The number of UK subscriptions to streaming services such as Netflix has overtaken those to traditional pay-TV for the first time, marking a major shift in the UK’s viewing habits, according to findings in regulator Ofcom’s Media Nations report, a comprehensive study of major trends in the UK’s television, radio and audio sectors. The amount […]
Australia’s film, television and music industries have united to call on the Government to evolve Australian content rules to make them fit for purpose in the digital environment. In a joint submission to a Senate inquiry into Australian content on broadcast, radio and streaming services, APRA AMCOS and Screen Producers Australia lent their weight to […]
The Government’s White Paper on Brexit offers little clarity for the UK’s £1 billion (€1.13bn) international broadcasting sector, according to the Commercial Broadcasters Association (COBA), the trade body for commercial broadcasters in the UK. According to COBA, international TV channels based in the UK are a £1 billion a year business, investing in UK jobs, […]
The UK Government has published its White Paper on The Future Relationship Between the United Kingdom and The European Union, disagreement over which saw two resignations within the Department for exiting the European Union, as well as that of Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson. In terms of sectors covered by any future economic partnership, the Government […]
The Commercial Broadcasters Association (COBA) – the voice for commercial broadcasters in the UK – has stressed the need for urgent clarity on whether a transition period will happen following the Government’s Chequers meeting over the weekend. COBA reserves judgement on the Government long-term plan for broadcasting until the expected White Paper is published this […]
TV, movie and online video content expenditure across India, Korea and Southeast Asia’s five biggest growth markets (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam) rose by 8 per cent in 2017 to reach $10.2 billion (€8.67bn), according to the 2018 edition of Asia Video Content Dynamics from analyst firm Media Partners Asia (MPA). The biggest increases […]
BBC Studios, the production and commercial arm of the BBC, has bought the 51 per cent stake in UK production company Lookout Point that it didn’t already own – in line wih an option agreed in 2016. Lookout Point, which was behind dramas including Ripper Street and the War & Peace adaptation, as well as […]
Amazon Web Services has confirmed that motor sport’s premier single-seater category Formula One is moving the vast majority of its infrastructure from on-premises data centres to AWS, and standardising on AWS’s machine learning and data analytics services to accelerate its cloud transformation. Formula 1 will work with AWS to enhance its race strategies, data tracking […]
The announcement that CanalPlay is to close in France is another reminder of the growing requirement for major content investment to compete in the increasingly dynamic subscription video sector, particularly amongst local services. CanalPlay will join the list of high profile closures worldwide over the last couple of years, all with significant parent companies; that […]
Netflix executives Marzena Rembowski, in charge of institutional affairs in Brussels, Janneke Sloetjes, head of European public affairs and Damien Couvreur, who heads original content, have appeared before French Deputies and claimed a willingness to assist the country’s prodcos, but maintained Netflix will keep its business model. They said that the US streaming platform will […]