Global eSports platform Challengermode has announced the launch of its mobile app for the eSports space. The app will connect billions of gamers worldwide across PC, console and mobile with the grassroots esports scene through over 80 titles on the platform, and give game developers the chance to put their games in the hands of […]
The International Sámi Film Institute and Netflix have entered into a partnership to support and further develop Sámi voices in the Nordic region. The partnership is part of the Netflix Fund for Creative Equity, which aims to help create new opportunities to support diversity and representation within the entertainment industry through training and up-skilling initiatives. […]
iSpot, the real-time TV measurement company, has hired Will Waldron, a veteran US Census Bureau supervisory statistician, as vice president of research to oversee statistical quality standards and methodological practices of its television ratings and ad measurement products. In this role, Waldron will focus on data fidelity, measurement veracity and ratings reliability. He will have […]
AMC Networks International (AMCNI CNE) and Telly have agreed a multi-year distribution agreement effective as of September 1st. The agreement provides carriage of AMCNI CNE’s channels Sport1, Sport2, AMC, Film+, Spektrum, Spektrum Home, JimJam and Minimax and offers long-term access to entertainment to viewers in the Czech Republic. Locally relevant sports programmes such as UEFA […]
Cinedigm has announced that RetroCrush, a digital channel devoted to classic anime, has launched on Philo, the lifestyle and entertainment-focused TV streaming service, and will be included as part of the base package for Philo subscribers. The new agreement marks Cinedigm’s first distribution deal with the US virtual MVPD. Offering a wide range of classic […]
Qwilt has announced that Bharti Airtel Limited (Airtel), an Indian provider of telecommunications services, has joined its global ecosystem of service providers to improve the quality of live streaming, VoD and all other media delivery to its over 400 million subscribers throughout India. The partnership sees Airtel launch its own content delivery service, Airtel Cloud’s […]
NAGRA, a Kudelski Group company and independent provider of content protection and multiscreen television solutions, has announced that United Cloud, the innovation center of the United Group, the multi-play telecoms and media provider in South East Europe, has selected NAGRA’s NexGuard Watermarking to expand its security solution, ensuring OTT content protection for all United Group’s […]
Netflix is said to be planning four minutes of ads an hour for its ‘budget’ version to be released in several territories in Q4. As belts tighten around the world, Netflix wants to offer a lower cost version in return for viewers tolerating pre-roll and mid-roll breaks. The ‘cheap’ subcription price is forecast as $7-$9 […]
Despite being the world’s most mature market, US SVoD revenues will grow by $14 billion (€14bn) from $43 billion in 2021 to $56 billion in 2024, according to the North America SVOD Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. However, growth will be almost flat from 2024 to 2027 as a result of price […]
UK film and TV production company insolvencies have jumped 69 per cent in the past year, from 67 to 113, according to research from audit, tax and advisory firm Mazars. Many of those insolvencies were of financially weaker production companies that missed out on last year’s UK film & TV industry boom as they couldn’t […]