VOO, Belgian quadruple-play broadband and telecommunications operator, selected ContentWise’s digital experience automation and personalisation software, to launch an entirely new UX across its linear pay-TV and multiscreen VoD services. VOO has launched VOO TV+ its new television experience. With VOO TV+, VOO says it has created a one-to-one and personalised relationship with its customers, with […]
Channel 4 has announced a new sponsorship deal with Citroën that will see the French automobile manufacturer becomes UKTV’s Dave channel partner. The new two-year channel partnership launching on February 15th involves primetime programme sponsorship on UKTV’s Dave channel, a series of 10 second idents that will run every day, as well as brand licensing […]
Disney+ has signed up nearly 95 million subscribers in just over a year. Disney’s latest quarterly results showed continued meteoric growth for the SVoD platform, which first launched in November 2019. Disney+ had 94.9 million paid subscribers as of January 2nd 2021, compared to 86.8 million in early December 2020. Disney+ far exceeded the company’s […]
On February 4th, UK broadcasting regulator Ofcom revoked the transmission licence of China’s CGTN news channel alleging that it had not held a lawful licence. February 11th saw the Chinese retaliate. A statement from China’s National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA) said BBC World News’ reporting on China had “seriously violated” regulations, including that news […]
HBO Max, WarnerMedia’s direct-to-consumer streaming platform, is scheduled to launch in late June in 39 territories across Latin America and the Caribbean, marking the first availability for the platform outside the US. Audiences in the region will soon be able to subscribe to a content offering programming from WarnerMedia’s international family of brands including HBO, […]
NENT Group has received another strong endorsement from an investment bank. Analysts at Berenberg say that the OTT broadcaster’s Q4 results were solid despite its core numbers falling slightly below forecasts. On February 10th NENT confirmed its intention to raise equity. NENT said it would be aiming to raise SEK4 billion (€04,bn) through an accelerated […]
UK broadcast regulator Ofcom has imposed fines totalling £50,000 (€57,000) on Khalsa Television Limited (KTV) for serious breaches of its broadcasting rules. KTV broadcasts a range of cultural, religious and educational programmes to the UK’s Sikh community. Ofcom’s first investigation found that KTV aired a music video on three separate occasions, which indirectly encouraged Sikhs […]
Impacted by the Covid-19 crisis and a decline in the ad market, French commercial broadcaster TF1 group has posted a net profit result down to €55 million in 2020 instead of €154.8 million the previous year. Consolidated revenue reached €2.082 billion, down 11 per cent and the current operating profit margin established at 9.1 per […]
UK multiplay operator Virgin Media is extending its free TV offering by making a variety of entertainment, lifestyle and learning-based programming available for all 3.5 million TV customers, at no extra cost. The move coincides with the midterm academic break for many UK schools. From February 15th until March 16th, all Virgin TV customers in […]
Netflix has confirmed it is establishing a new base in Canada. In a blog post, Ted Sandaros, Co-CEO and Chief Content Officer at Netflix, said: “We want to […] make a new home for Netflix in Canada – opening an office and hiring a dedicated content executive to work directly with the Canadian creative community.” […]