Motorsport and automotive video provider Motorsport.tv, which in a previous incarnation as Motors TV provided a free-to-air channel on UK DTT platform Freeview, has launched a new service to fuel the passion of fans and open up access to a world of content with its freemium OTT service. As Motorsport Network’s hub for video content, […]
Virgin TV, the UK pay-TV provider, has added an on demand library of films and shows through two Asian entertainment apps. The Desi App Pack, which Virgin TV customers can add to their package immediately, brings together two of India’s biggest entertainment apps – Eros Now and Voot – into an easy to access apps […]
Charter Communications is to launch Spectrum TV Essentials, an Internet-delivered over-the-top (OTT) video service, to be made available exclusively in Charter’s footprint to Spectrum Internet customers who don’t already subscribe to Spectrum video services. Launching by the end of March, Spectrum TV Essentials will include more than 60 live popular lifestyle, entertainment and news channels, […]
Viacom and fuboTV have agreed a carriage deal that will extend Viacom’s global portfolio of premier entertainment brands to fuboTV’s live TV streaming service. Viacom’s nine core media networks – BET, CMT, COMEDY CENTRAL, MTV, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., Paramount Network, TV Land and VH1 – will soon be included in fuboTV’s base package, fubo. An […]
Disney is reported to have decided that its upcoming Captain Marvel movie will not find a release window on Netflix or any other online platform. The news is not unexpected given that Disney is preparing to launch its own SVoD service later this year. Other studios and content owners have uttered similar plans and curbing […]
WWE Studios, the US film studio owned by the professional wrestling corporation WWE, has reportedly agreed a deal wth Netflix to release its content on the streaming platform. The upcoming projects will be geared towards family audiences and the first movie, The Main Event, will commence production this summer. As well as Hollywood talent, the […]
Netflix has acquired worldwide distribution rights to award-winning documentary Knock Down the House, which chronicles the campaigns of four female progressive candidates including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, against powerful incumbents in the 2018 midterm elections. The Sundance Institute this wek announced Knock Down the House as the winner of the Festival Favorite Award, selected by audience votes […]
Advanced network communications and technology solutions provider Windstream and app-based TV video delivery solutions specialist MOBITV are to launch an app-based television service, Kinetic TV, which will enable Windstream’s residential customers to access content when and where they want it, powered by the MOBITV CONNECT Platform. This television service will launch in phases, starting in […]
Ad—funded streaming service Pluto TV says it is dialling up the binge-watching experience on its UK offering. Adding to the recent success of Pluto TV’s Unsolved Mysteries pop-up channel, five new channels, all dedicated to long-standing fan favourites, are now available on the service. Additionally, thematic channels Pluto TV Comedy and Pluto TV Romance, as […]
A study from Juniper Research has found that global consumer spend on digital content will reach $250 billion (€218.9bn) in 2019, an increase of $23 billion year-on-year. The research found that SVoD services will be a