Disney is set to close 100 of its cable television channels this year as it continues its move towards a streaming future. Speaking at JPMorgan’s annual Global Technology, Media, and Telecommunications Conference, The Walt Disney Company’s Chief Executive, Bob Chapek, revealed the plans to shut down the international channels in favour of placing its Disney+ […]
Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset has relaunched its VoD platform Mediaset Play as Mediaset Infinity. The platform will continue to provide live streaming of the Mediaset’s general entertainment and terrestrial thematic TV channels and also on-demand access to its programme library. However, there are also several enhanced features. Users can now access a library of hundreds […]
With the much—anticipated Friends reunion streaming on NOW in the UK, on demand from 8am on May 27th, some, especially the younger generations, may be tempted to turn to piracy to watch the special episode. Kieron Sharp, ex-police officer and CEO of intellectual property protection body FACT, is warning of the dangers of illegally streaming […]
MásMóvil, Spain’s fourth largest telco operator, has launched Agile TV Premium with an offer of 11 TV channels to its subscribers. The channels are: FOX, FOX Life, AXN, AXN White, National Geographic, Nat Geo Wild, Disney Channel, Disney Junior, Discovery, Baby TV and Viajar. The service, so far available to MásMóvil-owned low cost Yoigo, also […]
Netflix has announced its first Russian Original drama series, with the working title ANNA K. The series is a contemporary retelling of Leo Tolstoy’s classic novel Anna Karenina. Svetlana Khodchenkova is set to play the lead role. Michael Azzolino, Director Original Series at Netflix, commented: “We are incredibly proud to announce our first Russian series […]
MediaKind, a global player in media technology and solutions, has been selected by Telefónica to enhance the VoD offerings of Movistar+, the Spanish telco’s pay-TV subscription service. MediaKind’s Aquila On-Demand solution, which launched in August 2020, will be deployed to deliver rapid asset processing of Movistar+’s on-demand OTT and IPTV content, encompassing transcoding, transformation, packaging, […]
Amazon Prime Video and National Theatre have announced a collaboration which will see four productions filmed by the National Theatre broadcast exclusively on Amazon Prime Video in the UK and Ireland from June 11th. The productions include the National Theatre’s Frankenstein, directed by Academy Award winner Danny Boyle and written by Nick Dear, in which […]
Netflix has announced that its first-ever Geeked Week will run from June 7th – 11th, giving fans an array of exclusive news, trailers, live art, interviews and more from various Netflix series and films that “inspire loyal followings”. The five-day virtual event is free for everyone all around the globe. Geeked Week will be hosted […]
US streaming service Peacock will premiere Universal Pictures’ The Boss Baby: Family Business on July 2nd – the same day it will land in US cinemas The release has been brought forward having originally been slated to hit cinemas on September 17th, followed by a debut on the streaming platform in October. “Families are at […]
Object Matrix has delivered an additional 600 terabyte node for BT TV’s existing MatrixStore On-Prem object storage solution. This has enabled BT TV to migrate content from the 6 MatrixStore nodes being decommissioned. The recent upgrade increases the capacity of the existing solution, also saving power and rack space by replacing six legacy nodes with […]