China’s VR industry is expected to expand more than 4-fold in 2017 as more major players enter the industry and new and exciting content drives growth, IDC forecasts. The VR industry in China experienced a
Animated shows including Ben 10, Adventure Time and Scooby-Doo have found a new home in Australia, with the launch of Cartoon Network and Boomerang on Fetch TV. Turner’s two global flagship children channels are available effective immediately on the IPTV service. “Fetch families are going to love this news!” said Robi Stanton, General Manager of […]
XFC (Xtreme Fighting Championship), a multi-national mixed martial arts (MMA) sports franchise, and CBS Sports Network have signed an agreement to televise championship MMA events in the US and Canada. The first event to air under the new partnership is scheduled for March 2017. “The partnership with CBS Sports Network further increases our visibility,” said […]
Indian content company, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) , has announced the launch of two new channels, Zee Bollymovies and Zee Bollynova which will broadcast on Africa’s new pay-TV network Kwesé TV. Speaking on ZEE’s expansion in the African market, Amit Goenka, CEO – International Broadcast Business, ZEEL said, “With great similarities between the two […]
Multi-channel broadcaster Discovery is ramping up its public relations campaign in support of its retransmission dispute with Sky, which has seen Discovery threaten to axe its 12 channels from Sky and NOW TV after January 31st, by reporting widespread public and celebrity support. According to Discovery, the Internet has been set alight by a social […]
It’s like the 70s all over again, suddenly the world is all about brinkmanship. President Trump seems keen to confront all except President Putin, his only serious rival for biggest ego on the planet. But they’ll fall out and the planets will collide; hopefully in a hissy twitter spat rather than a shooting war. Talking […]
Sky’s results could be a worry to Rupert and James Murdoch. Despite the operating profit tumbling 9 per cent for the half-year to December 31st (blamed mostly on the cost of acquiring Premier League football), the market took the view that its 6 per cent organic growth was – in the main – good news. […]
Brian Thompson, a shopkeeper in the North East of England, has pleaded not guilty in a landmark case, challenging the legality of video-streaming set-top boxes that provide subscription content for free. Thompson is accused of selling “fully loaded” Kodi boxes, modified with software that allowed users to watch pirated content. The trial will begin in […]
Data on the physical entertainment market from Kantar Worldpanel has revealed a tough fourth quarter with a decline of 7.8 per cent across music, video and gaming in the 12 weeks to December 18th. Music and video both witnessed double digit declines, with sales falling by 11 per cent and 12 per cent respectively, while […]
BBC.com had a record-breaking year in 2016 with 98 million unique visitors each month. Along with the news and sport mobile apps, the global news and features site generated more than 15 billion page views across the year. June 24th – the day of the UK’s European Union referendum result was the site’s busiest single […]