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Eleven Sports Portugal offers Formula 1 pass

Eleven Sports Portugal is offering motorsports fans a new Formula 1 annual pass ahead of the season’s curtain raiser in Melbourne, Australia on March 15th. The pass, priced at € 4.17 per month, will give fans access to all the best motorsport action on Eleven, including Live access to all 22 Grand Prix races, F1 […]

February 25, 2020

Netflix partners with 6 creators to develop original anime

Netflix has partnered with six Japanese creators to develop original anime shows as part of the streaming platform’s continued effort to build on its best-in-class anime originals with deep creative roots in Japan. The six creators CLAMP (Cardcaptor Sakura), Shin Kibayashi (The Kindaichi Case Files), Yasuo Ohtagaki (Mobile Suit Gundam: Thunderbolt), Otsuichi (Goth), Tow Ubukata […]

February 25, 2020By Nik Roseveare

ITV Studios steps up European drama sales

ITV Studios has cemented its ambition to deliver European drama to international audiences with the announcement of a number pre-sales for the ambitious, archaic latin drama Romulus, as well as a raft of deals for its burgeoning selection of non-English language productions. Cattleya, Groenlandia and Sky’s Romulus, which reconstructs the epic tale of the founding […]

February 25, 2020

Albania: TiBO deploys Verimatrix Multi-DRM

Verimatrix, a global provider of cybersecurity solutions that protect video content, endpoint devices, software and applications, has announced that Albania’s largest IPTV and OTT service provider TiBO has deployed Verimatrix Multi-DRM via the Verimatrix Secure Cloud to protect premium content that extends beyond traditional television. Using a cloud-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model, the Verimatrix Multi-DRM solution […]

February 25, 2020

Broadcast Revolution: Know your traffic

The OTT viewing revolution presents some interesting challenges for broadcasters. As people are watching more content whilst on the move from multiple devices, broadcasters have to be mindful of compliance with licensing, copyright agreements and cultural differences – granting access where viewing is permissible, restricting access where it is not, all whilst making the user […]

February 25, 2020

Disney+ UK at £50 for first year; no Simpsons?

Disney+ makes its much-anticipated debut in the UK, and much of Western Europe, next month and Disney has revealed that its SVoD platform will launch at an offer price of £49.99 (€59.60) for the first 12 months. This offer is valid to all those who sign-up to the service before March 23rd, the day before […]

February 24, 2020By Nik Roseveare

Australian creatives’ anti-piracy initiative

The majority of adults and teenagers who access pirated content are experiencing cybercrimes including the theft of their personal details, fraud and viruses. That’s according to research from trade body Creative Content Australia (CCA), coinciding with the launch of CCA’s 30-second anti-piracy ad – Piracy. You’re Exposed – in cinemas and on subscription and free-to-air […]

February 24, 2020By Colin Mann

Analysis: Apple, Facebook or Microsoft the future of AR?

Apple is seen by some as critical to the future of augmented reality, despite limited traction for ARKit so far and its absence from smartglasses (again so far). Yet Facebook, Microsoft and others are arguably more important to where the market is today, according to analysis from Digi-Capital. While there are more AR platforms than […]

February 24, 2020

Amazon Prime Video reveals 2020 live tennis

This year Amazon Prime Video will deliver live and exclusive coverage of over 80 tournaments from the ATP and WTA Tours, as well as the US Open, giving customers access to the men’s and women’s tennis all in one place for the first time. Catherine Whitaker and Marcus Buckland will present Prime Video’s on-site tennis […]

February 24, 2020

Channel 4 seeks online content for teens

Channel 4 has issued a call-out for digital content aimed at teens aged 13-16 years-old. The content will be showcased across the channel’s social media platforms over the coming year. The initiative aims to give a platform to fresh, unheard voices from across the country, and at least 50 per cent  of the content spend […]

February 24, 2020