Futuresource Consulting’s annual evaluation of the health and shape of global home video entertainment, detailing the macro trends of 2016, in addition to insights for 2017 and beyond, indicates that households are spending more than ever before on video entertainment, and in 2016, the combined home video and pay-TV market totalled $251.5 billion (€234bn), up […]
FremantleMedia it is restructuring its UK production business to reflect the changing demands in the television industry. The company is bringing together its entertainment and factual labels – Thames, Boundless and Talkback – under one genre umbrella, focusing on unscripted content. The labels will continue to exist, but the new unscripted structure will allow all […]
Ziggo Sport, part of the Liberty Media Group and the pre-eminent sports rights holder in the Netherlands, including Premier League football and Formula One, chose NEP The Netherlands to provide their live production and playout facilities after a successful tender process. NEP The Netherlands has deployed a fully IP, distributed, cloud production facility that gives […]
Facebook is working on a TV-style video app and is already seeking publishers to create exclusive content for it. According to a report in WSJ, the app is part of an effort by Facebook to make itself a video-first company – allowing it to compete for TV advertising revenue. Facebook’s strategy to push more video content on […]
Although not quite taking it to the 11th hour, with news emerging mid-evening UK time, pay-TV platform Sky and multi-channel programmer Discovery have agreed a carriage deal which means Discovery’s portfolio of 12 channels will continue to be available on Sky and Discovery Channel will continue to be available on NOW TV in the UK […]
Pan-European broadcaster RTL Group has decided not to exercise the call option for the remaining 49 per cent shareholding in Multi Channel Network BroadbandTV and will explore, jointly with the minority shareholders of BroadbandTV, all strategic alternatives for the company. The parties plan to mandate telecoms and media-focused advisory firm Liontree to lead this process. […]
The BBC’s Planet Earth II was one of the most watched TV shows of last year. A massive 9.2 million viewers tuned in to watch the opening episode – making it the most watched natural history programme for 15 years. So it’s no wonder BBC Worldwide started 2017 by announcing a sequel. But there’s a […]
The growing momentum of Discovery Communications’ Olympic Games preparations has been marked by seven new partnerships including with Poland’s leading national broadcaster. The Home of the Olympic Games in Europe has agreed a new collaboration with Telewizja Polska, alongside a range of sublicense agreements with national broadcasters and a National Olympic Committee body in other […]
Nokia has announced that its Velocix Content Delivery Network (CDN) has been deployed by Sky. The alliance enhances Sky’s high-speed video and data services for the company’s millions of UK customers. Deployment of the Nokia Velocix CDN allows Sky to temporarily cache content closer to customers in localised cloud data centres to reduce transportation costs […]
Streaming device specialist Roku is releasing a beta of the Xfinity TV app for Roku in the US, providing Comcast Xfinity TV customers across the country even more choice in how they access the programming that is included with their cable subscription. Writing in the Roku Stream Blog, Andrew Ferrone, VP, Pay-TV, says that featuring […]