi, the OTT streaming service provider in Latin America, has chosen Norigin Media’s Smart TV applications. The Chilean based TV streaming apps that are currently accessible on web browsers and mobile devices, will soon launch on several connected TV devices. The on-demand TV streaming service provider offers a catalogue of over 200 titles from the […]
THEMA, a Canal+ Group Company, has announced the launch of MyZen TV at Vodafone Greece, part of Vodafone Group. With this new distribution agreement, the channel also celebrates the launch of the localised version of its programmes in Greek. Vodafone TV subscribers will get access to a lifestyle channel for women, available through the following […]
BritBox, the streaming service offering the largest collection of British boxsets will be premiering The Wedding of the Century on July 15th. BritBox North America will be launching the documentary on July 29th 2021. On July 29th 1981, a record 750 million people in 74 countries tuned in to see Lady Diana Spencer and Prince Charles exchange […]
Non-fiction content company Off The Fence continues to expand its range of historical content – from biographies to event history, colourised archives, and ancient civilisation. Off The Fence has recently acquired a selection of shows from the hugely popular History/Science hybrid genre, which look at new science to retell stories from the past. It has […]
ATEME, a specialist in video delivery solutions for broadcast, cable TV, DTH, IPTV and OTT, has announced that Korean broadcaster KBS has selected ATEME’s Kyrion encoders to update its legacy infrastructure, enabling broadcasting in high-quality MPEG-2 HD. As the largest broadcaster in Korea, KBS operates a wide range of platforms to deliver nationwide terrestrial service […]
NBC Sports Group continues to lead the industry with innovative new IP production workflows, supplied by Grass Valley, at its headquarters in Stamford, CT. The approach harnesses the power of open-architecture IP technology to unlock an unprecedented level of scalability and flexibility, delivering a ‘better than being there’ experience for viewers around the globe. Leveraging […]