A report on the independent ‘OurBeeb’ web-site from Hussein Kesvani, who is head of communications at the Theos think tank, argues that far from scrapping the coverage of religion and ethics, coverage of the topics should be increased. Earlier this year a British Social Attitudes survey said that about half of Britons were “irreligious”. Kesvani […]
Streaming device specialist Roku has revealed a major update to the Roku Publishing Platform allowing content owners to quickly reach its 10 million + households. Content owners can now use a new solution called Roku Direct Publisher to launch streaming channels without entering a single line of code. With a few simple steps, including providing […]
Hopster, the app that helps kids learn through TV shows, has announced the launch of a new Apple TV app. Created in partnership with technology design studio We Are Hive, and developed in close collaboration with children and child psychologists, Hopster’s new app offers a bespoke, multi-screen user experience for kids, optimised for Apple TV. […]
Argentina’s La Nacion newspaper is getting into the pay-TV business. It has launched LN+, available on two major pay-TV systems (Cablevision and DirecTV Latin America). “Today we take an important step in our evolution as a communication company by launching our first pay TV channel to expand the reach of our journalism and quality content”, […]
International urban media group Trace has announced an official agreement with Zuku to distribute Trace Mziki and Trace Gospel. Trace Mziki is made in Swahili and English devoted to the very best music straight from the heart of East Africa. Trace Gospel is a thematic Gospel channel showcasing the diversity in the Gospel genre which […]
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 […]
Video entertainment is all-important in so many ways. Netflix has been around for almost 10 years but it is only in the last 2-3 years that it has gained international prominence. Amazon Prime is an even more recent phenomenon. ‘Content is still king’, but the metrics are now changing. A comprehensive 67-page study from the […]
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 […]