Netflix has confirmed that its hit drama House of Cards will return for a fifth season – but without its creator Beau Willimon who will be leaving the series. Oscar-nominated screenwriter Willimon – who is also an executive producer on House of Cards – has overseen the show becoming an international hit for Netflix. He […]
The football TV war in Spain has blown up again with Telefonica announcing that it will air Champions League and Europa League matches for free to all its Movistar Plus Fusion subscribers this season. Telefonica’s Movistar Plus has added beIN Sports to its family package (channel number 50) for free to new and current subscribers […]
FilmOn TV Networks has acquired CinemaNow, one of the pioneers in providing transactional digital storefronts of premium film and TV content, from Regent Equity Partners. CinemaNow will continue operations as a leading provider of Transactional Video on Demand new release premium movies and television episodes to buy, rent and view from major licensors including 20th […]
A diverse group of programmers, content creators, civic groups and television providers have launched the ‘Future of TV Coalition’ to celebrate and promote the thriving innovation that is revolutionising the video viewing experience – giving American audiences more and better choices than ever before of what, where, when and how to watch TV programming. The […]
Content services protection and enhancement specialist Viaccess-Orca has launched Voyage – TV Everywhere as a Service (TVaaS), a new cloud-based over-the-top (OTT)/TV Everywhere (TVE) service designed to simplify multiscreen service delivery, increasing flexibility, reducing costs, and speeding up service launch times for operators. Running on Amazon Web Services cloud infrastructure, Voyage – TVaaS is integrated […]
Ashridge Executive Education, supported by industry skills body Creative Skillset and Lord Puttnam’s education company, Atticus Education, have launched a new Executive MBA for the Creative Industries. The programme is scheduled to start in October 2016 and has been developed with the strong creative input of Oscar-winning British film producer and educator, David Puttnam, and […]
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) Italy will further expand its portfolio with the upcoming launch of the Paramount Channel in Italy, a new entertainment channel, on DTT. Paramount Channel will feature a ric diverse programming line-up that will appeal to a broad audience. The channel will go live on February 27th. “We are excited to […]
The return of The X-Files outrated its 2002 series finale by a modest margin on January 25th. Nielsen figures show The X-Files delivered close to 16.5 million viewers (including catch-up and PVR views) up from 2002’s 13.3 million tuning in for ‘The Truth‘. The airing of new episode ‘My Struggle‘ got a ratings boost by […]
“High-end TV drama is increasingly front and centre of strategy as linear broadcasters and on-demand platforms attempt to hook audiences and subscribers,” states a report from IHS Technology Television Programming Intelligence. While the OTT players and their studio suppliers are happy turning out extremely high-quality programming (such as House of Cards and Game of Thrones) […]
Under antitrust threat from the regulator, rights owner Mediapro is reportedly set to open up the football TV rights to Telefonica’s competitors. Mediapro is likely to make an offer over soon to Orange and Vodafone to broadcast Spanish La Liga and other domestic tournaments for three seasons starting in 2016-2017 as well as the Champions […]