ESPN’s live broadcast of the UFC resumption on May 9th drew in excess of 700,000 pay-per-view subscribers across the US via Disney’s OTT sports subscription service. Originally scheduled to go ahead in New York on 18th April before being postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, UFC 249 returned behind closed doors in Florida, with ESPN+ […]
Pluto TV Latin America, the AVoD service, has announced Estrellas de acción, its first pop-up channel for action movies starring iconic stars. The new channel will be available on Pluto TV live streaming and on-demand sections from now until to June 10th. Estrellas de acción offers movies from Paramount, Polar, Kinpil, CDC and Beverly Hills, dubbed in […]
All Sky VIP members can soon watch a series of popular West End Shows, including &Juliet, SIX, and Mamma Mia. The first performance will take place on May 21st and run every Thursday for 6 weeks. All Sky customers can join Sky VIP for free via the My Sky App. Other Sky VIP incentives include […]
Premier League football clubs could have to repay an estimated £340 million (€387.4m) to domestic and international broadcasters – even if the season resumes next month. Although Club officials met earlier this week to continue talks on ‘Project Restart’, with hopes of a mid-June restart, refunds are anticipated as matches are not taking place as […]
BT Sport, the exclusive broadcaster of Germany’s Bundesliga, has revealed details of its extensive coverage of this weekend’s resumption of the competition. BT Sport will bring viewers nine live Bundesliga matches this coming weekend, across May 16th, 17th and 18th. For the remainder of the Bundesliga season, BT Sport will broadcast every match, with at […]
German platform operator M7 Deutschland has expanded its Ultra HD (UHD) portfolio. International travel and lifestyle channel Travelxp 4K HDR is now available to network and platform operators in the German-speaking markets for distribution to their subscribers. The world’s first travel channel in UHD/HDR resolution shows reports and features covering holiday destinations in more than […]
The Walt Disney Company has announced that Disney+ will fast track the premiere of the filmed version of the original Broadway production of Hamilton, bringing the multiple-award winning stage musical to homes around the world on July 3rd. Producers for Hamilton, the film of the original Broadway production, include Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeffrey Seller and Thomas […]
Advertising and content technology specialist Verizon Media and digital media company Dugout have struck a new global partnership, bringing Verizon Media new exclusive advertising packages to market through its sales teams and self-serve DSP, allowing advertisers to reach Dugout’s audience of 60 million unique users of football enthusiasts across the globe. As part of the […]
Bob Bakish, ViacomCBS CEO, used its results call to float plans for an international SVoD product within the next year as part of the expansion of its streaming product line. He made concrete announcements upgrading its US domestic offering CBS All Access with a number of initiatives including adding 100+ Paramount films. Bakish commented: “]…] […]
Covid-19 is impacting the lives of billions. Early stage technology markets such as virtual and augmented reality are trivial by comparison. However, AR/VR companies are dealing with knock-on effects both positive and negative. Digi-Capital’s long-term virtual and augmented