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. […]
Discovery Networks UK & Ireland has announces that Sky Media has been appointed as the exclusive sales partner for Discovery’s portfolio of 11 factual and entertainment TV channels in the UK and Ireland, in a new long-term deal. The advertising sales deal extends the relationship between Discovery and Sky Media which started in 2002. Under […]
An alliance between LG Electronics and Paymentwall means that developers now have the opportunity to create apps that enable LG webOS Smart TVs in the US to support scores of different online payment methods. LG’s global Paymentwall alliance, bringing more than 140 payment options to more than 200 countries, will give consumers easier access to […]
Sky is aiming to become the home of high-quality virtual reality (VR) content with the launch of a brand new app, Sky VR. The app, available now for anyone to download for free, showcases a range of immersive, 360-degree videos from Sky, and the best content from Sky’s partners including Star Wars: Red Carpet, Anthony […]
The number of titles in the US Netflix library is down 50 per cent in the last 4 years. Streaming news site Exstreamist pulled September 2016 title counts from uNoGS in the US, showing that there are currently 5,302 titles available in the US Netflix library including movies and TV shows. It says this means […]