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Movies Anywhere now on Samsung Smart TVs

Samsung Smart TV users can now enjoy their favourite digital movies in one simplified, personal collection, with cloud-based digital movie ownership scheme Movies Anywhere. Movies Anywhere syncs purchased movie libraries from multiple digital retailers across devices, platforms and is now live on 2017-2021 Samsung Smart TVs. Movies Anywhere conveniently brings together over 8000+ movies from […]

March 24, 2021

PRS for Music claims anti-piracy success

Music industry rights licensing body PRS for Music has revealed what it describes as “encouraging” figures demonstrating the continued success of its Member Anti-Piracy System (MAPS) in the battle against digital music piracy, five years on from its launch. Since 2016, the bespoke automated notice and takedown tool, which tracks PRS for Music repertoire on […]

March 24, 2021By Colin Mann

Golden Alchemy first look deal with Netflix

David E. Talbert and Lyn Sisson-Talbert have signed a first-look deal to write, direct and produce movies for Netflix, via their production company Golden Alchemy. The deal follows the success of Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey, Netflix’s first original live-action musical. Talbert wrote, directed and produced the hit film, which was also produced by Sisson-Talbert. […]

March 24, 2021By Nik Roseveare

4th Gen ASiD solution from Friend MTS

Content protection services provider Friend MTS has launched 4th Generation ASiD, an enhanced and extended set of subscriber-level watermarking solutions designed to address a wide range of content protection scenarios to secure high-value content and revenue across all types of broadcast and OTT devices, clients and apps. With an increasing need for content owners, broadcasters […]

March 24, 2021By Colin Mann

Slovenia: Šport TV to air Extreme E

New electric off-road championship, Extreme E, has signed a broadcast deal with Slovenia’s sport-only public television channel, Šport TV. The station, based in the Slovenian capital, Ljubljana, will televise Extreme E’s races live and in English on its linear channels, Šport TV 1, Šport TV 2 and Šport TV 3. In addition viewers will be […]

March 24, 2021

WWE moves production to Yuengling Center

WWE will bring its WWE ThunderDome viewing experience to Yuengling Center as it remains in Tampa, Florida with a new residency starting with Monday Night Raw on April 12th. The move to Yuengling Center continues WWE’s longstanding relationship with the state of Florida and marks the next phase of WWE ThunderDome, which launched to acclaim […]

March 24, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Law&Crime to provide coverage of Chauvin trial in UK

Dan Abrams’ Law&Crime Network will provide primetime coverage of the Derek Chauvin trial for the alleged murder of George Floyd beginning March 29th –  the scheduled date for the trial is set to start. The Law&Crime Network, available on Channelbox on Freeview channel 271, will provide gavel-to-gavel coverage once the trial commences. New York City […]

March 24, 2021

Streaming video ‘datatecture’ from Datazoom

Enterprise video data platform Datazoom has released what it says is the industry’s first streaming video datatecture and microsite, an effort to inventory the core components, services, technologies, and companies that come together to create the streaming video industry. The goal is to create content and other resources that offer insights and observations about the […]

March 24, 2021

AFL T20 cricket on Recast

Cricket’s new T20 competition – the Dafabet African Premier League (APL) – will be shown exclusively to UK viewers through sports broadcasting platform Recast. The new six-team APL ­– which aims to be the premier T20 league on the African continent within four years – will be played in Nairobi from March 25th to April […]

March 24, 2021

ACCESS, Fingerprint bring Kidomi app to vehicles

ACCESS Europe has partnered with Fingerprint Digital to bring children’s content to vehicles via the ACCESS Twine4Car in-vehicle infotainment system. The agreement enables kids and families worldwide to use Fingerprint’s Kidomi’s app through rear-seat entertainment screens while in the car. Kidomi is an all-in-one kids app delivering engaging, family-friendly content with thousands of hours of […]

March 24, 2021