US computer game company Activision Blizzard, which produces World of Warcraft and Call of Duty, is buying King Digital Entertainment, the creator of Candy Crush Saga, in a deal worth $5.9 billion (€5.4 billion). Activision said the acquisition would make it a global leader in interactive entertainment across mobile, console and PC platforms. It added […]
CBS Television Studios has revealed it will launch a totally new Star Trek television series in January 2017. The new series will blast off with a special preview broadcast on the CBS Television Network. The premiere episode and all subsequent first-run episodes will then be available exclusively in the US on CBS All Access, the […]
RT and Ora TV have confirmed that legendary American broadcaster Larry King’s two interview programmes, Politicking with Larry King and Larry King Now will be broadcast in the United Kingdom exclusively on RT UK. PoliticKing with Larry King, specially created for RT by King and Ora TV, will be broadcast on Tuesday and Thursday in […]
THEMA has confirmed the launch of 7 African TV channels, for the first time in Canada, available immeditely. Le Bouquet Africain, available on FIBE TV, features 7 different networks from Africa: 2STV (channel 2464), RTS (channel 2465), RTG (channel 2466), RTI1 (channel 2467), Canal 2 International (channel 2468), CRTV (channel 2469) and RTNC (channel 2470). All FIBE […]
Bein has signed a major framework agreement with Producer/Distributor Prime Entertainment Group for the launch of its Entertainment offer of 24 new channels. The agreement starts in November 1st and will last at least until end 2017. The programmes will be available in several languages including English, French and Arab. “The Middle East market was a […]
Following advanced-television.com’s revelation that beIN was planning to launch a movie service for the Middle East, the operator has confirmed that it is to offer a complete pay-TV proposition of sports, movies and entertainment available to customers through a single regional pay-TV platform, an initiative that it says democratises pay-TV in MENA. Marking its twelfth […]
Strategy Analytics’ iOS apps forecast predicts the Apple iOS App Store will reach nearly $30 billion (€27.2bn) in revenue by 2021. Between 2008 and 2021 Apple will pay out more than $140 billion billion to app developers.While Apple’s App Store continues to generate billions for developers, the companies benefitting continue to change significantly. In 2008 […]
On February 15th 2016, 1970s New York-set drama Vinyl will broadcast simultaneously on Sky Atlantic and HBO with a two-hour premiere at 2am, repeated at 9pm. Created by Mick Jagger, Martin Scorsese and Terence Winter, the ten-part drama stars Bobby Cannavale, Olivia Wilde, Ray Romano, Ato Essandoh, Max Casella, P.J. Byrne, J.C. MacKenzie, Birgitte Hjort […]
Dutch cable operator Ziggo is set to launch a new free-to-air sports channel, Ziggo Sport, on November 12th. The channel will focus on major sporting events feature talk-shows, sports-related films and documentaries. The channel will offer a broad range of international and national sports, including football, motor racing, tennis, golf, basketball, hockey, rugby, volleyball and […]
Australian quad-play operator Optus has won the bid for the exclusive Australian rights to the Barclays Premier League for three seasons, commencing in August 2016. This includes live broadcast coverage and digital rights for broadband and mobile for all 380 Premier League games, every season. The rights were previously held by Fox. Allen Lew, Chief […]