The production of high-end series is trending upwards, fuelled on the one hand by the investment in TV fiction of the pure SVoD players, chiefly Netflix, but also by a rebalancing of broadcasters’ investment from TV films to series – a move to better retain audiences. Available figures suggest that only a limited number of […]
Silverbird Television has agreed a deal to broadcast one live Premier League match per week over the course of the 2020 – 2021 season. This deal was agreed with Integral, the current free-to-air rights holder for the Premier League matches in Nigeria. Integral secured its rights in a sub-licence deal from the Infront Sports & […]
The previously untold origins of Olaf, the innocent and insightful snowman from Disney animated feature Frozen and its sequel, are set to be revealed in a new Walt Disney Animation Studios animated short, Once Upon a Snowman. The film follows Olaf’s first steps as he comes to life and searches for his identity in the […]
beIN Sports and the National Independent Soccer Association (NISA) have announced a new partnership to air the 2020 Fall Championship Tournament from September 21st through October 2nd. The announcement marks the first-ever broadcast partnership for NISA and adds another league to beIN Sports’ sports programming line-up. Games will be aired in the US and Canada […]
ZEASN, a provider of OTT and Smart TV solutions, has partnered with FITE, a digital platform for global sports and entertainment, to distribute content to sports fans around the world. Headquartered in New York, FITE is a worldwide brand focused on combat sports, especially professional wrestling, mixed martial arts and boxing events, as well as […]
All 28 Premier League fixtures in September will be televised live, with Leicester City’s home match against Burnley to be broadcast free-to-air on the BBC, as matches continue to be played behind closed doors. Sky Sports and BT Sport have already selected 17 matches for live broadcast for the first three match rounds of the […]
BBC Three’s audience has shrunk significantly since the channel went digital-only in 2016. Research service Enders Analysis charted viewing figures for the year before it went digital-only, with the year to November 2019. It said viewing of BBC Three content, including BBC Three programmes shown on other BBC linear TV channels, is down 72 per […]
EE has released its latest Mobile Network Index report, tracking the changing trends and habits on its mobile network as lockdown started to ease in the UK. The insights highlight: The increase in movement as lockdown restrictions lifted The popularity of holiday and travel sites as people planned trips away The UK’s hotspots for watching […]
With the start of the delayed 2020/21 season days away, the English Premier League has launched anti-piracy media campaigns in Hong Kong and Malaysia. The ‘Boot Out Piracy’ advertising campaign aims to raise awareness of the compromised viewing quality and risks faced by fans watching matches via illegal streams. It will highlight the dangers illegal […]
Vevo, the music video platform, has confirmed that its catalogue of music videos will now be available on Telstra TV, the streaming service owned and operated by leading Australian telco, Telstra. Telstra TV users will be able to watch content from some of the biggest performers on the planet across all genres of music as […]