Pact’s annual TV Production Census has revealed that UK revenues have nearly returned to pre-Covid levels, growing by 13 per cent in 2021 to £3.25 billion (€3.77bn), just £79 million below pre-Covid revenues in 2019. Despite the pandemic still having an impact on life in 2021, innovations by the sector, as well as the Government’s […]
Kantar, the marketing data and analytics company, has identified Amazon as the global media brand in which consumers enjoy ads the most. Adverts on the Amazon platform were cited by consumers as more relevant and useful than others. Media Reactions 2022, the third edition of Kantar’s global Ad Equity ranking of media channels and media […]
Vertigo Films has agreed a deal with International studio Federation to take a majority stake in the company. Vertigo’s credits include popular TV shows Britannia and Bulletproof, box office hits StreedDance 3D and The Sweeney and award-winning film such as Monsters and Bronson. Federation is a production and distribution company that champions independent European studios. […]
SoftAtHome, an independent software company for broadband, video, and analytics, announced new voice control features now available on many devices, with demos available on smart speakers, traditional set-top boxes and now Home Gateways and repeaters. SoftAtHome joined the Amazon Alexa Solution Provider network in 2021. End-users are more and more using their voice as a […]
Nevion, a Sony Group Company and provider of virtualized media production solutions, has announced that its flagship media orchestration platform, VideoIPath, now supports Amazon Web Services (AWS) Media Services, with an initial focus on ground-to-cloud connectivity with support for AWS Elemental MediaConnect and AWS Elemental MediaLive services. This development is the first step towards adding […]
Bitmovin, a provider of video streaming infrastructure, has announced the launch of the Bitmovin Innovators Network, a community of over 60 technology vendors, resellers, consultants, and academic researchers to provide solutions for video streaming. The Bitmovin Innovators Network members include Akamai, Alpen-Adria-Universität, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Better Software Group, Broadpeak, Dalet, Grass Valley, Google Cloud, […]
INTEGRASYS, a software company specialised in smart solutions for the ground segment within the satellite industry, has announced a strategic collaboration with Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS). This new collaboration is focused on bringing a cloud ecosystem to INTEGRASYS’ customers, along with the use of its product portfolio in a SaaS subscription model, adding automation […]
September is looking like a great month for TV fans, with several intriguing shows set to either debut or return this month. Of course, the biggest series coming out is Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power which premiered on Prime Video on September 1st in the US. The show – which Amazon spent […]
The Walt Disney Company is considering a member programme offering discounts and awards to encourage customers to spend more on its streaming services, theme parks, games and merchandise. Internally, executives have referenced “Disney Prime”, referring to the Amazon premium shopping/music/streamer approach, according to a WSJ report. Discussions at Disney are in the early stages and […]
IMG has acquired sports broadcast fibre service provider Cingularity, bolstering IMG Productions’ content delivery capabilities for federations, events and broadcasters. Cingularity specialises in remote production video solutions and has worked closely with IMG in recent years to support remote production for clients, including Amazon for tennis and EuroLeague basketball. As the market for remote production […]