As TV-connected devices become commonplace in US homes, more consumers are choosing to rent and purchase digital movies. As of August 2018, 61 million households in the US had at least one Internet-connected TV, video game console, Blu-ray Disc player or streaming media player, representing year over year growth of three million homes, according to […]

Blockchain-enhanced on-demand, online entertainment platform Xfinite has launched with the aim of redefining how entertainment-led content is consumed, produced and distributed. Its decentralised, blockchain-enhanced system is being designed better to meet the viewing trends of today’s digital content consumers while addressing limitations in current media production and distribution models. In Xfinite’s view, the provision of […]

Declaring himself to be “really passionate about UK creativity”, Tim Davie, CEO of BBC Studios, has suggested that the unit’s success will come from a focus on British-driven creativity, “absolutely” looking for the finest premium content. “We’re a global company, but we’re powered by British creativity,” he asserted. “We are very, very focused on high-end, […]

Oscar-winning film producer, Lord (David) Puttnam and University of the Arts London (UAL) have launched a major new educational initiative for the screen industries including film, television, animation, post-production, visual effects, sound and music for moving image, games and immersive realities. The initiative will be delivered by UAL’s London College of Communication, a specialist in […]

Asian media entertainment group WebTVAsia has agreed a new MTV short-form content collaboration deal with Viacom International Media Networks, a division of Viacom Inc, aimed at delivering short-form videos to engage China’s Generation Z. Under the agreement, WebTVAsia will have exclusive streaming rights to select made-in-China short-form content from the MTV library to be streamed […]

Carolyn McCall, Chief Executive of ITV, has confirmed that the UK public service commercial broadcaster will launch an SVoD service at some stage in 2019, and would be enhancing its existing its existing ITV Hub AVoD service. Delivering a Media Mastermind Keynote at MIPCOM, McCall said the service would be separate from the ITV Hub […]

BBC Studios is launching BBC Earth Tribe, a brand new BBC Earth fan community with the leading ISP in China, Tencent, as well as a co-production partnership for BBC Studios’ latest natural history landmark, Dynasties. The signing of the co-production agreement with Tencent for Dynasties is part of a larger multiyear partnership between BBC Studios […]

WarnerMedia CEO John Stankey has confirmed that the AT&T unit – comprising HBO, Turner and Warner Bros, created following the telco’s acquisition of Time Warner – is to launch a direct-to-consumer streaming service. Existing OTT and SVoD platforms operated by AT&T are DirecTV Now, HBO Go and HBO Now. “Today we announced plans to launch […]

The PGA of America, CBS and ESPN have reached an historic and comprehensive 11-year multimedia agreement for the television, digital and OTT rights to the PGA with wall-to-wall, live full-field 72-hole coverage of the championship, beginning in 2020 at Harding Park. CBS, ESPN and ESPN+ will combine to deliver more than 175 cumulative hours of […]