A man has been arrested in the northwest of England as part of an investigation into illegal online streaming services. On July 30th, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) executed a warrant at a property in the Leigh area of Wigan. A 36-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of fraud and copyright under the Designs and Patents […]
Moonbug has acquired the popular YouTube kids entertainment shows Blippi and CoComelon. Blippi is a live-action programme that has struck a chord with its accessible educational content, successful toy line, and sell out live shows. CoComelon, the world’s largest YouTube channel, brings an animated show whose hallmark positivity helps kids constructively go about their daily […]
World-class cycling competition is set to resume across Eurosport and GCN’s channels and platforms this weekend with the men’s and women’s Strade Bianche kick-starting exciting cycling coverage for viewers across Europe and Asia. The Italian Classic marks the return of the UCI World Tour to screens since Paris-Nice was ended prematurely in March due to […]
Disney+ has announced that a contemporary movie adaptation of Anna Sewell’s classic 19th century novel, Black Beauty. will premiere on the streaming service later this year. Black Beauty is a wild mustang born free in the American west. When she is captured and taken away from family, her story intertwines with that of 17-year old […]
Qatar broadcaster beIN MEDIA has stepped up its attack on what it considers Saudi-led piracy of its copyrighted content, in particular alluding to the potential takeover of English Premier League football club Newcastle United. In a series of tweets, beIN notes that “having spent the past six weeks telling the world how the WTO ruling […]
Banijay Group’s £1.7 billion acquisition of Endemol Shine Group creates a global content powerhouse that will be the largest unscripted producer in the world and among the top five scripted producers globally, according to a report from Ampere Analysis. Comprising 200 companies across 22 territories, the newly titled Banijay will be a powerful player in […]
During the Covid-19 pandemic, in-home device usage has surged in the US as millions of Americans complied with stay-at-home orders. Continued research from Comscore shows that, while the gap is beginning to shrink, average 2020 in-home data usage levels remain higher than 2019 levels. Year-over-year in-home data consumption across devices, although down slightly from a […]
Children continue to turn their attention to video gaming, with its role taking an ever-more influential position in the daily habits and pursuits of 3 to 16-year-olds. While the lure of gaming was appealing before the Covid-19 pandemic, the latest wave of Kids Tech consumer research from Futuresource shows that two in every three children […]
Blackbird, developer and seller of the cloud video editing platform, Blackbird, has been chosen by Sky News Arabia for remote and collaborative cloud video editing and publishing of digital news content. Sky News Arabia is a 24-hour Arabic news channel broadcast across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). With a free-to-air TV channel, digital […]
Fuel TV and the World Surf League (WSL) have struck a new multi-year distribution agreement that will see the Championship Tour (CT) and select specialty events broadcast live exclusively on Fuel TV in Portugal, and on a non-exclusive basis in other key territories including EMEA, ASIA and Mexico, it was announced today by both organisations. […]