US streaming service Hulu and VICE Media have announced a content licensing agreement. The deal, VICELAND’s first SVoD partnership, will increase Hulu’s library of unscripted programming with 15 series from VICELAND, including all past episodes of the Emmy Award-nominated Gaycation and Woman, as well as popular shows such as F*ck, That’s Delicious. All VICELAND series […]
Even after the domestic season has ended, live sports streaming service DAZN claims it is continuing to offer fans in Germany the very best footballing action with news that extensive highlights from the upcoming 2018 FIFA World Cup will be available on the platform. DAZN has sub-licensed the highlights for Germany from sports rights agency […]
Noting that summer is just around the corner, but that there is a lot of great TV on Hulu that its users won’t want to miss, “experiences that matter most to you when you’re on-the-go: mobile and web” it says, the streaming service is introducing a range of updates, suggesting that leaving the house does […]
Media and entertainment metadata provider Gracenote, a Nielsen company, is helping to enhance the experience for TV viewers who use new Virtual Multichannel Video Programming Distributor (vMVPD) services. A new TV metadata and electronic programme guide (EPG) solution from Gracenote enables Smart TV and streaming device manufacturers that offer live TV streaming services to make […]
The adoption of SVoD services in France has so far been slower than other major western markets. Consulting firm Ampere Analysis’s comparison of the content catalogues of SVoD players in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the UK and the US reveals that of the six markets, France has less content and far lower levels of localisation […]
UK consumer champion Which? and pro-copyright education body The Industry Trust for IP Awareness have collaborated to launch the new Film Finder tool, which connects audiences to the broadest range of films and TV shows available in the UK, whilst also driving engagement with legal services. The Film Finder, integrated within the Which? website, is […]
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, speaking at last week’s Series Mania festival and conference in Lille, France, said that he will spend €1 billion this year in boosting European production and to start meeting the planned European 30 per cent quota on local content output. The EU ruling come in three years from now. Hastings told […]
Responding to what they describe as the arrival of new international players in the drama market, in particular the SVoD market, and its disruptive effect on the European audiovisual landscape, European public service broadcasters France Télévisions, Germany’s ZDF and Italy’s RAI are taking what they say is a new era in their collaboration. In an […]
SVoD service Walter Presents, which has won plaudits and a loyal following for delivering foreign-language dramas to UK, US and Australian audiences, will be teaming up with Discovery Italia, in the next stage of a planned global roll out, to bring its award-winning dramas to Italian audiences from September 2018. Discovery Italia will now also […]
The news that Europe (collectively its Parliament, Council and European Commission) is contemplating ruling that OTT platforms such as Amazon and Netflix must face tough new ‘made in Europe’ 30 per cent quotas, is infuriating. As we reported last week, and according to Vice-President for the Digital Single Market Andrus Ansip, the new rules “reflect […]