Fox networks will mount a massive global premiere for Outcast, the group’s first original production. Created by Robert Kirkman, and developed and produced by Fox International Studios, Outcast will launch its ten-episode season on June 3rd, exclusively on Fox channels in over 125 countries outside the US. Outcast was created and executive produced by Kirkman […]
A+E Networks will launch Lifetime in Turkey on April 26th, its first free-to-air channel in the market. Lifetime Turkey will be launched through a joint venture between A+E Networks and MCD Medya. Fox Media has been appointed as its ad sales representative in territory. The channel will roll out programming from its award-winning catalogue featuring […]
Mexican TV group Televisa has confirmed it is removing all it content from Netflix in order to keep the content exclusively for its own VoD platform, Blim, that will launch later this year. “Televisa content will be exclusively for Blim; that’s our strategy,” said Blim’s director general, Carlos Sandoval in an interview with Forbes. There […]
As part of an agreement signed between UAE-based telecommunications service provider ‘du’ with SPI International, du’s home service subscribers can now enjoy several new English TV channels such as FilmBox, a general movie channel, FilmBox Arthouse featuring independent films and world cinema, two sports channels (FightBox HD and Fast’nFunBox HD), a documentary channel (DocuBox HD), […]
Vimond Media Solutions has entered into a commercial partnership with Fastly, a real-time CDN. Vimond now offers the benefits of Fastly’s technology, enabling an end-to-end solution for customers. Fastly gives businesses complete control over how they serve content, unprecedented access to real-time performance analytics, and the ability to cache frequently changing content at the edge. […]
The BBC has held talks with rivals including ITV about launching a Netflix-style video SVoD streaming service. The talks, which are also said to have involved NBC Universal, focus on the potential to develop a subscription TV service. The service would major on providing archive TV content from the broadcasters rather than the first-run of […]
Yahoo and the National Hockey League (NHL) have announced a strategic alliance to deliver premium sports content to Yahoo Sports users in the US. Now fans can access live, out-of-market NHL games for free on Yahoo, throughout the week, no cable subscription or authentication required. Yahoo will offer unique advertising opportunities for brands to connect […]
Dubai’s CABSAT show was the catalyst for an output deal for Mumbai-based TravelXP, a high-quality travel and lifestyle channel. Announced by TravelXP’s CEO Prashant Chothani, the agreement sees the channel expand onto the ‘Du’ IPTV system in the UAE and Oman. The channel is already available on Qatar’s Qtel system, and says it is now […]
Pan-European broadcaster Sky is continuing its strategy of backing US technology and OTT players with a $6 million (€5.47m) investment in fuboTV, a US-based video streaming service that provides subscribers with a premium, over-the-top bundle of sports TV channels. This is part of fuboTV’s Series B round of funding, which has also seen Sky’s main […]
Walter Presents, C4’s on-demand service for foreign-language drama, will be sold internationally says CEO David Abraham. He told an Enders Analysis event that Channel 4 is talking to partners about a wider rollout of the service. He said the service had attracted 5.5 million views since its early January launch. Walter Presents has a library […]