Advanced Television

Cineverse content deal with Filmhub

Cinedigm, the streaming and entertainment company, has begun adding more than 18,000 additional film and television episodes to Cineverse, its flagship streaming service, through an expanded distribution agreement with independent film distributor, Filmhub. The deal between the two companies marks the first major third-party content transaction completed on behalf of Cineverse, which launched in September […]

January 11, 2023

Speedcast wins teleport order from UK’s MoD

Australia-based satellite services provider Speedcast has won a contract extension from the UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) to continue supplying the Ministry with gateway connectivity hosting. The mission is to support the Airbus Skynet satellite platform from the Asia-Pacific region. In 2016, Speedcast built two 11 metre antenna systems at one of the company’s teleport […]

January 11, 2023By Chris Forrester

MadHive appoints former Roku, Hulu exec

Madhive, a technology company engineered for modern TV advertising, has announced that Kristin Wnuk has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Sales. In this new position, Wnuk will build on Madhive’s streaming campaigns for local broadcasters and advertisers, continuing to drive adoption of the company’s all-inclusive infrastructure solution for modern TV advertising. Wnuk […]

January 11, 2023

BT launches digital tools to measure carbon impact

BT has announced new digital tools to help multinational customers measure and optimise the carbon impact of running applications and cloud workloads across their network. While the Carbon Network Dashboard gives a real-time view of power consumption, the Digital Carbon Calculator helps customers estimate their network’s carbon footprint. The Dashboard uses machine learning to detect […]

January 11, 2023

ViewLift partners with Bitmovin

ViewLift, a player in end-to-end streaming and OTT solutions, has entered into a multi-year partnership with Bitmovin. The collaboration bolsters ViewLift’s full-cycle content distribution and monetisation capabilities by integrating Bitmovin’s cloud-based video streaming infrastructure solutions to elevate the standard of viewing experiences on OTT platforms. Manik Bambha, President of ViewLift, said, “Partnering with Bitmovin is […]

January 11, 2023

The Rob Knox Story exclusively on ITVX

ITV has announced that the award-winning documentary (K)nox: The Rob Knox Story, about the tragic murder of Harry Potter actor Robert Knox, will stream exclusively on ITVX from February 23rd. In 2008, 18 year old Rob Knox was stabbed to death just days after filming his breakthrough role as Marcus Belby in the Harry Potter […]

January 11, 2023By Nik Roseveare

BBC Studios produces Demetriou special for Netflix

Netflix has commissioned A Whole Lifetime with Jamie Demetriou, a comedy special written by and starring  BAFTA winner Jamie Demetriou and produced by BBC Studios Productions and Guilty Party Pictures. A Whole Lifetime with Jamie Demetriou takes the audience on a journey from birth to death through the ever adored medium of song and sketch – […]

January 11, 2023By Nik Roseveare

OAN partners with Major Market Broadcasting

One America News Network (OAN), a 24/7 source of national and international news in the US, has announced that its broadcast over-the-air (OTA) channel variant OAN Plus will be available in more than five million new OTA only households through a partnership with Major Market Broadcasting including launches in top DMA’s New York, Chicago, San […]

January 11, 2023

DJ Carl Cox confirms Extreme E team

Acclaime DJ and electronic artist Carl Cox has unveiled his Carl Cox Motorsport Extreme E team which has joined the championship as the sport for purpose series gears up its third season. The current Extreme E line-up includes teams run by legendary motorsport names including McLaren, Lewis Hamilton (X44 Vida Carbon Racing), Nico Rosberg (Rosberg […]

January 11, 2023

SkyShowtime picks up WBD cancels

SkyShowtime has acquired exclusive European rights for 21 local series from Warner Bros Discovery, including some of HBO Max’s most popular shows from the region. In total, the deal provides SkyShowtime 168 episodes – over 150 hours – of new and previously aired original programming. Financial terms were not disclosed. The deal includes three new […]

January 10, 2023