London-based retro game streaming service Antstream Arcade has announced an exclusive partnership with StarHub, a provider of communication, entertainment and digital solutions in Singapore, to enable customers to experience gaming with zero lag on StarHub’s first-to-market 5G service. This tie-up between StarHub and Antstream Arcade is the first such partnership in the Asia Pacific region. […]
Arena Sport in Serbia has selected Net Insight to provide a new contribution network based on the Nimbra platform throughout the Balkans. Arena Sport is a pay-TV sports network that recently won the broadcasting rights for NBA and Euronews Serbia in the Balkans. Supported by a local Net Insight partner, Tera Adria, and Net Insight’s […]
Streaming giants such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Video are consistently outbidding British broadcasters for new shows amid a global shortage of content, forcing traditional broadcasters to find new ways to fill schedules in the coming months and years. Although TV audiences rose sharply during lockdown, the near-global production shutdown has created a looming shortage […]
Music video platform Vevo has partnered with MAGNA and IPG Media Lab, to reveal significant findings around the nuances of multicultural audiences’ video viewing behaviour. The Anatomy of a Video Experience: A Multicultural Study explores how audiences consume content across multiple devices and their motivations around viewing habits. Understanding these subtleties is key for advertisers […]
Research from Ampere Analysis has found that Covid-19’s negative impact on box office revenue will provide incentives to accelerate the move towards new movie windowing models. Disney’s announcement that the much-anticipated Mulan will no longer be
The fourth year of operation proved to be record-breaking for the International Olympic Committee’s Olympic Channel. Since launching in August 2016, the Olympic Channel global media destination has produced more than 25,000 pieces of video content representing all Olympic sports disciplines and 206 countries, including 76 original series and films, resulting in more than 3.3 […]
Peacock, the US streaming service, has added a new, exclusive free channel: NBC Sports on Peacock. Available now, the channel will stream daytime live sports talk programming, including PFT Live with Mike Florio, The Dan Patrick Show, and The Rich Eisen Show. In September, Brother From Another and PFT PM will join the line-up. “Peacock […]
Philippines multiplay telco Globe Telecom has reaffirmed its stance against online piracy and support for legitimate content consumption. “As the bridge between content creators and content users, Globe Telecom strongly advocates against online piracy which enables illegal streaming or downloading of unfiltered content,” it says, noting that in 2018, Globe launched its #PlayItRight anti-online piracy […]
Extreme E, the electric off-road motor racing series, is set to be broadcast live across the African continent following an agreement with The Walt Disney Company. The series will premiere on ESPN and ESPN2 in 2021. Extreme E’s five-race global odyssey from the Arctic to the Amazon Rainforest, will air live to more than 50 […]
HJ Holdings, which operates Hulu in Japan, has added TV5MONDE Pacifique to Hulu’s live TV service. The general entertainment channel brings a variety of French programmes to Hulu’s lineup, including dramas, documentaries, lifestyle shows, kids programmes and live sports events. The launch on Hulu Japan coincides with the debut of the 2020/21 season of French […]