Apple is preparing a move into original content production as it seeks to take on the likes of Netflix and Amazon Prime Video. The tech giant is planning to bundle original video content with its $10-a-month Apple Music subscription service by the end of 2017, according to a report from the WSJ. Apple has reportedly […]
January 11th saw officers from the City of London Police’s Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) visit organisations found to be advertising on websites involved in digital piracy. Officers from the unit visited eight organisations including brands, advertising agencies and networks, as part of a multi-agency initiative known as Operation Creative, which sees the police working […]
Jo Johnson MP, the UK’s Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation in the Department for Education, has added Intellectual Property to his portfolio of responsibilities. The role will be shared with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. He takes over from previous incumbent Baroness Lucy Neville-Rolfe, who was appointed Commercial […]
Digi-Capital has released a market report on the future of mobile AR and is predicting big things after a mixed first year: “VR will be big, AR will be bigger and take longer.” What sounded revolutionary when we first said
Starz Play, the on-demand video streaming service available in 19 countries across the MENA region, has announced an agreement with 20th Century Fox Television Distribution to provide its movies and series to the service’s subscribers. Khaled Benchouche, SVP of Programming & Acquisition at Starz Play, commented: “We are delighted to be working with 20th Century […]
According to research and knowledge-based consulting company Futuresource Consulting, announcements of global roll-outs in the video space at the start of 2016 and 2017 respectively by Netflix and Amazon are indicative of
German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 Group is continuing to internationalise its online video business and is building up a strategic partnership with its European media partners TF1 Group (France) and Mediaset (Italy) in the field of multi-channel networks (MCN). Both media corporations are investing in ProSiebenSat.1’s premium MCN – Studio71 – by way of a capital […]
Three well-established – and award-winning – Virtual Reality content providers have merged. Virtual Content Group (VCG), a conglomerate of international VR companies, formed recently from the merger of France’s Cow Prod, Germany’s INVR.SPACE and Australia’s 3D Content Hub, has announced its launch and winning of two Lumière awards from The VR Society. Utilising the forming […]
Sky Sports will create a Premier League first this weekend as Spidercam features for the first time in England’s top flight during the Manchester United vs Liverpool clash on January 15th. New equipment has been installed at Old Trafford as part of wall-to-wall coverage for the match and Spidercam will bring new angles to the […]
BBC Worldwide, Access Entertainment and Lookout Point are undertaking an initiative to fast-track production of premium quality scripted drama for television audiences around the world. The partners intend to offer world-renowned writing and producing talent a new route to production, with an independent funding model enabling producers to have their scripted television series greenlit without […]