Shudder, AMC Networks’ SVoD service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, has announced the acquisition of The Amusement Park for North America, the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. The Amusement Park, the formerly lost film from independent filmmaker and genre cinema icon George A. Romero, will stream for the first time in history this […]
Entertainment One (eOne), Hasbro’s entertainment studio, has announced that the all-new computer animated feature film based on the iconic My Little Pony franchise will premiere on Netflix in autumn of this year. The movie wil be followed by an all new My Little Pony G5 series. Animated by Hasbro’s Boulder Studio in Dublin, Ireland, the […]
According to Comscore, ESPN Digital kicked off 2021 recording the second-largest US monthly audience in sports category history with 110.9 million unique visitors in January, only behind the 117 million unique visitors ESPN reached in the same month last year. For context, this means that 40 per cent of the entire US internet population – […]
Wowza Media Systems, a specialist in streaming solutions that enable video delivery across the globe, has announced support for DRM technology in Wowza Streaming Cloud through integration with the EZDRM DRM as a Service (DRMaaS) solution. Broadcasters in enterprise, education and entertainment are now able to maintain unmatched control over their cloud-based streaming workflows. This […]
Short form video entertainment network ShortsTV has formed its first partnership with a major mobile network operator which will see it offer the ShortsTV video-on-demand service to Airtel’s 340 million subscribers in India to watch on mobiles or TVs through Airtel Xstream. ShortsTV through Airtel Xstream has launched an expansive catalogue of quality short movies […]
The National Hockey League (NHL), has entered into a partnership with DreamHack Sports Games, MTG’s sports simulation business unit. The multi-year deal will see both parties build on existing projects, alongside creating new gaming initiatives. As part of the deal, DreamHack Sports Games will produce the NHL Gaming World Championship, which is set to launch […]
China’s Transsnet Music is putting a smile on the faces of African audiences by increasing access to streaming music via its Boomplay platform. The African music distribution platform has rolled out a new offer for its customers by providing them with the ability to claim and obtain free data. Boomplay launched in Nigeria in 2015, […]
As the 2020/21 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship campaign gets under way with its first races over the weekend of February 26th-27th, the action is set to be broadcast in more than 150 countries around the world. Ahead of the season starting with a double header in the dark through the streets of Diriyah, […]
Nickelodeon and Hasbro’s Entertainment One (eOne) have partnered to co-produce an original animated Transformers series (26 half-hour episodes), based on the iconic global property. In the action-comedy series, a new species of Transformers must find their place and purpose among Autobots, Decepticons, and the human family that adopts them. The series will premiere exclusively on […]
More and more shows and movies available on TV platforms are being prominently branded as ‘original’. The Evolution of Video Branding study from Hub Entertainment Research explores what consumers assume about such content and how the term influences viewing decisions. Highlights from the study: