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Turner’s kids brands lead APAC market

The combination of Turner’s four kids brands in Asia Pacific – Cartoon Network, Boomerang, POGO and Toonami – was the region’s No. 1 international kids portfolio across nine measured markets for the whole of 2016. Building on the same leadership position achieved in 2015, the group again finished the year with the highest category share […]

January 23, 2017

CNN to launch Swiss business channel

CNN International Commercial and MediaGo have revealed plans for CNNMoney Switzerland – the first nationwide TV channel dedicated to business news for and about Switzerland. Launching in the second half of 2017, CNNMoney Switzerland aims to be the go-to destination for Switzerland’s professional community to follow business news. CNN and MediaGo will work in partnership […]

January 23, 2017

BBC Worldwide content deal with Amazon India

BBC Worldwide has agreed a deal with Amazon that will give Amazon Prime members in India access to more than 600 hours of factual and pre-school content from the BBC.  Amazon Prime launched in India in July 2016, and launched its Prime Video streaming service in December 2016. “In the last year or so, we […]

January 23, 2017

DPP identifies key trends from CES 2017

The Digital Production Partnership (DPP) has published its survey report on the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), and revealed a technology industry trying to harness voice control and artificial intelligence to make consumers love its products. The report provides unique insight into the famous technology show by analysing not only the show itself, but how […]

January 20, 2017

No streaming services on Nintendo Switch

Despite a somewhat omnipresence on modern connected devices, gaming giant Nintendo has revealed that none of the leading video streaming apps will be available on its new Switch console. Nintendo, responding to questioning from video games website Kotaku, stated that the likes of Netflix, Amazon Prime Instant Video and BBC’s iPlayer, will not be coming […]

January 20, 2017By Nik Roseveare

Report: Australians happy to pay for content

With Australia’s Internet Service Providers (ISPs) now blocking their customers from a number of websites used to download copyrighted movies and TV shows for free, Roy Morgan Research has studied whose customers are most likely to pay for their downloads. According to the firm, 1.45 million Australians aged 14+ buy movies and TV show downloads […]

January 20, 2017By Colin Mann

ZDF enjoys success with BBC’s Celts series

ZDF Enterprises (ZDF-E) says that sales to broadcasters of The Celts: Blood, Iron & Sacrifice, a specialist factual programme produced by ZDF and BBC in association with Arte and ZDF Enterprises, are going very well. ZDF-E has the rights to worldwide sales of the series outside the UK. To date, the three-part mini-series has been […]

January 20, 2017By Chris Forrester

Tough Mudder for Sky Sports Mix

Sky Sports Mix has added another extreme sport to its schedule with Tough Mudder – a sporting event that sees contestants take on a series of hardcore obstacle courses. Sky Sports Mix will broadcast this year’s World’s Toughest Mudder adding to the schedule that has seen 33 different sports since the new channel launched to […]

January 20, 2017By Nik Roseveare

FoxNext for VR

Twentieth Century Fox and Fox Networks is creating a new division for video-gaming, location-based entertainment and VR/AR productions headed by Twentieth Century Fox Film content management chief Salil Mehta. FoxNext, will oversee the production of studio franchise VR experiences and work to commercialise Fox’s VR strategy. FoxNext will also combine the efforts of the video […]

January 19, 2017

FIA approval for F1 sale

The World Motor Sport Council has unanimously approved the change of control of Delta Topco Limited (the holding company of the Formula One Group and thus the owner of the Commercial Rights of the FIA Formula One World Championship) from CVC Capital Partners in favour of Liberty Media Corporation at an extraordinary meeting in Geneva. […]

January 19, 2017By Colin Mann