Eurosport’s exclusive live coverage of the Australian Open across its top 11 markets in Europe on its linear channels has seen double-digit uplift in average audience numbers versus 2020 with Eurosport 1 and Eurosport 2 registering a 41 per cent and 28 per cent increase respectively. The coverage has complemented by its digital platforms. Fans […]
Information, data and market measurement firm Nielsen is launching Gracenote Inclusion Analytics, which it says will deliver unprecedented visibility into the gender, race, ethnicity and sexual orientation of talent appearing in TV programming and the audiences watching it. The new solution empowers content creators, owners, distributors and advertisers with much-needed data around on-screen diversity and […]
Veset has worked with Webedia to bring its Twitch gaming channel, LeStream, to the cloud-based linear TV channel management platform, Veset Nimbus. Veset’s development team implemented API-based integration with Twitch to enable Webedia to manage commercial ad breaks and the EPG. Webedia is a global media and technology company, delivering a wide range of content, […]
Disney has announced a slate of ten European productions for its Disney+ streaming platform. The projects, which span Germany, France, Italy and The Netherlands, mark the start of Disney’s plan to commission 50 productions in Europe by 2024. Diego Londono, EVP, Media Networks and Content, The Walt Disney Company EMEA commented: “Our commissioning strategy showcases […]
STARZPLAY, the MENA SVoD service, has added over one thousand episodes of anime content via a multi-year deal with TV Tokyo Corporation. STARZPLAY subscribers can now watch some of TV Tokyo’s popula anime productions such as Naruto (all 220 episodes) as well as its sequel Naruto Shippuden (all 500 episodes). Other favourites that will play […]
Technology distributor Exertis has announced a partnership with cloud gaming platform Antstream Arcade across EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Asia). The partnership will give Exertis customers access to Antstream’s retro games streaming platform, with thousands of iconic games to choose from. Just one account with Antstream can be used across multiple devices, from gaming consoles […]
The BBC has reported large audience numbers for the return of iconic character Tracy Beaker. On iPlayer, My Mum Tracy Beaker was streamed 2.1 million times in its first three days of availability (February 12th to 14th), making it CBBC’s most successful programme launch ever on the streaming platform. On the CBBC channel, the premiere […]
Sky has announced the eight-episode limited series The Flight Attendant will air from March 19th on Sky One and NOW TV. The series tells the story of a flight attendant (series star and executive producer Kaley Cuoco) who wakes up in the wrong hotel, in the wrong bed, with a dead man – and no […]
Channel 5 has announced that the forst episode of The Drowning consolidated at 5.1 million viewers with a 21.9 per cent share, overtaking All Creatures Great and Small to become the channel’s highest ever commissioned drama to date. The series consolidated with an average audience of 4.6 million and an 18.4 per cent share, and […]
CryptoGuard, a global provider of content security for digital TV and streaming video on any platform, has announced that Towercom has deployed CryptoGuard CAS to secure its nationwide DTT pay-TV services. Towercom is a privately owned TV and telecommunications operator based in Bratislava, Slovakia. The operators DTT network provides FTA and encrypted TV channels and […]