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Discovery, Roku TV Everywhere expansion

Discovery Communications and streaming platform specialist Roku are expanding Discovery Communications’ suite of TV everywhere offerings to Roku devices. Popular programmes available now to Roku customers include Discovery Channel’s Deadliest Catch and Naked & Afraid XL; TLC’s My Big Fat Fabulous Life and Little People Big World; Investigation Discovery’s Homicide Hunter: Lt. Joe Kenda and […]

August 19, 2016

Ghana police raid Angel TV over piracy

Ghana’s special police unit, the Communications Fraud Unit, has raided the studios of Angel TV, and accused the station of signal theft of Multichoice’s Supersports channel. Angel TV is alleged to have used signals showing the July Euro 2016 football championships and the current Rio Olympics without authorisation. Multichoice Ghana in a statement said that […]

August 19, 2016By Chris Forrester

Sky Sports, Carling team for new Premier League show

Sky Sports  is creating a brand new Friday night show, in partnership with Carling, the official beer and cider of the Premier League. The new show titled Carling In Off The Bar, will provide fans with a look back on the week in football, have an alternative take on the game that evening whilst being […]

August 19, 2016

beIN Sports wins MENA rights to next 4 Olympics

The MENA broadcasting rights for the next 4 Olympic Games have been acquired by Qatar’s beIN Sports. A signing ceremony was held at the Rio Games to mark the exclusive multi-territory deal in the Middle East and North Africa with beIN Media Group, although the outline agreement was negotiated by the parties last year. The […]

August 18, 2016By Chris Forrester

A+E Networks to launch Blaze on Freeview

A+E Networks UK will launch Blaze on Freeview in the UK and Ireland on September 20th. Entertainment chanel Blaze is a new brand from A+E Networks and its first global free-to-air brand, slated initially for the UK. The channel will be carried on the Freeview platform and on Sky. Blaze will simultaneously launch as a TV Everywhere (TVE) service, offering live streaming and […]

August 18, 2016

Netflix, Enseo check in to hotel deal

Netflix and hospitality sector specialist Enseo have agreed a deal expanding Enseo’s rights to distribute the Netflix app on select Enseo devices to any hotel under a specific contract with Enseo in any country where the Netflix service is available. “Our partnership with Enseo brings Netflix members a high quality viewing experience on their hotel […]

August 18, 2016

Twitch picks up Curse

Amazon’s video game streaming service Twitch has bought gaming news and social media company Curse, giving Twitch access to 30-million visitors to Curse’s websites, video and social media channels and desktop app. Terms were not disclosed. “We’ve long been fans of Curse, which is an innovator in the games industry with a strong culture built […]

August 18, 2016

Australia’s Seven takes stake in another UK prodco

Australian broadcaster Seven has invested in UK production company Slim Film + Television – responsible for shows including include BBC2’s Legacy and Channel 4’s The Art of Foley. It was founded in 2011 by Simon Crawford Collins (Spooks, Ashes to Ashes, Hustle). Seven has previously invested in UK indie 7 Wonder. Simon Crawford Collins, Founder […]

August 18, 2016

Global VR revenues $162bn by 2020

According to forecasts from the International Data Corporation (IDC), worldwide revenues for the augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR) market will grow from $5.2 billion in 2016 to more than $162 billion (€143.7bn) in 2020. This represents a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of

August 17, 2016

Intel ‘Alloy’ for VR

Intel has unveiled a new virtual reality reference design: Project Alloy, a cordless system the company says contains everything you need to have a VR experience. It says the headset has the computational and graphics power necessary to create the virtual images and an internal battery for power, as well as 3D cameras and sensors […]

August 17, 2016