The US Presidential debate between Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump on September 26th drew 84 million US television viewers according to Nielsen, a record for such an event and numbers rarely seen on TV in the age of digital streaming. The audience for the debate beat the 1980 record of 80.6 million set by the […]
Ted Sarandos, Netflix’s chief content officer, has declared that more British commissions are on the way for the streaming giant following the success of the UK shows it has already licensed. Speaking at the RTS London Conference, Sarandos said: “We are in co-production agreements right now with ITV, with Channel 4, and with the BBC […]
The world’s biggest record labels are suing a website that allows users to download the audio from YouTube music videos. Universal, Sony, Warner Bros and others launched legal action against the German operator of YouTube-mp3.org in a federal court in Los Angeles. They are seeking damages from the company and its owner that include $150,000 […]
Giant cinema screen operator IMAX has renewed and expanded its existing multi-screen deal with 21st Century Fox. Its first deal with Fox was signed back in October 2015. This new agreement covers Fox’s IMAX formatted movies and includes plenty of tempting content including Maze Runner: The Death Cure, Predator, Alita: Battle Angel and an as-yet […]
BBC Worldwide has announced new format sales ahead of MIPCOM next month. The Great Bake Off format was sold to NOVA in Bulgaria, while in Mexico it was licensed to the second largest national broadcaster, TV Azteca, making it the first sale of the format to a Spanish speaking country on FTA TV. The Love […]
Verimatrix, the specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for multi-network, multi-screen digital TV, has announced the availability of the a new version of its ViewRight Ultra downloadable app package, which is a key component of a secure video delivery solution using the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS) for Internet TV. The ViewRight Ultra app […]
Steve Burke, CEO of NBCUniversal, has declared television still a great business, which will continue to be so, despite the changing consumption habits of the millennial generation. Speaking during an opening Keynote at the RTS London Conference, Burke stressed the importance of positioning companies in the TV industry to maximise their existing infrastructure while preparing […]
A UK legal case against video-streaming set-tops that can access subscription content for free, begins this week. So-called “fully-loaded Kodi boxes” have gained popularity, but the legality of their sale is in question. North East trader Brian Thompson is accused of selling equipment that “facilitated the circumvention” of copyright protection measures, reports the BBC. Thompson […]
A Juniper Research study has found that consumer app revenues from AR (augmented reality) will remain below that of the enterprise sector through to 2021, despite the high visibility of games such as Pokémon GO. Juniper forecasts that revenues from enterprise AR apps will reach $5.7 billion (€5bn) by 2021, rising ten fold from an estimated […]
French international news channel France 24 will launch a Spanish version in September 2017 for viewers in Latin America. Owned by France Médias Monde, France 24 is already broadcasting in three languages; French, English and Arabic. The Spanish feed will be made of 6 broadcast hours, two in the morning, four in the evening, and […]