Premier motorsport category Formula 1 is to live stream on-track action from a Grand Prix weekend via the Twitch web site and app for the very first time. All sessions at the Mexican Grand Prix over the weekend of October 25th to October 27th will be shown live and free in Germany, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Denmark, […]
FITE, the digital streaming combat sports platform, has released its inaugural State of the Industry Report, which includes exclusive data on viewership, geographic breakdown of fans who typically stream pay-per-view sporting events, how they are tuning in, a ranking of popular streaming devices and preferred combat sporting events – from boxing and MMA to pro […]
Research from Ampere Analysis has revealed that China is responsible for over half of the world’s brand-new drama productions. In the last six months alone, leading Chinese broadcasters and OTT services commissioned nearly 300 new drama series – as many as all of its international peers combined. Analysis of new data
Alchimie, the content aggregator and distributor, has announced a new move into Japanese content with a deal with NHK Enterprises, a subsidiary to a public broadcaster NHK, to distribute a range of wildlife programming. NHK’s programming is often seen as the gateway to Asia bringing a Japanese perspective and fresh insights on current events and […]
The growth in value of in-play clip and short-form highlights rights will outstrip the growth in value of live rights according to five-year projections by Two Circles. Using its proprietary media-modelling techniques, the data-driven sports marketing agency projects the global sports media rights market will be worth $60.9 billion (€50.7bn) in 2024 – up from […]
Amazon Prime Video has revealed its Premier League football Boxing Day schedule. For the first time, the entire December 26th slate of matches will be available to watch live – exclusively on Amazon’s streaming platform. There are four different kick-off times throughout the day, allowing football fans to potentially watch around 10 hours of live […]
Movie exhibition company AMC Theatres is extending its business into the home. Members of the company’s AMC Stubs loyalty plan in the United States can rent or buy approximately 2,000 of the most popular digital movies from the top Hollywood studios at AMCTheatres.com as well as on the AMC Theatres mobile, connected devices and Smart […]
A study from Hub suggests that gaming is not only compelling entertainment, but also a forum where friendships are created and maintained – especially for young men. Highlights from Hub’s Gaming 360 survey include: Gaming is “social grease” for young men. Male gamers under 35 are far more likely to have social motivators for playing. […]
OTT service Planet Horror has been launched exclusively on Samsung’s Smart TVs in Spain, offering a selection of horror movie titles in time for Halloween. Viewers can subscribe to the service for €19.99 a year. It is also available to watch online, and on Android and iOS mobile phones. The service is operated by AMC […]
Roku has announced the Apple TV app is available on the Roku platform effective immediately. Roku users can now add the Apple TV app via the Roku Channel Store to discover and watch movies, TV shows and more, including accessing their iTunes video library and subscribing to Apple TV channels directly on Roku devices. Starting […]