TNT Sports will be the new name for the premium sports brand to be launched later in 2023 by the Joint Venture between BT Group and Warner Bros Discovery. The pair say the new name heralds an important step in the previously announced plans to unite the collection of premium rights from BT Sport and […]
Prague-based PPF Group has acquired a 9.1% stake in German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 Media. The international investment group, that’s also the parent company of CME, said: “PPF is looking forward to liaising with the management and supervisory board of ProSieben in this digitalisation process. PPF is an active investor in the telecommunications, media, and technology (TMT) […]
Viaplay, the Nordic direct-to-consumer streaming service, has launched in the US. Subscriptions are available for $5.99 (€5.61) per month, with a seven-day free trial. Subscribers will have access to a library of Nordic film and television content, all subtitled in English. “Viaplay’s direct-to-consumer streaming service is now widely available in the US,” commented Vanda Rapti, […]
The media industry has entered a period of flux according to WARC. What constitutes a media owner is being challenged by structural shifts in the global advertising market worth $993 billion (€934bn) this year. It is becoming harder for content-creating publishers to remain competitive against data-rich performance channels such as retail media, and sustain publishing […]
The total mergers and acquisitions (M&A) value in the global technology, media, and telecom (TMT) sector during 2022 saw a year-on-year (YoY) nosedive by 33 per cent from $1.26 trillion in 2021 to $841 billion in 2022, according to data and analytics company GlobalData. An analysis by the company reveals that ‘cloud’ and ‘internet advertising’ […]
Southampton is home to the fastest average broadband speeds in the UK, exceeding 160Mbps on average, according to an internet speed study from Uswitch.com. The broadband experts analysed broadband speed data in local authorities across the country to find the areas with the quickest connections across the UK. Local authorities with the fastest broadband speeds […]
Accedo, the video experience specialist, has acquired the assets of eyecandylab, a provider of extended reality (XR) solutions. eyecandylab’s products and solutions help customers leverage the potential of new innovative use cases for XR. Michael Lantz, CEO, Accedo, commented: “We are thrilled to be joining forces with eyecandylab. Our strategic roadmap and vision of the […]
Microsoft and Nvidia have agreed to a 10-year partnership to bring Xbox PC games to the Nvidia GeForce NOW cloud gaming service – which has more than 25 million members in over 100 countries. The agreement will enable gamers to stream Xbox PC titles from GeForce NOW to PCs, macOS, Chromebooks, smartphones and other devices. It […]
IABM has published its annual update on trends in Content Distribution and Monetisation. Increasing competition is focusing media companies’ attention on maximising advertising revenues and the ‘stickiness’ of their offerings to consumers. As a result, the fastest growing areas of technology investment are programmatic advertising, rights management, advertising analytics and sales, personalisation/ recommendations, and data […]
TBS has greenlit its first new unscripted series of 2023, further expanding its All Elite Wrestling (AEW) franchise with AEW: All Access – a docuseries featuring some of the company’s biggest stars. The new series is scheduled to premiere in March. Billed as “the ultimate behind-the-scenes experience for fans”, the series will feature the likes […]