Netflix’s first global original motor series, Fastest Car, launches on April 6th. In each episode of Fastest Car, three souped-up ‘sleeper’ cars, tinkered with and lovingly laboured on, go head to head with one of the world’s most sought-after supercars. All episodes will be available at once. The would seem to be Netflix’ answer to […]
Legendary comedy group Monty Python is adding a number of its classic titles to Netflix in the UK and US. The slate includes the iconic films Monty Python & the Holy Grail and Monty Python’s Life of Brian, along with episodes from TV series Monty Python’s Flying Circus and a number of live specials. Content […]
The sale of Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) headsets and content have not set the world on fire to date. Despite plenty of enthusiasm and hype the actual take-up has been miserable. But 2018 could see a rebound, according to a report from International Data Corporation (IDC). New, or updated, hardware will help. […]
Movistar is betting big on eSports to boost its pay-TV subscriptions, and aims to become the main Spanish-speaking eSports content provider in the world. The company is bolstering its TV channel Movistar eSports with the launch of new in-house programmes and original TV content plus more live transmissions. the channel is already having an impact […]
Six months ago visiting a cinema in Saudi Arabia was impossible as theatres had been banned for the past 35 years. There had been an experiment or two – organised by Prince Alwaleed bin Talal – to show how harmless cinema was and last December Prince Mohammed bin Sultan dramatically lifted the ban. In January […]
Premier US single-seater race series IndyCar says it will significantly increase exposure for the Verizon IndyCar Series beginning in 2019 following the agreement of a media rights package with NBC Sports Group. NBC Sports has acquired the rights to present all IndyCar races, qualifying, practices, and Indy Lights races across its platforms beginning in 2019. […]
Verizon Digital Media Services, part of Oath, has been selected by Tennis Channel to power the Tennis Channel app’s video delivery. The Tennis Channel app offers live tennis matches and tennis-related VoD content to fans around the world. Verizon Digital Media Services’ end-to-end platform, which includes the all-new Live Event Operations managed service, will help […]
In parallel to their distribution on IPTV boxes, French broadcaster SFR has announced its intention to extend the broadcast of its 14 channels on satellite and OTT. Alain Weill, Senior VP at Altice Group (owner of SFR) and Altice Media CEO, made the announcement at a press conference in Paris. SFR stressed that content remained […]
Popular pirate content website 123Movies, which also operated as GoMovies, has confirmed plans to shut down.The streaming site, which offers users a range paid-for content for free, announced its imminent closure with a message on its homepage, saying it will cease operations at the end of the week. In its farewell message, 123Movies encouraged users […]
Multichannel broadcasters invested an average of £15.6 million per year over the last three years in new UK children’s programming, representing one of the biggest sources of investment in homegrown kids content outside the BBC, according to new research. However, proposals to change the regulation of TV channel numbers could damage multichannel broadcasters’ ability to […]