Data from Juniper Research has found that online eSports services, such as Twitch, will grow to over 310 million by 2020, increasing from 133 million this year and bringing in almost $1 billion in revenues from subscriptions alone. By comparison, 2020 will see eSports audiences surpass the levels of the NFL tournament and approach that […]
Free’s fibre subscribers in France now have access to the country’s first 4K TV channel – Festival 4K – included in the basic offer of their Freebox package. The French telco launched the first 4K box in March 2015 and is now also the first operator to broadcast a 4K channel, marking a new key […]
November 4th saw the official launch event for CNN.gr, a dynamic Greek-language digital offering from DPG Digital Media and CNN International Commercial that combines international news with local content and video. CNN.gr offers content of national and local interest with a focus on video, as well as coverage of international news and major events through […]
Sky’s online streaming service NOW TV is now available on the new Apple TV, giving UK users access to live action from all seven Sky Sports channels and popula shows on 13 pay-TV channels. Gidon Katz, Director of NOW TV, said: “We are pleased to be able to offer our range of flexible and great value […]
A+E Networks, a global media content company and VICE Media, the youth media brand and digital content studio, have announced a joint venture that will offer VICE as a new 24-hour channel programmed and produced exclusively by VICE. A+E Networks’ channel H2 will be transitioned to Viceland (working title). Launching in early 2016, Viceland will […]
Discovery is to offer “direct to consumer” programming App to its US viewers. Discovery’s president/CEO David Zaslav told analysts: “We have invested over the last year and a half primarily through our Eurosport partnership and in Northern Europe with the Eurosport app and with Dplay. We’re learning a lot. Both of those platforms are growing […]
A report released by Common Sense Media finds that teenagers (ages 13-18) use an average of nine hours of entertainment media per day and that tweens (ages 8-12) use an average of six hours a day, not including time spent using media for school or homework. Despite the significant amount of time teens and tweens […]
The National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) has revealed results from the first in a series of surveys of NATPE members on the future of the content industry. The initial survey focused on the current television content boom to assess the effects that the influx of scripted shows will have on the industry over […]
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has reported that two websites which it claimed had jointly become a clearing-house for illegal movie viewing were closed in October by orders from courts in Canada and New Zealand. The Popcorntime.io site, commonly referred to as Popcorn Time, was closed under an October 16 order from the […]
Al Jazeera English is amongst the first wave of news outlets available on the newly launched Apple TV, providing the global news and programmes live and on demand. Users will be able to save videos for later viewing, access all saved content from the Watch List, have 24-hour access to Al Jazeera’s live video stream […]