Internet video and OTT video platforms have boosted global video production, especially in English-speaking countries, but they have had a mixed impact on content production in individual countries, according to a new report by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in its Future of TV series, The Impact of OTT on Video Production Around the World. […]
Deutsche Telekom entered new digital ground with Germany’s first 360-degree HD concert live stream on YouTube. The celebrated premiere around the US band Red Hot Chili Peppers in the Kraftwerk in Berlin was followed by more than 100,000 viewers in the 360-degree live stream. More than half of the fans watched the concert with mobile […]
MTG’s latest original production – it’s first foray into kids’ programming – will premiere on its video streaming service Viaplay on December 1st in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. The 24-episode series The Big Experiment will be made available exclusively on Viaplay to viewers across the Nordic region. It is presented as a Christmas calendar […]
Amazon has announced the highly-anticipated launch date of the new Amazon Original series The Grand Tour with Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May. New episodes will be released weekly on Amazon Prime Video, every Friday for 12 weeks from November 18th, exclusively for all Prime members. The first ever episode of The Grand Tour […]
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has confirmed a new three-year deal for Britain’s Got Talent and The X Factor, which will see two of the UK’s biggest television formats continuing on Britain’s most watched commercial channel until at least 2019. The agreement, with Syco Entertainment and FremantleMedia UK, extends ITV’s successful, long-standing relationship with Simon Cowell […]
Spanish telco Telefónica is seeking to become a key player in the production of Spanish-speaking TV content internationally. To this end, the company is investing €70 million every year in the production of TV series and movies to be distributed worldwide. The company plans to release between 6 and 8 TV series per year and […]
The BBC has lost its deal to broadcast The Great British Bake Off, the makers of the international hit have confirmed. Love Productions said talks with the BBC had been taking place for a year, with a last-ditch meeting on Monday. They were reported as saying the issues were both money and the development of […]
Streaming giant Netflix has made its first Spanish production, 7 años (‘7 years’), a 90-minute film that takes place in a single room over the course of one night. Directed by Roger Gual and written by José Cabeza, it is to be released in 190 countries on October 28th. This move comes soon after the […]
From 360-degree movie trailers to the emergence of 4K TV services from Web and telecom players, global analyst firm CCS Insight, has revealed its expectations for the TV industry and the main highlights ahead of this year’s IBC event in Amsterdam. According to Paolo Pescatore, director of multiplay and media at CCS Insight, given the […]
Darren Childs, CEO of multi-channel programmer UKTV, has declared the service to be Britain’s fastest-growing broadcaster. Speaking at UKTV Live, its annual showcase event, at the BFI in London, Childs noted that the company had grown impacts by 40 per cent since 2010, and was home to two of the largest non-PSBs. “UKTV is now […]