Comcast Chief Executive Officer Brian Roberts is considering options for the company’s push into streaming, raising the idea of a potential tie-up with ViacomCBS or an acquisition of Roku, according to reports. The speculation comes amid a flurry of merger activity, including Amazon’s acquisition of MGM and AT&T’s deal to combine its WarnerMedia division with […]
SVoD services Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon Prime Video will soon be obliged to dedicate between 20 per cent and 25 per cent of their annual turnover to content creation in France. The decree relates to on-demand audiovisual media services and streamers, whether they are French or foreign platforms, and has been published in the French […]
Research from Ampere Analysis into how people living in the US and Canada are consuming media – from SVoD to social media – has highlighted key similarities and differences between the two markets: More than half of US respondents are ‘Super Stackers’
Rupert Murdoch’s News UK has confirmed that it held talks with BT Sport over “limited, commercial partnership” opportunities – but added it will not be pursuing them any further. The company, which publishes The Sun and The Times newspapers, issued the statement following reports of tie-up talks between the two. It is the latest company […]
The world’s most valuable brands have experienced record growth according to the Kantar BrandZ Most Valuable Global Brands 2021 ranking, with the total worth reaching $7.1 trillion – equivalent to the combined GDP of France and Germany. The 42 per cent increase; more than four times the study’s annual average percentage increase over the past […]
Amazon Prime Video has announced that the French Amazon Original movie Le Bal des Folles (The Mad Women’s Ball) will launch on September 17th in the UK and in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. Actor, director and writer Mélanie Laurent (Inglorious Basterds, Respire, La Rafle, Je vais bien, ne t’en fais pas) directs […]
A group of media experts, under the banner of The Public Service Media and Public Service Internet Manifesto, have declared that: “The Internet and the media landscape are broken”. In a move that runs counter to the often-heard populist calls for the BBC and other public service media to be defunded, the manifesto demands the […]
Film1 is has announced that Film1 Action, one of the best performing linear channels in the Film1 bouquet, is now available on Amazon Prime Video Channels in the Netherlands. Film1 Action will be included in the Film1 add-on package where Prime members can access a special curation of Hollywood blockbusters, popular movies and now exciting […]
SES has joined the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Direct Connect Delivery Partner programme. Through a technical and business review process, AWS validated SES’s ability to connect its customers directly to their AWS services over its network of multi-orbit satellites. This provides SES customers flexible, secure access to their cloud-based applications and services from virtually any […]
mediaSaaS.tv, the company bringing a transformational change in broadcast technology through its app platform, has added the digital archive transformation and migration capabilities of Cloudfirst.ioto its platform. Cloudfirst brings an unrivalled depth of knowledge and experience in archive modernisation, transformation and migration services, which is now available to mediaSaaS users. mediaSaaS.tvturns broadcast technology on its […]