Sky has appointed Gary Davey, Executive Vice President Programming at Sky Deutschland, to an expanded role as Managing Director, Content, with the additional responsibility for its entertainment, movies and news channels in the UK and Ireland. He will combine the new role with his existing responsibilities at Sky Deutschland, splitting his time between London and […]
The growing status of programmes commissioned by online entertainment streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon was evident at the Golden Globe awards ceremony, where Amazon’s original programme Transparent won the Golden Globe for best TV series, musical or comedy and star Jeffrey Tambor won best actor. Transparent became the first online series to ever […]
Facebook has published figures on how popular video has become on the social network. “In just one year, the number of video posts per person has increased 75% globally and 94% in the US,” said Facebook in a blog aimed at video creators who’ve been building large followings on YouTube. The post continues: “With people
ESPN’s media distribution arm has agreed one-year deals to televise this season’s NFL Playoffs and Super Bowl in Africa with two of the continent’s leading sports broadcasters – Supersport and Zuku Sport. In a new deal in time for the crunch post-season action, ESPN has negotiated rights with Supersport, the African sports channel, for all […]
International and Israel-based news channel I24 News plans to broadcast in Spanish and also aims to launch this year in the US and in UK, according to CEO Franck Melloul. Founded by Altice CEO Patrick Drahi – who also owns SFR, Numericable and Portugal Telecom – I24 News currently broadcasts in French, Arabic and English. […]
Rightscorp, a provider of monetisation services for artists and holders of copyrighted Intellectual Property, has announced metrics on the piracy of seven feature films. Rightscorp is tracking
A pub in Dundee is risking being fined for the illegal showing of live English Premier League football by using a foreign decoder. The Cask and Cork has also banned staff from Sky, BT, the Premier League and the Football Association from entering its premises and put signs on its doors advising employees of the […]
Facebook has acquired video infrastructure specialist QuickFire Networks in a move that reflects the growing importance of video to the social networking site. An announcement on QuickFire’s website from Craig Y. Lee, CEO, noted that QuickFire Networks was founded on the premise that the current network infrastructure is not sufficient to support the massive consumption […]
Discovery Life will launch in Poland on February 1st, marking the first time the channel has been available outside of the US. The channel will replace Animal Planet, whilst Animal Planet HD will continue to be available to Polish viewers. Discovery Life will be distributed by cable and satellite, reaching some 55 per cent of […]
Monterosa, the second screen specialist, has again partnered with Norwegian commercial broadcaster TV2 to deliver real-time voting for its new live talent format My Dance Crew. The show is produced by Anti TV and premieres on January 9th. In addition to traditional SMS voting, the audience at home now uses a live Monterosa LViS-powered mobile […]