Videociety, a subsidiary of Germany media company Splendid Medien, has reached an agreement with Joyn, the ProSiebenSat.1 and Discovery joint venture, to acquire its maxdome VoD store. With the takeover, effective from October 1st, the Splendid Group says it intends to further expand its VoD business. Financial terms were not disclosed. “We are seeing an […]
Movistar+ has extended its agreement with Serie A, the Italian top flight football league, for a further three seasons, through to 2023/24. In a press statement, Movistar+ said it has “established itself as a key ally in the sustainability of sport. Agreements with the leading national and international sports partners (UEFA, LaLiga, RFEF, ACB, NBA, […]
South Korea’s electronics giant LG Display says it will invest 3.3 Trillion Won (€2.3bn) in new facilities to produce more OLED panels. The investment will start immediately and continue through to March 2024. The news came from LG in a regulatory filing to the Seoul stock exchange. The company said the investment will be used […]
AccuWeather NOW, the streaming service from AccuWeather, is now available on The Roku Channel, the home for free content on the Roku platform. The Roku Channel’s users can now access AccuWeather’s forecasts as well as 24/7, continuous daily programming, dedicated to all things weather, including extreme and natural events, global forecasts, climate and weather-related news […]
SpotGenie, a provider of digital media services to the advertising, entertainment, and broadcast industries, has completed the integration between its video ad management and delivery platform and WideOrbit, a specialist in broadcast TV and radio inventory and revenue workflow management. SpotGenie says this integration will allow end-to-end electronic transfer of material instructions from its ‘Blaze’ […]
SPI/FilmBox has announced the expansion of their ad-supported digital channels Docustream and Filmstream to the Netherlands with Samsung TV Plus, Samsung Electronics’ free streaming service. Samsung TV Plus users in the Netherlands will now have access to hundreds of hours of documentaries, independent features and world cinema movies. “It brings us great pleasure to expand […]
Parks Associates research shows that 36 per cent of US broadband households now own a smart home device, an increase of 2 per cent over Q4 2020. “The residential security industry continues to experience a blurring of lines between professional and DIY solutions,” said Elizabeth Parks, President, Parks Associates. “Professional monitoring providers, like ADT, Brinks, […]
SES and Boeing showcased the O3b ‘second generation’ of mPower satellites in a virtual unveiling event direct from El Segundo, California on August 17th. Boeing is building 11 of the O3b mPower craft. They will operate at 8000 kms over the Earth. SES CEO Steve Collar told journalists that the first three O3b mPower satellites […]
On August 14th, astrophysicist and satellite tracker Jonathan McDowell, who’s based at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Tweeted that a small piece of a Russian rocket (officially Object 48078, 1996051Q) had hit a Chinese satellite (Yunhai 1-02) which was damaged on impact. The Russian Zenit-2 rocket launched back in September 1996 and […]
Redbox, the entertainment company, and Laugh Out Loud (LOL), the global multi-platform comedy brand founded by Kevin Hart, have announced a content deal to bring more than 100 hours of stand-up specials and television shows to Redbox’s free AVoD. These titles will be available through the Redbox streaming app via the LOL! Network, which is […]