Canela.TV, the AVoD streaming services for US Hispanics, has officially launched its app on Comcast’s Xfinity X1 and Xfinity Flex. Millions of X1 and Flex customers in the US now have access to Canela.TV’s spanish-language content which includes comedies, docuseries, novelas, cartoons, dramas and action films for children and adults. “Comcast is a leader in […]
Redbox has signed a content agreement with Game Show Network to bring its game shows and movie channels to its free live TV streaming service in the US. Viewers will be able to stream classic movies from the 70s, 80s, and popular westerns and non-stop game show action featuring a mix of classic shows to […]
Ben Frow, Chief Content Officer at ViacomCBS Networks UK, has revealed that the business would be commissioning local content for the new SVoD service Paramount+, set to launch in the UK in 2022. Speaking at the Edinburgh Television Festival, Frow outlined plans for Paramount+ to feature high-end, original drama and documentary content from the UK, […]
Netflix has announced three new unscripted shows from the UK that will stream to its members across the globe. The line-up includes a new VFX dance competition that gives talented budding dancers a chance to perform; a reality series that puts a group of failure-to-launch youngsters through their paces in a wilderness camp; and a […]
Key figures from major broadcasters, streaming services and unions in the British TV industry have come together to launch an historic new document known as The Freelance Charter, Unveiled in a session at the Edinburgh TV Festival, The Freelance Charter aims to improve the working life of freelancers across the television community and in doing […]
The number of OTT subscriptions in the US will increase from nearly 230 million in 2021 to more than 277 million in 2026, an increase of over 20 per cent in five years, according to Parks Associates A whitepaper, The Evolving Digital Media Landscape, developed in partnership with Everise, also reveals that 80 per cent […]
Shudder, AMC Networks’ SVoDservice for horror, thrillers and the supernatural, has acquired the horror films Slapface and The Advent Calendar ahead of their FrightFest premieres in London later this month. Shudder will release the films exclusively in the UK, North America, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. The Advent Calendar from writer/director Patrick Ridremont will debut […]
Channel 4 has confirmed the launch of All 4 Private Marketplace, a new advertising initiative that enables brands to buy digital advertising space around All 4’s 14,500 hours of content via private programmatic auction. Channel 4 says it is the first UK broadcaster to make its inventory available through automated real-time bidding – a method […]
Curiosity, the global factual media company, and fuboTV, the US sports-first live TV streaming platform, have announced a multi-year distribution partnership. Through the agreement, the linear channel, Curiosity Channel, will launch immediately for fuboTV viewers in the US, and the Curiosity tream VoD service will roll out for viewers in both the US and Canada […]
As streaming services seek to create content which has international appeal, research from Kantar has compared UK adults’ genre preferences against global audiences. Among the findings uncovered: Brits enjoy being kept on the edge of their seats, citing drama as their TV genre of interest, much more than the global average (55 per cent vs […]