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AWS cloud infrastructure for NHL

Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon company, has entered into an agreement with the National Hockey League (NHL) to become the Official Cloud, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning Infrastructure Provider of the NHL. By tapping into AWS services, the NHL will be able to automate video processing and content delivery in the cloud and leverage […]

February 12, 2021

Report: Market correction for football rights in 2021?

The Premier League, Serie A and La Liga should come to market for their domestic media rights in 2021. The tender results for the Premier League, always considered as a gauge of the sports broadcasting market dynamics, will be even more closely scrutinised this year, at a time of a global pandemic, reports market research […]

February 11, 2021

LaLigaTV on Amazon Prime Video Channels in UK

Amazon Prime members in the UK can follow all the remaining drama of the La Liga football season via LaLigaTV, the premium 24/7 channel which is now available as an add-on via Prime Video Channels. In a distribution agreement that lasts until the end of the next season (2021/22), Prime Video Channels will show live […]

February 11, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Icon Film Channel joining Amazon

Icon Film Distribution is launching its Icon Film Channel on Amazon Prime Video Channels in the UK on March 18th. More than 150 new and classic films will be available to stream, including Drive, Apocalypto, The Mummy (pictured), The Butterfly Effect and The Passion of the Christ, for a monthly subscription fee. Spencer Pollard, CEO […]

February 11, 2021

AWS, Bundesliga launch new Match Facts

Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com, company, and the German Bundesliga, Germany’s top national football league, have announced three new Bundesliga Match Facts powered by AWS to give fans deeper insights into action on the pitch. The new Match Facts – Most Pressed Player, which highlights how often a player in possession experiences a significant […]

February 11, 2021

France: Salto is 20% of new SVoD sign-ups

French streaming service Salto, a joint-venture between TF1, M6 and France Télévisions, captured 20 per cent of all new SVoD subscriptions during the final quarter of 2020. Managing director Thomas Follin told AFP that Salto was the third most popular platform in France, behind Netflix and Amazon Prime Video. At the end of December, press […]

February 10, 2021From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

discovery+ on Samsung TVs, Amazon Fire TV in UK

discovery+, the streaming service from Discovery, is now available on Samsung Smart TVs and Amazon Fire TV devices in the UK & Ireland, following its launch direct-to-consumer and on Sky Q in November 2020. It will also be coming to Roku and Vodafone mobile customers in the UK & Ireland this year and on additional […]

February 10, 2021

Report: European VoD revenues up 30x in 10 years

A report from the European Audiovisual Observatory focuses on the evolution of the SVoD, TVoD abd AVoD markets in the European Union (EU28) and their impact on the traditional audiovisual markets. The paid VoD market (SVoD and TVoD) exploded in the past 10 years, with revenues increasing from €388.8 million in 2010 to €11.6 billion […]

February 9, 2021

Report: Busiest websites of 2020

A report by Fasthosts reveals the busiest websites in 2020; from search engines to social media platforms, news sites to entertainment and everything in between. Unsurprisingly, Google is crowned the world’s busiest website in 2020. In just one hour, Google receives 127,983,631 visits; that’s the equivalent of the population of London 14.2 times over. Social […]

February 9, 2021

Amazon Studios orders The Summer I Turned Pretty

Amazon Studios has ordered a TV adaptation of Jenny Han’s series of young adult novers The Summer I Turned Pretty. The eight-episode season will launch exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide on a date TBC, and is a co-production of Amazon Studios and wiip. The Summer I Turned Pretty […]

February 9, 2021By Nik Roseveare