A political agreement on the main elements of revised rules to apply to audiovisual media across Europe has been reached between the European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission that will likely see SVoD platforms such as Amazon and Netflix face a 30 per cent ‘made in Europe’ quota. The negotiations will officially conclude […]
A man who infringed Sky’s broadcast copyright by streaming Sky Sports content to the public has been forced to pay £45,000 (€51,500) in fines and damages. Between March 3rd 2017 and April 1st 2017, Wasaq Rasheed shared streams from (the then) Sky Sports 1 and Sky Sports 2. These streams were found on IPTVdonations.com, an illegally-run […]
Research by Ampere Analysis reveals how quickly the SVoD platform Netflix can respond to the changing viewing habits of its subscribers. By comparing Ampere’s Consumer data taken from interviews with over 66,000 people in 16 markets with Netflix’s programme commissioning behaviour, we see how the streaming service has been able to adapt its Originals catalogue […]
Channel 4’s Current Affairs department has commissioned a VR film, Grenfell: Our Home from independent production company, Parable. Thisdocumentary will detail the lives, the homes and community that existed in the tower before the fire of June 14th 2017. The film aims to go beyond the news headlines to bring to life survivors’ stories. Channel […]
Charles Rivkin, Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), has highlighted the importance of protecting the creative industries’ intellectual property. Delivering a State of the Industry Address at movie theatre trade show and congress CinemaCon, Rivkin expressed optimism for the industry, based on the MPAA’s continuing work to protect creativity, open […]
In a landscape still dominated by TV, the Asia Pacific online video industry is on a sure path to more than double its share of video industry revenues ex-China from 9 per cent in 2017 to 20 per cent by 2023, according to analysis from consulting firm Media Partners Asia (MPA). The analysis covers
Four VR industry veterans from Discovery Digital, Oculus Story Studio and Lightshed have officially launched their new company in San Francisco. The new studio, called Tomorrow Never Knows, aims to use virtual and augmented reality as well as other emerging technologies including AI, for storytelling projects, said co-founder and CEO Nathan Brown, the former head […]
Netflix’s Q1 numbers show that the OTT operator is growing as fast as ever. It added a net 7.4 million global subs during the quarter, only slightly down on the previous quarter’s record-breaking 8.33 million. US new additions were also healthy at 1.96 million. Overall, this latest quarter year were the second-biggest ever, and the […]
Content creation and distribution specialist Deluxe Entertainment Services has launched Deluxe One, a platform designed to unify every stage of the content ecosystem — from creation to viewer experience — in one cloud-based interface. An open platform, Deluxe One is designed to integrate with any vendor or customer system, allowing users to succeed in an […]
Avril Blondelot, Content Insights Director at Eurodata TV Worldwide has presented the latest trends in terms of TV content, noting the continued appeal of the medium and its willingness to try new approaches. Speaking at Industry Spotlight conference of MIPTV in Cannes, she said that at a time when international hits are becoming scarce, we are […]