UK film financier, producer and distributor, Sky Original Film, has announced the release date for Get Away – the horror comedy starring, written and produced by Nick Frost and directed by Steffen Haars. XYZ Films financed and handled worldwide sales on Get Away, which it produced with Wayward Entertainment. Sky Original Film will launch the […]
Kantar, the marketing data and analytics company, has released its latest Entertainment on Demand (EoD) data on the UK’s streaming market. Kantar’s EoD study in Great Britain uncovers the behaviours within the VoD market between July to September 2024. Emmys and high-profile partnerships propel Disney+ Off the back of a hugely successful Emmy awards season, […]
The Media Act received Royal Assent on May 24th 2024, and has introduced a new online prominence framework. This framework will require particular TV platforms – provided in connection with ‘internet television equipment’ – to carry and give appropriate prominence to designated public service broadcaster (PSB) TV apps and the content the PSBs provide to […]
The Indian entertainment industry has been afflicted with piracy for several years. However, 62 per cent of pirated content consumers believe that stricter enforcement is what is required to tackle this menace. According to The Rob Report released by EY and the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), the size of India’s piracy economy […]
Amagi, has released the 13th Amagi Global FAST Report, which reveals significant growth in sports content in the free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) ecosystem. The report highlights a 150 per cent increase in global sports channel viewership on FAST compared to an overall viewership growth of 40 per cent, showcasing the increasing demand for sports […]
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has welcomed efforts to ensure Germany’s public broadcasters reach all of society in an ever more digital world but says it is concerned about elements of draft reforms that seek to further limit the ability of public service media (PSM) to offer online text-based news. PSM must adapt to the […]
Netgem has announced the acquisition of Gamestream’s Cloud Gaming activities. Netgem is acquiring all of Gamestream’s assets (customer contracts, video game publisher contracts, technology, brands, etc) along with a team of video game market specialists. Netgem says the takeover will allow it to deploy its immersive TV content offers more widely, thanks to a proprietary […]
CNN en Español has launched CNN Xpress, a new FAST channel offers US Hispanic audiences a new way to engage with CNN en Español’s content from around the world. CNN Xpress, available through Prime Video and Amazon Freevee, provide the latest news content tailored for Latino audiences through a curated playlist of short-form content featuring […]
TCLtv+, the streaming service offered by consumer electronics company, TCL, and Revry, the LGBTQ+ streaming network, have announced a joint content partnership that will bring the Revry FAST channel to the TCLtv+ streaming service beginning this October. The Revry channel will provide TCLtv+ viewers the best of LGBTQ+ film, TV, and Revry originals including: the […]
TNT Sports has announced a new sixty-minute documentary, Lomu: The Lost Tapes, which provides a never-before-seen look inside the life of rugby legend Jonah Lomu. The documentary premieres at 11pm on October 31st on free-to-air channel Quest, and is available to view on TNT Sports 1 on November 1st and to stream on-demand on discovery+ […]