The growing status of programmes commissioned by online entertainment streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon was evident at the Golden Globe awards ceremony, where Amazon’s original programme Transparent won the Golden Globe for best TV series, musical or comedy and star Jeffrey Tambor won best actor. Transparent became the first online series to ever […]
CNN, as expected, has gone off the air for Russian viewers, effective December 31st. CNN is lacking the correct licences to transmit, according to local reports. CNN, back in November, confirmed that its local MD had sent letters advising Russian cable, DTT and DTH distributors that it would cease transmissions on December 31st. Recent changes […]
Rostelecom, Russia’s national telecommunications operator, is to create a media joint venture with the All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK), Russia’s leading producer of pay-TV channels for cable and satellite broadcast. The JV will be made up of VGTRK’s Digital Television and Rostelecom’s subsidiary NKS-Media. The main aim of the JV is to […]
Having announced mid-summer 2014 its intention to launch a DTT service in the UK at the beginning of 2015, the Trinity Broadcasting Family of Networks is heralding what it says is one of the most significant moments in the history of television broadcast across the UK. Trinity Broadcasting Network will launch its newest network, TBN […]
Jason Kilar, former CEO of online entertainment streaming service Hulu, has revealed further details of web video operation Vessel which aims to provide early access to the web’s best short-form videos through a low-priced subscription service. In a blog post, The First Window for Web Video, Kilar notes that over the past few months, there […]
One of the most gifted but controversial characters in the English Premier League is the Italian Mario Balotelli. One minute he scores a breathtaking goal for his country, the next he sets his house ablaze by letting off fireworks in his bathroom. You get the picture. Once he revealed a T-shirt in a goal celebration […]
In the run-up to its 30th anniversary celebrations, the BBC’s popular primetime soap EastEnders will be launching a series – Back to Ours – exclusively on BBC iPlayer. It will relive some of the most iconic moments from the show’s past 30 years in the company of the stars who appeared in them. The series […]
VICE, the global youth media company and content creation studio, and 20th Century Fox today announced the launch of VICE FILMS. The joint venture film label will develop, produce, finance, market, acquire and distribute narrative films from emerging directors around the world, drawn from the talent pool and content that VICE has pioneered. Fox and […]
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has unanimously approved the creation of an Olympic Channel. It adopted the recommendation following a Feasibility Study that suggested the creation of an Olympic Channel was a viable opportunity for the IOC: To provide a platform for the continuous exposure of Olympic sports and athletes beyond the Olympic Games period […]
Video and visual technologies are becoming increasingly important for interacting with customers and each other, according to information technology research and advisory specialist Gartner. The firm predicts that by 2017, live video broadcasting will be the new ‘selfie’ and recommends that product managers start creating a ‘visual’ strategy straight away to accommodate this trend. “The […]