MENA pay-TV network OSN has signed a new extended partnership with 20th Century Fox Television Distribution to bring the latest Hollywood blockbusters and TV series to the region. As part of the deal, the latest movies from 20th Century Fox will be available for OSN subscribers just months after release in the cinema. The deal […]
AMC Networks International will launch telenovela channel Eva+ in Africa, a sister channel to Eva that first aired in spring 2015. Eva+ will begin broadcasting on November1st on MultiChoice’s digital pay TV satellite platform DStv, and will also be available on DTT platform GOtv. Eva+ will offer high production value Latin American telenovelas fully dubbed […]
Fox, the exclusive international home of The Walking Dead, has announced the return of the series to Fox channels internationally following AMC’s Season 8 renewal. Season 8 will premiere in 2017 and will kick off with the 100th episode of the series. Fox partnered with AMC on the series at script level and launched the […]
Scripps Networks Interactive has announced two new original commissions, Olly Smith: Ale Trails and Take Me Home for Travel Channel, the premier global travel broadcaster, in association with Brand USA. Both series will premiere in December across UK & EMEA. “We are delighted to once again be partnering with Brand USA on these two compelling […]
Masashi Yoshino of NHK News talks about the rewards of shooting news in 4K UHD but also the challenges of transporting data at a rate that can be 6x real time. [bitsontherun BLjBxB2s-hLYU43gg]
Reza Ackbaraly CEO of Auditorium Films tells about capturing concerts in 4K UHD, the challenges in workflow, and how choosing the right subject matter is the key to making UHD really work for the broadcaster and viewer. [bitsontherun jnIgRxrK-hLYU43gg]
Between 2013 and 2015, Netflix and Amazon more than doubled their annual expenditure on programming. In 2013, Amazon spent $1.22 billion; that jumped to $2.67 billion in 2015. In the same timeframe, Netflix spending rose from $2.38 billion to $4.91 billion, according to the findings from World TV Production Report 2016, a forthcoming study by […]
Sony’s position at the intersection of creativity and storytelling, as well as the passion of its staff, ideally position it to deliver create and deliver compelling content in the modern multi-platform, multi-device era, according to Kazuo Hirai, President and CEO, Sony Corporation. Delivering a Media Mastermind Keynote at MIPCOM in Cannes, Hirai said that he […]
Viewing figures for Sky Sports’ live Premier League matches have dropped by 19 per cent this season. Despite already having aired headline clashes such as the Manchester derby, Arsenal vs Liverpool and Chelsea vs Liverpool this season, Sky Sports has seen viewers drop by nearly a fifth on last season. The rise of illegal streaming […]
With Japan the Country of Honour at this year’s MIPCOM, anime, the country’s flagpole format, once again becomes a major acquisition focus for the film and television market across three days in the Palais de Festivals. In this special report for the market, content protection, data-analytics and piracy audience reconnection solutions provider MUSO is reporting […]