Digital entertainment network Fandango is uniting its two popular movie and TV streaming services, Vudu and FandangoNOW, creating what it says is a bigger, better on-demand entertainment platform on Vudu. The newly-updated Vudu will replace FandangoNOW as the official movie and TV store on streaming platform Roku. Vudu uses Roku Pay, a fast and simple […]
HBO Max is offering potential new subscribers in the US the opportunity to watch select episodes of some of the platform’s programming in-app before they sign up. The in-app offering is an extension of the sampling opportunities available via HBOMax.com and more recently, through Snapchat’s HBO Max Snap Mini, which allows Snapchatters to watch free […]
LG Electronics USA and WarnerMedia have confirmed that the HBO Max app is now available on LG Smart TVs in the US, including its line-up of LG OLED TVs. The arrival of WarnerMedia’s direct-to-consumer streaming offering on LG Smart TVs makes it easier than ever for subscribers to access the popular streaming platform’s full portfolio of […]
The DPP, the media industry’s business network, has collaborated with SMPTE on the publication of a new pair of SMPTE Recommended Disclosure Documents for the Interoperable Master Format (IMF), resulting in adoption by the BBC this summer. The aim of these publications is to provide increased efficiency to broadcasters and online content providers when mastering […]
Amazon Prime Video has announced that the romantic dramas After We Fell and After Ever Happy, starring Josephine Langford and Hero Fiennes Tiffin, will launch exclusively on Prime Video in the UK and France. After We Fell and After Ever Happy are the film adaptations of the best-selling novels from the After franchise by Anna […]
Disney has announced thay Lego Star Wars Terrifying Tales will premiere on October 1st as a part of Disney+’s ‘Hallowstream’ celebration, that will also see American Horror Stories and American Horror Story: Double Feature debut on the Star brand. The new animated special from Lucasfilm and the Lego Group continues the legacy of collaboration between […]
WideOrbit, a specialist in broadcast TV and radio inventory and revenue workflow management, has announced the latest release of WO Traffic, the company’s ad sales and commercial operations platform. Providing a solid foundation from which 90+ per cent of US local TV and 50+ per cent of US radio broadcasters manage, execute, and scale ad […]
US multiplay telco AT&T and TPG Capital, the private equity platform of global alternative asset firm TPG, have closed their transaction establishing a new company named DirecTV. This new company will own and operate the DirecTV, AT&T TV and U-verse video services previously owned and operated by AT&T. DirecTV had approximately 15.4 million premium video […]
Multichannel broadcaster Discovery has reported financial results for the quarter ended June 30th 2021. David Zaslav, President and Chief Executive Officer of Discovery, commented: “Discovery delivered very strong results this quarter as we executed well amidst a recovering global advertising market. Advertising revenue increased in every region of the globe and accelerated throughout the quarter, […]
Netgem TV has reached the milestone of 200 channels available to its customers. This was achieved through the recent addition this summer of 20 extra channels. The new channels launch follows the recent BT Sport and SportsTribal TV launch announcement and spreads across all genres, with even more sports channels (Motorvision TV, ESTV) but also […]