Google has unveiled Daydream – its latest attempt at bringing VR to mobile devices. Google has also announced both the new Pixel and Pixel XL smartphone will be the among the first handsets to be Daydream ready. Unlike the Google Cardboard VR headset, which acted as an introduction to VR with a low cost and […]
Sky is introducing new features to its next-generation Sky Q box which it says will make it easier for customers to catch up on their favourite sports and enjoy even more of the action and never miss any of the action again. The updates will give sports fans new ways of making the most of […]
An estimated 220,000 households in Portugal watch pay-TV illegally, an increase of 20,000 compared to 2014, according to figures obtained by local newspapers. The economic crisis is the main reason for the growth in illegal access, as the price of pay-TV packages in general, dropped in the same period. Consumers pay around €10 to receive […]
In Flight Entertainment specialists Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE) has signed a three-year distribution agreement with Lagardère Sports. Lagardère Sports is a leading sports marketing agency that creates, produces and distributes global sports programming. Under the distribution agreement, GEE has the rights to distribute over 10,000 hours of live and produced sports programming to commercial flights […]
Discovery Communications has announced a new Olympic Games agreement with Belarus National State Broadcasting to ensure wide viewership in the country and form part of an innovative range of viewing options. The partnership includes the upcoming PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games and Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. With a goal to bring the Olympic Games to […]
Fetch TV has announced the launch of CNN International in Australia, which will be available this week to Entertainment Pack subscribers at no additional cost. “The timing couldn’t be better for the launch of CNN International. Fetch TV subscribers now have access to unparalleled, round-the-clock coverage of this historic US presidential race, which culminates in […]
Netflix stock surged over 4 per cent on the Nasdaq last night as Wall Street speculation swirled about an imminent approach from either Apple or Disney with Disney being strongly tipped over the weekend. About 15 million shares changed hands, double the average. CNN’s media reporter Paul La Monica claimed there was a consensus emerging […]
Two fraudsters who supplied illegal broadcasts of Premier League football to commercial premises have been ordered by the court to pay close to £1 million (€1.14m) – which will go back into the ‘public purse’. The individuals behind the company Digicams, Simon Hopkins and Leon Passlow, were found guilty of supplying a variety of systems […]
A Juniper Research study has found that hardware revenues from Virtual Reality headsets, peripherals and 360º cameras will reach over $50 billion (€44.8bn) by 2021, up tenfold from an estimated $5 billion in sales this year. This rapid growth will
Vice’s UK TV channel has got off to a slow start, with some nights during peak viewing time achieving a zero rating audience figure. Viceland UK, which launched on September 19th exclusively on Sky, has only managed a peak audience of just under 14,000 during 9pm to 11pm in its first two weeks of broadcast. […]