The Walt Disney Company has reported earnings for its second fiscal quarter ended March 28th 2020. The entertainment giant saw its operating income for the three months drop 37 per cent to $2.4 billion (€2.2bn) after it was forced to shutter its theme parks, cancel cruises and delay future productions. Conversely, Disney+, the company’s SVoD […]
The BBC and Pact have agreed a new terms of trade deal for BBC television productions made by independent producers. The new terms of trade will now provide the BBC with the ability to transform what it can show on BBC iPlayer. The BBC will receive an automatic 12 month BBC iPlayer window on all […]
TiVo has formed a partnership with Pluto TV, the free streaming television service in the US. The new partnership brings greater viewing options to TiVo, promoting ease of discovery and one-click access to Pluto TV programming where viewers will find over 250+ live, linear, ad-supported channels along with thousands of movies and television shows on-demand. […]
As previously revealed, with Euro 2020 postponed until next year, AVoD service ITV Hub has raided its archives to provide football fans with a slice of sports nostalgia as the platform unearths every match from 1996’s tournament, hosted in England, for Euro 96 Relived. Airing from May 11th, ITV Hub takes a trip down sporting […]
Claiming to be Switzerland’s first 24/7 digital TV channel, Blick TV, is running on Brightcove Live and Video Cloud. The newly-launched TV channel – which falls under media group Ringier – offers viewers both a live and video on-demand viewing experience online at Blick.ch, as well as in the Blick app for mobile devices (iOS […]
The majority of consumers would watch targeted adverts to be able to access video content for free, according to research from advertising technology and consumer insights provider Rakuten Advertising. The research, conducted among more than 4,500 adults in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands, showed that 38 per cent of UK consumers […]
Since shelter at home orders were first announced in the United States, there has been a 72 per cent increase in the number of Netflix subscriber profiles that were used to stream video each week. Residents in the Tri-State region of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, with some of the strictest shelter-at-home policies, spent […]
The release of Normal People has driven BBC Three to its best week ever for programme requests on iPlayer, more than doubling the previous record. In the seven-day period since the series premiered on BBC iPlayer on April 26th, total requests for BBC Three programmes stands at over 21.8 million. The drama, produced by Element […]
WarnerMedia Entertainment Networks & Sales has secured another four new partners in Taiwan for the distribution of HBO GO. Its regional streaming service is now available to subscribers of Kbro, TWM Broadband, CATV and Pingnan CATV. “These partnerships are significant and build on our long-standing relationship with Kbro, one of the leading cable TV, broadband […]
Undertaker: The Last Ride, WWE’s new five-episode limited series event will begin streaming on WWE Network this on May 10th immediately following the Money In The Bank pay-per-view. The documentary series gives viewers an unprecedented look at Mark Calaway, the man behind the legendary Undertaker, as he prepares for the final chapters of his storied […]