Lionsgate UK is to stream four of its big-ticket movies for free as part of a campaign to raise funds for health service and industry-related charities during the Coronavirus lockdown. Starting on May 2nd, the weekly ‘Lionsgate Live! A Night at the Movies’ will livestream Oscar-winning La La Land, biopic Eddie The Eagle, Bend It […]
Discovery and Amazon have announced an expanded collaboration that will provide the tens of millions of new and existing Amazon Fire TV and Fire Tablet customers in the US with a one-year subscription to Discovery’s Food Network Kitchen, compliments of Amazon. Amazon and Discovery first joined forces in 2019 to introduce Food Network Kitchen on […]
Global content creator, producer and distributor Endemol Shine Group has announced the extension of their partnership with Samsung’s TV Plus with two new Endemol Shine channels launching on the US service in addition to a new channel in Germany. Curated from Endemol Shine Group’s extensive content library, new channel Sterling Drama has launched in the […]
At a time when the Great British Public is spending an unprecedented amount of time indoors, everyone has had to change and adapt how they are living their lives. It’s no surprise that Brits are consuming more TV, more apps and using more broadband, according to multiplay operator Sky. Sky’s research reveals what TV shows […]
Mark Mulready, Vice President of Cyber Services at anti-piracy technology specialist Irdeto, has criticised the emergence of an app on Popcorn Time, the platform that provides a free ’alternative’ to subscription-based video streaming services, offering free, family entertainment during the lockdown. “Piracy sites across the globe are profiting from the backlog of content being made […]
The team at Ampere Analysis is publishing a regular podcast discussing the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on the entertainment industry and has shared a top line summary of what it means for the entertainment industry now, and for a post-lockdown future: TV providers increase free offerings: Alexios Dimitropoulos, Senior Analyst Pay-TV operators have increased […]
FITE, the global platform for digital streaming sports and special events, has announced the global launch of their app on VIDAA Smart TV operating system – OS (available on Hisense made TVs sold under the Hisense, Toshiba and several OEM brands). FITE, the pay per view and subscription brand with a specialty in combat sports, […]
Content aggregation and dynamic distribution company Alchimie has become an accredited Samsung partner to distribute over thirty VOD channels on Samsung’s TV Plus platform across France, UK, Spain and Italy. Alchimie’s 40,000 hour library of selected, premium factual content from across Europe regularly refreshes and fuels the channels. Samsung TV Plus in France, UK, Spain […]
With Netflix about to unveil its all-important quarterly results amid expectations that the ongoing pandemic will boost subscriptions, analyst firm Futuresource Consulting has reflected on 2019 as being Netflix’s best ever year for net subscriber additions (net adds), highlighting countries which are showing significant momentum as well as looking at factors that may see a […]
Wurl, a provider of streaming video distribution and advertising services for connected TV, is powering the delivery of Fashion TV’s fashion, beauty, design and lifestyle content to viewers of Samsung TV Plus. Fashion TV broadcasts more than 100 hours of new programming each month, showcasing the latest in fashion, style and beauty trends, major fashion […]