Netflix’s recently-cancelled series Sense8 is coming back next year for a two-hour final episode. Netflix and show co-creator Lana Wachowski confirmed that the hugely negative reaction from fans regarding the cancellation has inspired the show’s return. Netflix had announced earlier this month that Sense8 was not going to be renewed for a third season, despite […]
Researchers at Area 120, Google’s experimental unit, have revealed in a blog post that they’ve built their first version of a digital advertising format designed specifically for mobile, virtual-reality applications. The demonstration video, shared by Google product manager Aayush Upadhyay and associate project manager Neel Rao, showed a cube adorned with logos (which will presumably […]
With a new season of Game of Thrones less than three weeks away, research from comparison site Finder.com.au suggests that Australians are once again likely to become the world’s most prolific pirates of the show. The only legal way to watch the show at the same time as the rest of the world will be […]
ESPN has won the exclusive rights to broadcast the English Premier League in Brazil for the three seasons 2019/20 to 2021/22. One season into the current three-year cycle, the new deal will see ESPN Brazil hosting Premier League football on its channels for at least the next five seasons. Financial terms of the deal have not […]
A report from BPI/ERA, entitled Generation Z: Meet the Young Millennials, explores the music consumption habits and social media behaviour of today’s young Millennials (aged up to 19) and how their engagement across streaming and video platforms and social media and messaging apps, including Instagram, Snapchat and Musical.ly, is shaping longer-term trends. Highlights from the […]
With the 2017 Championships a matter of days away, executives at the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) and technical partner IBM have revealed a number of new technologies and initiatives designed better to engage fans of the sport. According to Mick Desmond, Commercial and Media Director, AELTC, the days of being able to schedule […]
NBC Sports Gold – NBC Sports Digital’s direct-to-consumer live streaming product – is launching ‘Premier League Pass’, giving fans in the US exclusive access to 130 live Premier League matches plus what it calls the most robust offering of Premier League shoulder programming ever available in the US. The direct-to-consumer pass, powered by Playmaker Media, […]
Sky is dumping numbered sports channels to be replaced with themed stations for specific sports beginning with football, golf and cricket. It hopes the move will stem falling sport ratings as it rebrands and introduces a cheaper package from £18 (€20). In addition to the dedicated channels a new channel, Sky Sports Arena, will host […]
In response to a request by the Portuguese Securities Market Commission (Comissão do Mercado de Valores Mobiliários) multinational cable, fibre, telecommunications, content and media company Altice has confirmed that it has entered into exploratory discussions with Promotora de Informaciones (Prisa) regarding a potential acquisition of Prisa’s stake in Portuguese media group Media Capital, which has […]
Discovery Communications and Italian telco TIM have revealed what they say is a first of its kind Olympic Games partnership, bringing the Games to more people across more screens. In the first of these digitally-focused deals offering exclusive and differentiated content to mobile operators across Europe, TIM’s customers will gain exclusive access and will be […]