BT Sport is to offer a free simulcast of the NBA Global Game between the Denver Nuggets and Indiana Pacers on January 12th to fans across the UK on Facebook, Freeview and Virgin Media. It will be the first time an NBA game will be shown live on Facebook in the UK. Fans will be […]
Although it is no secret that the major SVoD platforms Amazon and Netflix have rapidly increased their content spend, reaching similar levels to traditional TV groups, research consultancy firm Ampere Analysis notes that Netflix’s content spend is now comparable
Sony Pictures Television’s portfolio of kids’ channels is launching a catch-up service on UK Internet TV platform YouView from January 10th. Following YouView’s recent announcement of a re-engineering and redesign of the entire platform, Sony Kids is the first player to launch since the roll out of the new software. Sony Kids brings together Sony’s […]
BBC Worldwide has confirmed the launch of a global entertainment channel, BBC HD, the company’s first channel produced exclusively for cruise ships and the wider maritime market. It will go live through Global Eagle Entertainment’s (GEE) MTN TV network, with P&O Cruises and Cunard being the first to offer this to their guests. Content on […]
Vizio has announced new updates to its Vuzui SmartCast app user experience. With an expanding library of integrated apps like Vudu, Hulu, iHeartRadio, Crackle, FandangoNow and Google Play Movies & TV1, and ongoing enhancements to the overall user experience, the Vizio SmartCast app makes it simple for consumers to stream content to any SmartCast device […]
2017 will see Eurosport and the Eurosport Player will deliver almost 1,000 hours of live top level tennis, showing every Grand Slam match from every court, starting at this month’s Australian Open. Eurosport presenter and ex-tennis pro Mats Wilander said: “In everything we do at Eurosport, its fans first. And in 2017 we are relishing […]
Netflix scooped two awards at the Golden Globes ceremony. The streaming giant’s royal monarch production The Crown was named best drama whilst Claire Foy won the award for best actress for the same series. Stranger Things, Netflix’ 80s-inspired sci-fi drama that proved to be one of the biggest TV hits of 2016, failed to win […]
The NBA stream a regular-season game via Facebook Live for the first time on January 2nd across India. Sunday’s game, which saw the Sacramento Kings lose against the Golden State Warriors, was available to fans in India across the Facebook pages of the Kings, the NBA and The Warriors. The Facebook stream featured the league’s […]
VideoAmp, the Total Video platform for the TV and Video ecosystem, and Immersv, a virtual reality (VR) discovery and advertising platform, has announced an agreement to connect Immersv’s VR/360 advertising platform with VideoAmp’s proprietary user graph, and its screen tensor video ad platform. Under the terms of the partnership, VideoAmp will be able to provide […]
Hopster, the app that helps kids learn through shows and games, is launching a channel on the Roku streaming platform in selected territories. The global, ad-free, preschool entertainment platform will be available to millions of active Roku users in the US, Canada, UK and Ireland, and with a localised French language app, in France. “Hopster […]