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Movistar scores rights to Spain’s basketball League

Movistar has reached an agreement with ACB, the Spanish basketball league, to air its La Liga Endesa, Copa del Rey and Supercopa Endesa competitions over the next three years, 2020-2023. Subscribers to Movistar will be able to watch up to 1,000 basketball matches until 2023 through Movistar Deportes and #Vamos. Meanwhile, Movistar is regarded as […]

September 23, 2020From David Del Valle in Madrid

Moonbug content on Virgin Media

Moonbug Entertainment, the global digital media company, is partnering with Virgin Media to expand its children’s programming in the UK. Ten new shows will air on Virgin Media’s TV platform starting in mid-October. The programmes set to air include Blippi, Little Baby Bum, Playtime with Twinkle, Go Buster, Toddler Fun Learning, Digley and Dazey, Dr […]

September 23, 2020

Apple TV+ orders High Desert from Stiller, Arquette

Apple has announced a series order for High Desert, a new comedic half-hour series to be produced by Apple Studios that will star Academy, Golden Globe and Emmy Award winner Patricia Arquette, who will alsoserve as executive producer. The project reunites Arquette with Ben Stiller, who will direct the first episode and executive produce through […]

September 23, 2020By Nik Roseveare

Qwest TV now available on Samsung TV

Qwest TV’s three new music-focused channels will be joining Samsung TV Plus which comes automatically installed on all 2016-2020 Samsung Smart TVs. Co-founded by music icon Quincy Jones, the music-related video service will appear as a featured channel on the Samsung Smart TV platform for several weeks to kick off the partnership. Qwest TV’s F.A.S.T […]

September 23, 2020

SendtoNews ranks #1 in video views for digital sports

SendtoNews (STN) has been ranked as the top digital video platform in the sports category on Comscore’s latest report, with the most unique viewers and videos viewed in the month of August. SendtoNews is used by content providers, advertisers and publishers to deliver 700 Million video views every month across over 12 million unique viewers […]

September 23, 2020

TAC secures new global licensing deals

TAC Studios, the production arm of The Africa Channel, has concluded deals for several of its lifestyle shows to broadcast and digital networks around the globe. Networks include Tastemade (USA), SBS Food (Australia), Radio Television Brunei (RTB), Discovery Networks (Middle East and Africa), OSN (Middle East), and SABC (South Africa). These follow previously announced agreements […]

September 23, 2020

HBO Max’s West Wing Special to air Oct 15

HBO Max has announced that A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote will premiere on the US streaming platform on October 15th, dropping just two weeks prior to the national election. This timely special marks the first time in 17 years that the original cast of the Emmy- and Peabody Award–winning hit […]

September 23, 2020By Nik Roseveare

Samsung: UK Smart TV streaming overtakes linear viewership

Findings from a Samsung Ads Europe report reveal that streaming on Samsung TVs in the UK now accounts for more TV viewing time than linear TV. Data from January to June 2020 shows streaming time rising to 59 per cent, and overtaking linear for the very first time. This represents an increase of 38 minutes […]

September 22, 2020

Sky’s IPL cricket attracting female viewers

Sky’s coverage of India’s Premier League cricket (IPL) is again proving to be the most-watched event in world cricket. Sky saw a total of 1.18 million individuals tune in to watch IPL coverage over the September 19th-20th weekend. In fact, Sunday’s match between Delhi Capitals and Kings XI Punjab averaged 108,000 viewers and Indian viewers […]

September 22, 2020By Chris Forrester

Microsoft buys Bethesda for $7.5bn

Microsoft has confirmed announced plans to acquire ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Softworks, one of the largest, privately held game developers and publishers in the world. Creators of best-selling gaming franchises including The Elder Scrolls and Fallout among many others, Bethesda brings a portfolio of games, technology, talent, as well as a track […]

September 22, 2020