Bob Bakish, head of Paramount, told an audience at MIPCOM that suggestions the Hollywood strikes had saved his company was ‘wildly overstated’. Bakish allowed that “the strike is accretive to cash in 2023 and that is true for the industry [as a whole]… We are playing the hand we were dealt,” he said at a […]
The French football Ligue 1 TV rights tender for 2024-2029, launched in September, has been declared unsuccessful. Professional league body LFP had set opening bids at €800 million per season for the domestic market. “After having received several qualitative offerings for all the one to five lots, none of them has been attributed for auction,” […]
Kantar, the insights and consulting company, has released its latest Entertainment on Demand (EoD) data on the US streaming market. Kantar’s EoD study uncovers the following behaviours and findings within the VoD market between July – September 2023 (Q3): · In Q3, 120 million US households held at least one VoD service, representing 93 per […]
The on/off and much-delayed merger plan between Sony Pictures India and Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEEL) could wrap during November according to reports out of Mumbai. The merger, which would create an entertainment and media giant in India, has been beset by legal problems and investigations by various regulators. Proposed back in 2021, the merged entity […]
Local TV has announced the rebranding of its eight local TV stations under the Talk banner. Remaining wholly-owned by Local TV, the stations will retain their current focus on local content alongside the content they already broadcast from TalkTV. Local TV provides local news video services on Freeview Channels 7 & 8, Virgin Media Channel […]
DAZN and Vidaa have extended and expanded their partnership with new multi-year deal focusing on new markets and joint marketing initiatives. Vidaa is a smart TV operating system and content platform that powers over 200 smart TV brands, including Hisense and Toshiba. Vidaa and DAZN have partnered to bring its sporting content to audiences around […]
On November 14th, stars of two Netflix sports series will face off in The Netflix Cup, Netflix’s first-ever live sports event featuring athletes from Formula 1: Drive to Survive and Full Swing. The event will be able to watch globally. The drivers and golfers will pair up to compete in a match play tournament at […]
Mech+, in partnership with Global Distribution Services, has launched its FAST channel on Freeview UK, channel 290. Mech+ is dedicated to bringing viewers the best in science, engineering, and robotics content including the popular robot combat competition series Robot Wars, remastered in HD for the first time. Robot Wars sees amateur and professional roboteers clash with […]
Nielsen, the specialist in audience measurement, data and analytics, is launching Nielsen ONE, its cross-media measurement solution, in markets around the world, beginning with Nielsen ONE Content in Denmark. This launch is the first step in a global rollout of deduplicated, comparable, and comprehensive measurement of audiences across all platforms and media types. The timing […]
LBG Media, the owner of LADbible Group, has announced the acquisition of Betches, a US-based media brand founded by women, for women. LBG Media has a global social following of over 410 million and generates over 100 billion views annually through its brands such LADbible, UNILAD, GAMINGbible and SPORTbible. LBG says this acquisition strengthens its […]