The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) held its annual Future of Video India seminar amidst a time of great change in the region. The media and video industry in India has undergone huge change in the last 6 months as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. According to Sunil Lulla, CEO, BARC India, with the […]
WarnerMedia has announced it is soon closing its DC Universe streaming service after just two years. The SVoD service, which is exclusively available in the US, offers content derived from DC Comics. WarnerMedia said that it will now evolve into DC Universe Infinite and relaunch in January 2021 as a digital comic platform. Various content […]
Roku has agreed a carriage deal with Peacock – NBCUniversal’s streaming service that launched in the US in July. The deal also includes the continued carriage of 46 NBCUniversal apps “We are excited to bring Peacock and its unrivaled catalog to millions of Americans who enjoy entertainment on their favorite Roku devices,” said Maggie McLean […]
Lance, a two-part documentary about one of sport’s most controversial figures, Lance Armstrong, is now available on the BBC iPlayer, and will be broadcast on BBC Two at a later date. Acquired from ESPN, who earlier this year were responsible for Michael Jordan docu-series The Last Dance, the documentary covers Armstrong’s remarkable rise to the […]
European club rugby fans around the world will have better access to the Heineken Champions Cup and European Rugby Challenge Cup with the launch of a new OTT platform, epcrugby.tv, supplementing continuously increasing global audiences. Powered by live video and OTT specialist StreamAMG, the direct-to-consumer service will show matches in both tournaments live in territories […]
After becoming the best-performing Max original since the SVoD platform’s launch in the US, HBO Max has ordered a second season of Raised by Wolves, a serialised sci-fi series from celebrated filmmaker Ridley Scott. The series, which debuted with three episodes on September 3rd, has continued to be a strong performer in its second week on […]
HBO Max will mark Batman Day, which this year falls on September 19th, with a number of social media activities, free digital comics, and access to a huge library of Batman series and films from the DC library. In a press statement, the US streamer said: “Fans of all ages around the world can embrace […]
Amazon Prime Video will present Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 2, a unique fashion show celebrating the new autumn 2020 collection from music and fashion icon Rihanna. The fashion experience features a combination of models, actors and dancers wearing the latest Savage styles, with special performances from some of the biggest names in music. Savage […]
A study of the online content viewing behaviour of Malaysian consumers has revealed a 64 per cent decrease in consumers accessing piracy websites over the past 12 months. The survey commissioned, by the Asia Video Industry Association’s Coalition Against Piracy (CAP) and conducted by YouGov, found that 22 per cent of online consumers currently use […]
Comcast CEO Brian Roberts told a Goldman Sachs virtual event that the number of people signing-up for NBCUniversal’s Peacock streaming service has jumped 50 per cent to 15 million in the last six weeks. Roberts claimed that Peacock has become the No. 2 most popular app among Comcast’s Flex customers behind Netflix. It is also […]