Netflix has announced that it is opening its first fully owned, live-action, full-service post-production facility in Mumbai, India. To be fully operational by June 2022, Netflix says the facility “will have 40 offline editing rooms designed as a flexible, collaborative and inspiring environment for showrunners, directors, editors and sound designers to create their best work. […]
In advance of YouTube star Logan Paul’s exhibition fight against Floyd Mayweather on June 6th, Kieron Sharp, CEO of UK intellectual property protection body FACT, has warned of the dangers fans when illegally streaming the bout, only available in the UK on Sky Box Office pay-per-view. With a large amount of audience not being able […]
Independent omnichannel sell-side advertising platform Magnite has confirmed that advertising technology and consumer insights specialist Rakuten Advertising will leverage the Magnite CTV platform across Europe to broaden advertiser and agency access to inventory on Rakuten TV AVoD service. Magnite’s CTV platform further expands Rakuten Advertising’s access to technology built properly to handle the nuances of […]
Music-related service Qwest TV, co-founded by music icon Quincy Jones, has secured its first major US cable partnership, joining Xfinity On Demand. The entire SVoD catalogue —1,300+ concerts, documentaries, and performances from around the world— is now available to Comcast Xfinity customers. It suggests the partnership offers a new kind of musical experience to the […]
Multichannel programmer Discovery has revealed the new name of the proposed standalone global entertainment company that will emerge from the combination of WarnerMedia and Discovery assets as ‘Warner Bros. Discovery’. It suggests the Warner Bros. Discovery name will honour, celebrate and elevate the world’s most-storied creative studio in the world with the high quality, global […]
ViacomCBS Networks UK (VCN UK) has confirmed the launch of seven new channels on its AVoD service Pluto TV in the UK during June 2021. The platform has struck deals with All3Media International, FilmRise, Tastemade and Motorvision to bring over 800 hours of new content to the service for viewers to enjoy. The new launches […]
Multi-media platform Huawei Video and lifestyle TV channel Clubbing TV have agreed a video distribution partnership across more than 60 countries in Europe, Asia-Pacific, Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. This strategic partnership allows Huawei Video users access to Clubbing TV’s linear feed and video portfolio. Huawei Video subscribers will be able to watch Clubbing […]
Online movie search aggregator service FindAnyFilm.com, in cooperation with Disney UK, is integrating Disney+ titles into the listings service, allowing FindAnyFilm users to search Disney content across all formats; from cinema screenings to physical disc, digital transactional and now SVoD. Insight from pro-copyright education body the Industry Trust for IP Awareness, who manage FindAnyFilm.com on […]
Young adult-focused French SVoD platform BrutX has expanded to francophone countries Belgium, Switzerland and Luxemburg. Launched in France on April 7th by digital media group Brut, offering films, TV series and documentaries for 18-34 years-old, Brut X is now available in these additional three countries through its website, as well as on mobile and TV […]
HBO Max has turned 1 year old. In the year since rollout, the SVoD service reports it has hit several significant benchmarks, adding 11.1 million HBO/HBO Max subscribers over the past year to surpass 44 million in the US (as of end of Q1). “Not only is the platform seeing a rapidly growing user base, […]