Global sports channel beIN Sports is set to welcome back German football live starting on May 16th with a host of Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 games for viewers to watch exclusively across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). With most live sport still on pause across the world as a result of the Covid-19 […]
Amazon Prime Video has secured the UK rights to Alex Rider, a new coming of age spy-thriller series based on the novels of the same name. The franchise has become a global phenomenon selling over 20 million copies worldwide. Alex Rider will premiere on Prime Video in the UK on June 4th, with all 8 […]
Premier League football clubs could have to repay an estimated £340 million (€387.4m) to domestic and international broadcasters – even if the season resumes next month. Although Club officials met earlier this week to continue talks on ‘Project Restart’, with hopes of a mid-June restart, refunds are anticipated as matches are not taking place as […]
German platform operator M7 Deutschland has expanded its Ultra HD (UHD) portfolio. International travel and lifestyle channel Travelxp 4K HDR is now available to network and platform operators in the German-speaking markets for distribution to their subscribers. The world’s first travel channel in UHD/HDR resolution shows reports and features covering holiday destinations in more than […]
Endemol Shine Group has announced a multi-territory content partnership with Plex, the global streaming media company that brings popular content together in its OTT video app. The agreement includes a raft of programming from Endemol Shine Group’s extensive library, which will be available for Plex users across the US, UK, Canada, Australia, Germany, France, Italy […]
Bob Bakish, ViacomCBS CEO, used its results call to float plans for an international SVoD product within the next year as part of the expansion of its streaming product line. He made concrete announcements upgrading its US domestic offering CBS All Access with a number of initiatives including adding 100+ Paramount films. Bakish commented: “]…] […]
Premium content services and media technology solutions provider Vubiquity, part of the Amdocs Media division, has completed the provisioning of premium entertainment content from all major Hollywood studios to Singaporean quad-play operator StarHub’s transaction-based TV on demand (TVoD) service. As part of the engagement between the two companies, Vubiquity is providing StarHub with a wide […]
Peacock, NBCUniversal’s forthcoming SVoD service, will be available on Microsoft’s Xbox One family of devices, including Xbox One S and Xbox One X, when it launches in the US on July 15th, 2020. At that time, Peacock will offer a free tier featuring more than 7,500 hours of movies, shows, and timely live and on-demand […]
Germany’s Bundesliga will resume behind closed doors on May 16th, the first European football league to restart following the coronavirus shutdown. Bayern Munich, who are four points clear at the top of the table, will play Union Berlin on May 17th. Most teams have nine games left to play, with the final weekend of the […]
Ahead of the release of its report, COVID-19 Impact on Communications and Entertainment, market research and consulting company Parks Associates predicts consumer usage of TVoD (transactional video on-demand) service will increase significantly in 2020. The firm’s OTT Video Market Tracker reports that in Q1 2020, 14 per cent of US broadband households had used a […]