Amazon CFO Brian Olsavsky has told analysts that Amazon will double its video content spend during the second half of 2016 compared to the same period last year. Speaking during the company’s Q2 earnings call, Olsavsky also said that Amazon was “nearly tripling” its number of new Amazon Original shows – TV shows and movies compared with the […]
Reuters, the international news provider, has announced an agreement with Samsung to bring Reuters photography and video to new dimensions through an inventive programme, Focus 360. The partnership will provide virtual reality and 360 degree video and photography news content from around the world, using Samsung Gear 360 cameras and editing technology. Users will be […]
Twitter has announced it will live stream weekly out-of-market games from Major League Baseball (MLB) and the National Hockey League (NHL). 120 Sports, the OTT network, will also produce an exclusive, nightly multi-sports highlights show called The Rally, the first show of its kind to be streamed live on Twitter. The MLB, NHL, and 120 […]
MaxPlay, an interactive content development software company, is now accepting closed beta sign-up applications for its Game Development Suite (GDS). MaxPlay’s GDS is a cloud-enabled real-time collaborative game and VR development platform. “We are hyper-focused on delivering the game development solution that satisfies the needs of innovative developers,” said MaxPlay CEO Sinjin Bain. “We are […]
Following earlier reports that cable MSO and content investor Liberty Global was interested in acquiring free-to-air general entertainment channel UTV Ireland, its wholly-owned subsidiary Virgin Media has entered into an agreement with ITV plc to acquire the commercial broadcaster for a purchase price of €10 million. The agreement also includes a comprehensive 10-year output deal […]
Netflix is set to host a remake of the 1960s sci-fi TV show Lost In Space after ordering a 10-episode series. “The original series so deftly captured both drama and comedy, and that made it very appealing to a broad audience,” Netflix vice president Cindy Holland told Variety. “The current creative team’s reimagining of the […]
Often criticised in the past for its reliance on deferred ‘as-live’ coverage of previous Olympic Games, the networks and digital platforms of NBCUniversal are taking advantage of a more favourable time zone to present an unprecedented 6,755 hours of programming for the Games of the XXXI Olympiad from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, this August. NBC […]
The BBC has confirmed that Top Gear USA has been cancelled. The programme, broadcast on the History channel in the US, is a spin-off from the motoring series and not the version shown in the UK now fronted by Chris Evans. Top Gear USA presenter Rutlege Wood announced the news on Facebook – and hinted […]
Vivendi’s CANAL Group has unveiled what it calls the CANAL galaxy, a collection of four national reference channels with complementary models, distinct editorial lines, articulated around a common denominator: the CANAL brand. For the first time in the history of the Group, CANAL channels will develop into a world of a single brand, a symbol […]
The BBC is stockpiling suitable programming in preparation for the start of a dedicated 4K/UHD channel. The Corporation, as part of its relationship with commercial arm BBC Worldwide, has been producing 4K programming for many years. This content usually comes from the BBC’s Natural History Unit in Bristol and mainly comprises quite stunning factual programming […]