Netflix has revealed that Season 6 of House of Cards, which is currently in production, will be the final instalment of its flagship show. The news comes following allegations that its star, Kevin Spacey, sexually harassed a 14 year old boy at a party in 1986. Spacey claims he has no memory of the incident […]
Amazon Studios has revealed it will move to the Culver Studios, a 280,000-square foot TV and movie studio with historical connections. The core building (the ‘Mansion House’) and its associated bungalow-style offices as well as the studio buildings were home in the past to Cecil B De Mille (and where much of Gone With the […]
Sky Italia is planning to boost investments in new content and state-of-the-art technologies to continue to grow, earmarking around €1.4 billion per year. Speaking to Italian daily Il Sole 24 Ore, CEO Andrea Zappia said that profitability has started to grow again over the last two years, thanks to efficient cost management and the search […]
Football’s governing body FIFA has confirmed that the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia will see all matches produced in UHD/HDR, with VR and 360° VoD part of the overall production plan. Suggesting that FIFA TV has a “proud legacy” of pioneering new broadcast technology to ensure that football fans around the world can enjoy the […]
According to Javier Tebas, president of Spain’s premier football tournament La Liga, the league is more than just a football competition, and is now a global entertainment company, akin to a Disney or Warner Bros. Speaking at the Sportel Media and Marketing Convention in Monaco, Tebas told delegates that the league had been working on […]
Roger Gastó, Head of Digital Products at FC Barcelona, has admitted that the football club needed to adopt a strategy of diversification and consolidation and develop digital products to achieve its goal of becoming the most loved sporting institution and reach revenue targets. Speaking at the Sportel Media and Marketing Convention in Monaco, Gastó told […]
Netflix is planning to raise another $1.6bn (€1.36bn) from investors to finance new content and make new acquisitions. The video streaming giant plans to spend up to $8 billion on content next year to keep the edge on its rivals. Netflix will issue bonds to investors, although the interest rate it will pay has yet […]
With its parent company Vivendi under regulatory pressure regarding its shareholdings in both Telecom Italia and pay-TV operator Mediaset, Canal + is forming a joint-venture with Telecom Italia focused on rights acquisition and production of films and TV series. The joint venture’s aim is to support Telecom Italia in developing a unique pay-TV offer in […]
Discovery Communications’ Eurosport and Snap have agreed a strategic advertising and content partnership for the Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang 2018, bringing Snapchatters across Europe Olympic Games action through several types of professionally curated content on Snap’s Discover platform. This partnership marks the first time that Snap has committed to a European, multi-language deal for […]
Netflix added a Q3-record 5.3 million memberships globally (up 49 per cent year-over-year) as it continued to benefit from strong appetite for its original series and films, as well as the adoption of Internet entertainment across the world.In a Letter to Shareholders, the streaming giant said that relative to its guidance of 4.4 million net […]