AMC Global and BT have announced the premiere of season two of Fear the Walking Dead, the companion series to the global hit The Walking Dead on April 11th at 2am – simultaneous to the AMC US premiere – with a repeat later that day in primetime, exclusively to BT customers. Each episode of Fear […]
The TF1 group has acquired from FIFA a package of media rights for the next four major world football competitions, enhancing the Group’s line-up of major sporting events across all its media platforms (broadcast and digital) in France: – The 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia and the 2022 FIFA World Cup™ in Qatar: The […]
The British Video Association (BVA) – the body which champions video entertainment in all its forms – is launching a cross industry umbrella campaign entitled #MovieWeekender in partnership with Bauer Media. The first campaign of its kind from the video industry sees Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment UK, Warner Bros Home Entertainment, Universal Pictures UK, […]
Kiss Me First, an innovative thriller series written by Bryan Elsley (Skins), is coming to E4 and Netflix. The new six-part drama will be produced by Balloon and Kindle Entertainment, and will premiere on E4 in the UK with Netflix streaming the series globally outside the UK. Kiss Me First is an adaptation of Lottie […]
Funbox 4K/UHD continues to enrich its native 4K content library by adding adventure documentary from Red Bull Media House. SPI International will present native 4K content from Red Bull Media House on Funbox 4K/UHD, SPI’s global multi-thematic 4K/Ultra HD TV channel. “SPI International is proud to introduce the world renowned Red Bull Media House content […]
Telefonica and media group Mediapro have reached an agreement for Telefonica’s pay TV platform Movistar Plus to buy the rights to La Liga and the Champions League for the next three years, starting in 2016-2017. Telefonica will pay Mediapro €2.4 billion for adding to Movistar’s line-up Mediapro-distributed BeIN Sports La Liga and Champions channels including […]
Virtual reality (VR) could be big soon, says a Digi-Capital study. And augmented reality (AR) could be bigger, but might take longer to get there. At the start of last year it looked like consumer AR could launch in 2016. AR now appears largely focused on enterprise users this year, with most consumer AR expected […]
With Apple recently releasing its updated Apple TV, it’s clear the company sees the technology as its next app platform. In response to this, App Annie, a provider of app analytics and app market data, has released a series of stats on tvOS. Some of these findings include: – Of the top 100 most downloaded […]
Senator Chris Dodd, MPAA Chairman and CEO, has welcomed President Barack Obama’s commitment to trade agreement the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) expressed during his final ‘State of the Union’ Address. “In tonight’s State of the Union Address, President Obama highlighted the advancement of America’s trade agenda through the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) as a top economic priority […]
Mentorn Scotland, part of the Tinopolis Group, has been commissioned by BBC Two to produce a new series of the man and machine battle series Robot Wars. The iconic entertainment show will return some 13 years after is last aired as a 6x60min series and will feature “a new structure with more robots, more battles […]