Gracenote, the content services arm of Nielsen Media, has launched Personalized Imagery to help video services increase engagement by presenting the most appealing programme images to viewers in their user interfaces (UIs), content carousels and programme guides. Leveraging Gracenote Video Descriptors including mood, theme and scenario in conjunction with cast information, the all-new imagery created […]
Channel 4 has announced that Big Deal Film is to join its Indie Growth Fund portfolio. Initially formed as a talent management company by Dhanny Joshi and Thomas Stogdon, Big Deal Films has established itself as a dynamic new voice in the world of production with a reputation for creating innovative factual, factual entertainment and […]
HBO Max and BBC One will co-produce the psychological thriller The Girl Before, a four-episode limited series based on the global bestselling book of the same name by. J.P. Delaney. Emmy nominated Lisa Brühlmann (Killing Eve) will direct. The Girl Before tells the story of Jane (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), who gets the chance to move into […]
FITE, the global digital platform for sports and entertainment, has announced that the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) will return on March 21st with a live pay-per-view event, the first since promotion since went on hiatus due to the global pandemic early last year. Following the Back For The Attack PPV, the NWA will resume a […]
The BBC has confirmed the return of BBC Three to TV screens as a linear channel in January 2022. In February 2016, the service became the first TV channel in the world to make the switch from linear broadcast channel to online-first destination. The BBC’s Annual Plan 2020/21, published last year, outlined research which confirmed […]
Conviva has publised Q4 2020 data on streaming TV growth and viewing trends. While many industries throughout Europe and around the globe struggled amid the pressures of Covid-19, streaming comparatively flourished. New streaming services emerged from well-established television players, capturing the hearts, minds and money of those in lockdown seeking entertainment. Key findings include: Europe […]
Eleven has secured Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) rights in Portugal for three seasons, from 2021-23. Eleven will broadcast the WTA Finals and WTA 1000 tournaments live across its linear and digital channels, making a total of 10 tournaments each season available to Portuguese tennis fans. The WTA Tour features the best tennis players in the […]
Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon company, has announced that the PGA Tour has selected AWS as the Official Cloud Provider of the Tour. AWS and the Tour are partnering to transform the way golf content is created, distributed, and experienced, bringing fans closer to the action on the course while also helping the Tour […]
Warner Bros continues to roll out its movies on US streaming service HBO Max, and on February 26th Tom & Jerry, the latest such film, was streamed in 1.2 million households, according to Samba TV. Viewership peaked on February 27th with 550,000 households after 408,000 watched on the day the movie was added to HBO […]
AEW, the professional wrestling league, is teaming with Cinemark Theatres in the US to show the AEW Revolution pay-per-view event, live from Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida, in select theatres on March 7th. Fans can purchase tickets for $20 through Cinemark and experience the event on a giant screen, along with a number of concession […]