Amazon is reportedly considering bidding for the rights to the Eight Nations rugby tournament to boost sporting content on its Prime Video streaming platform. The tournament, which is taking place in November replacing the traditional autumn tours, is up for grabs with Sky Sport’s long-term deal expiring. The Daily Mail reports that Amazon is looking […]
The Portuguese Association of Electronic Communications Operators (Apritel) has requested a “level playing field” between TV channels and on-demand services. Apritel Secretary-General, Pedro Mota Soares, stressed the need to ensure that all national and foreign operators operating in Portugal, “under the jurisdiction of other states”, have “the same responsibilities and the same obligations”. He made […]
The global population of TV and video streaming devices has now exceeded 1.1 billion, according to the latest analysis from Strategy Analytics’ TV Streaming Platforms service. The research, which tracks quarterly deployments of TV and video streaming devices across 27 major countries, finds that Samsung is the leading brand, with 14 per cent of devices […]
Amazon Prime Video has announced that Fernando Torres: The Last Symbol will launch exclusively on Prime Video in the UK and Spain on September 18th. In addition, it has released the official trailer for the documentary, which covers the player’s career from his debut with Atlético de Madrid through to his retirement from football last […]
Globecast, the global solutions provider for media, has announced that it provided a range of its TV Everywhere OTT services to multiple African broadcasters, including end-to-end project management. These services are targeted at viewers in Africa as well as the African diaspora globally. Globecast has created live streaming OTT services, including providing CDN capabilities, for: […]
The FA has confirmed that the Saturday 3pm TV blackout will be lifted when the new season starts, making it likely that all Premier League games will be available to UK viewers – much like as they were during Project Restart. Games will continue to be played inside empty stadiums due to the pandemic, and […]
In support of S.O.U.L Fest 2020, the month-long celebration of Black British film talent, BFI Player on Prime Video Channels is making three exclusive compilations of short films available: Visons, Seeing, and Perceiving. Those interested in exploring the work of black filmmakers can also watch these titles, available via BFI Player on Prime Video Channels: Pressure – Focusing on one family, […]
Since 2015, Hub Entertainment Research’s annual Decoding the Default study has tracked the TV source that consumers consider their TV ‘home base’: the source they turn on first when they’re ready to watch. This year’s study identifies viewers’ home base and the considerations that drive their choice of default. Highlights from the study:
There are now three major would-be mega-constellation low Earth orbit satellite developers: Elon Musk’s Starlink, Jeff Bezos’ Project Kuiper and the UK/India joint-venture OneWeb (should it emerge from bankruptcy). The missing link for each of them is a very low-cost phased array antenna to bring satellite broadband to the mass market. Which is perhaps where […]
At the Edinburgh TV Festival, Georgia Brown, Director of European Originals for Amazon Studios, announced two new Amazon Original shows, including an immersive reality dating show and the musical drama series, Jungle. The eight-part reality dating show, produced by Studio Lambert, will see a cast of unlucky-in-love Brits try to find ‘the one’ by going […]