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Survey: Live sports under threat from highlights

Two-thirds of global sports executives are concerned about the relevance of live sports as more younger fans gravitate towards highlights, documentaries, and short-form videos from fans, teams, and players over watching live games on video, according to Altman Solon’s 2024 Global Sports Survey. The survey, which measures the habits of 3,000 global sports fans, reveals […]

November 19, 2024

Spanglish Movies teams up with FAST Channels TV

Spanglish Movies, a leader in bringing Spanish-language films to US theateres, has announced a partnership with FAST Channels TV to launch two new streaming platforms that bring a diverse range of voices and stories to Hispanic and DEI communities. FLOUtv is dedicated to first and second-generation Puerto Rican, Dominican, and Cuban audiences in the US […]

November 19, 2024

Adsmovil launches Romance, Suspenso Fast channels

Adsmovil, a digital-first Hispanic media company, has announced the launch of two free ad-supported television (FAST) channels – Romance and Suspenso. Both channels are now available in Spanish on Roku, Fire TV, Android, IOS, and Apple TV. The channels’ programming is also available in English and Spanish via Nuestra.TV’s AVoD platform. Romance presents a collection of […]

November 19, 2024

WWE RAW to make Netflix debut with LA show

Netflix and WWE have announced that the brand-new Intuit Dome in Los Angeles will be the home of Monday Night RAW’s debut on Netflix on January 6th 2025. The announcement was made by WWE Chief Content Officer Paul ‘Triple H’ Levesque and Travis Scott on stage during Scott’s concert at ComplexCon in Las Vegas. Scott, […]

November 18, 2024By Nik Roseveare

Beyoncé performing at Netflix NFL Christmas games

Pop superstar Beyoncé will perform during the first-ever NFL Christmas Gameday live on Netflix this December 25th. The performance will take place during the second of Netflix’s two games, as the Houston Texans host the Baltimore Ravens at NRG Stadium.  This performance in her hometown of Houston, Texas, produced by her company, Parkwood Entertainment and […]

November 18, 2024

wedotv expands in MENA with Eutelsat

wedotv, the AVoD and FAST channel programmer and distributor, is expanding the distribution of its flagship channel, wedotv big stories, to audiences across the Middle East and North Africa via the Eutelsat 7 West A satellite, located at the region’s leading 7/8° West video neighbourhood. wedotv big stories brings audiences factual entertainment, documentaries and other […]

November 14, 2024

FilmRise partners with Anoki LiveTVx

FilmRise, the US-based film and television studio and streaming network, has partnered with Anoki’s LiveTVx, a specialist in generative AI for Connected TVs (CTV), to offer its audiences a faster way of discovering programmes best suited for them based on their viewing habits. FilmRise is distributing ten of its most popular FAST channels and AVoD titles […]

November 14, 2024

OUTtv on Prime Video in NZ

OUTtv, the LGBTQ+ streaming service, has launched on Prime Video in New Zealand as an add-on subscription, as well as co-commissioning Winner Winner Chicken Dinner with TVNZ, produced by Warner Bros International Television Production New Zealand. Winner Winner Chicken Dinner is a new game show, hosted by leading New Zealand drag queens, Kita Mean and […]

November 14, 2024

Jack in Time for Christmas sets Prime Video premiere date

Prime Video has announced that Jack in Time for Christmas will premiere globally on the streaming platform on December 3rd. The comedy special, led by Jack Whitehall, hosts an ensemble of famous faces and is produced by Workerbee (a Banijay UK company) and Jackpot Productions. In this festive comedy adventure, Whitehall finds himself stranded in […]

November 14, 2024By Nik Roseveare

Gracenote: Disney+ leads SVoDs for exclusive content

Gracenote, the content data business unit of Nielsen, has launched a new Data Hub providing insight into the current state of SVoD programming to identify global content trends and changes over time. Tapping Gracenote Global Video Data, a comprehensive database of TV show and movie information, the data visualisation graphically illustrates the current makeup of […]

November 13, 2024