MultiChoice Group and Comcast’s NBCUniversal and Sky have agreed a new partnership that will bring their content and technology to streaming customers across MultiChoice’s 50-market footprint in sub-Saharan Africa, at a time when Africa is approaching an inflection point in terms of broadband connectivity and affordability. The new Showmax group will be 70 per cent […]
Findings released by Global Distributor Blue Ant International at London Screenings point to the significant growth in the UK’s emerging FAST arena over the next four years. Conducted by technology research firm Omdia as a follow-up to its recent global study on FAST, the UK-focused findings reveal that FAST will account for nearly 20 per […]
Over one million Brits cancelled their streaming service subscriptions early last year with ‘wanting to save’ as the primary reason for doing so. With broadband prices set to rise by up to 17 per cent this April, many ware expected to streamline their spending again, but which streaming service offers the most value for money? […]
Stranger Things: The First Shadow – a new play based on the hit Netflix series – will receive its world premiere in late 2023 at the Phoenix Theatre in London’s West End, directed by Stephen Daldry with co-direction by Justin Martin. Produced by Netflix and Sonia Friedman Productions, the play will go on sale this […]
Speaking at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Netflix Co-CEO Greg Peters talked up the streamer’s huge investments in creative content, and claimed an ‘entertainment tax’ on the company – and its rivals – would be damaging to the creative industry, as well as broadband providers and consumers. The concept of ‘fair share’ levies on the […]
Following a record-breaking 2022 that saw fans stream more than 115 million hours of F1 footage, F1 TV has unveiled its presenter line-up and a new package of features, as it looks to bring the drama and excitement of Formula 1 to fans around the world for the 2023 season. Following a record breaking 2022 […]
We Have a Ghost entered Netflix’s English Films List at #1 with 40.47 million hours viewed in the week commencing February 20th (despite only premiering on February 24th). Written and directed by Christopher Landon with a star-studded cast featuring Anthony Mackie, Jeenifer Coolidge and David Harbour, the family-friendly horror comedy was in the Top 10 […]
Netflix has announced limited series Zero Day, a new conspiracy thriller from Creator / Executive Producer Eric Newman under his Grand Electric Productions deal with Netflix, and Creator / Executive Producer Noah Oppenheim. Robert De Niro will star in the 6 episode series and also executive produces in his first ever TV series role. Lesli […]
ITV has announced a partnership with StudioCanal to carry its StudioCanal Presents service, which will bolster ITVX Premium, the streamer’s subscription tier, giving ITVX subscribers access to hundreds of titles from StudioCanal’s catalogue. Scheduled to launch on ITVX Premium this spring, the deal will see over 400 films added to the subscription tier of the […]
Intigral, the media arm of stc Group, the Saudi Arabian Telco Conglomerate, a provider of digital entertainment and sports content in MENA, that has selected content discovery and viewer analytics specialist ThinkAnalytics’ Think360 personalised content discovery and viewer engagement platform for its stc tv and Jawwy TV streaming services. As well as launching personalised user […]