In an attempt to boost pay-TV football subscribers in Spain, Movistar and Orange are giving away incentives including smart TVs, mobile phones and huge discounts. Movistar is offering the choice of a free smart TV or smartphone to those subscribers paying for a convergent package. The operator needs to recoup the €900 million it paid […]
Electric SUV motorsport series, Extreme E, has announced it is extending its partnership with global sports streaming platform DAZN. DAZN, which already airs Extreme E’s events in Japan, will carry the live and on-demand streaming of the championship’s X Prix events as well as the magazine programme, preview and review shows – in English – […]
Curiosity, the global factual media company, and fuboTV, the US sports-first live TV streaming platform, have announced a multi-year distribution partnership. Through the agreement, the linear channel, Curiosity Channel, will launch immediately for fuboTV viewers in the US, and the Curiosity tream VoD service will roll out for viewers in both the US and Canada […]
As streaming services seek to create content which has international appeal, research from Kantar has compared UK adults’ genre preferences against global audiences. Among the findings uncovered: Brits enjoy being kept on the edge of their seats, citing drama as their TV genre of interest, much more than the global average (55 per cent vs […]
South Africa’s SABC public broadcaster has struck a deal with Disney which allows it to tap into ESPN’s international live sporting portfolio as well as a library of key sporting content from ESPN’s archive. The SABC Sports channel will also include European football games. The output will also be available on eMedia Holdings’ free-to-view Openview […]
Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution and Mediacom Communications Corporation have announced a new comprehensive agreement to continue to deliver Disney’s line-up of sports, news, kids, family and general entertainment content to Mediacom customers in the US. As part of the distribution agreement, Mediacom will now offer the ACC Network to its subscriber base, allowing fans […]
Insight TV, the 4K HDR global broadcaster, distributor and content creator, has entered into programming agreement with Huawei Video in China. Via its multi-end devices, Huawei Video has made 90 hours of Insight TV’s original series available to its subscribers throughout China. Huawei Video provides services for Huawei device’s multi-category products. Insight TV content is […]
In an era of big data, personalisation is critical for marketers looking to develop authentic and meaningful relationships with consumers, suggests data, measurement and analytics company Nielsen in an Insights article. The same is true for content platforms, and that’s a trend we’re seeing among some of the newer video streaming entrants. Compared with the […]
Adobe has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Frame.io, a cloud-based video collaboration platform, in a transaction valued at $1.27 billion (€1.09bn). With over a million users across media and entertainment companies, agencies, and global brands, Frame.io streamlines the video production process by enabling video editors and key project stakeholders to seamlessly collaborate using […]
US Sinclair Broadcasting’s The Tennis Channel International has launched in the UK market joining services in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Greece. The 24-hour streamed channel will feature original Tennis Channel series, documentaries, features, instruction, highlights and select matches on-demand. Tennis Channel International will also cover live competition from British events, starting with the UK Pro […]