SPI/FilmBox and Huawei have partnered to bring FilmBox On Demand content to Huawei Video in 23 countries, including UK, Germany, France, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Poland, Turkey and Russia. Through this collaboration, Huawei smart device users will be able to access specially-curated and localised SPI movie titles, ranging from Hollywood blockbusters, award-winning world cinema gems […]
Netflix and CAKE, in partnership with Rovio Entertainment, have announced a new animated series Angry Birds: Summer Madness based on the iconic world of the Angry Birds. The 40 x 11 minute episode series will debut globally starting in 2021, taking its cue from the humour and tone of The Angry Birds Movie franchise while revealing […]
Disney Plus has finally launched in the UK amid avid excitement. However, with an increasingly crowded streaming market, how will Disney Plus stack amongst the bigger incumbents of Netflix and Amazon Prime Video? Steve Miller-Jones, VP of edge solutions and solution architecture at Limelight Networks, offers his take: “At a time when consumers require home […]
The coronavirus has halted most aspects of familiar life, but TV watching has increased dramatically as consumers spend more time on subscriptions they have and consider new sources to fill the hours. On March 18th and 19th, Hub fielded an online survey of 1,274 US TV consumers to see how social distancing and increased stress […]
UEFA, European football’s governing body, will continue to keep fans entertained during the current postponement period with a full programme of free archive content across its digital channels including re-runs of classic matches on UEFA.tv. As fans around the world are urged to stay home in light of the Covid-19 pandemic, UEFA.tv – UEFA’s OTT […]
Disney+, the highly-anticipated SVoD platform from The Walt Disney Company, has gone live in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Italy, Spain, Austria, and Switzerland. The service will launch in France on April 7th. In light of concerns regarding the current ability of certain broadband infrastructure to handle the anticipated consumer demand for Disney+, the service will […]
With Disney+ expanding to seven new Western European markets today (March 24th), analysts at consultancy firm Omdia have shared their thoughts on its arrival and prospects with advanced-television. Disney+ is now available in Austria, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain, UK and Switzerland, taking its total country count to 13. In France, the launch of Disney+ has […]
Celebrity and sports-focused virtual entertainment company FaceBank Group and live TV streaming platform fuboTV have entered into a definitive merger agreement. Immediately following the closing of the merger, fuboTV will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of FaceBank, and FaceBank will be renamed fuboTV Inc. The combined company is expected to be headquartered in New York and […]
The coronavirus is by far the most significant theme to affect the technology industry in 2020, and traditional TV will be disrupted heavily – with casualties including audience-based talk shows and live sport. SVoD streamers such as Netflix will not see huge profit surges because existing users pay a flat fee, and increased viewing hours […]
Music, radio and podcast fans can now enjoy over 80,000 hours of audio content on their connected TV with the launch of the BBC Sounds TV app. The new TV app is being rolled out on YouView and Virgin Media devices immediately – and will launch on other TV platforms in the future. During these […]