FOX Weather, FOX News Media’s new ad-supported streaming weather service, is the number one most-downloaded free app in the US, according to the Apple App Store. The platform, which launched on October 25th, is a streaming weather service offering users a comprehensive suite of forecasting products along with a 24/7 live streaming network, all free […]
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has announced the UK and US Jury members for this year’s BAFTA Breakthrough initiative, supported by Netflix. This year, talent will be selected through a panel of cross-industry juries across both the UK and US. The global juries took place virtually with leading figures across the […]
Paris-based startup Marmelapp has released Snax, an app that combines movies with interactive gameplay to give the player control over how the story progresses. Players become movie makers by making choices with bitesize content and solving fun puzzles. Snax combines movies with interactive gameplay to give the viewer control over how the story progresses. Choose […]
MediaRadar data shows that 2021 preseason NFL games generated $41.9 million (€36m) in TV ad revenue, while, to date, regular season NFL games have generated $1.1 billion across six networks in the US: CBS, Fox, ESPN, ABC, NBC, and NFL Network. After a cancelled preseason and interrupted regular season last year, TV ad revenue for […]
Digital Audio (streaming radio and podcasts) currently represents a limited market in Latin America. In 2020, it generated only $25 million (€21.4m) in advertising; a figure that, comparatively, was equivalent to 5 per cent of the total income of traditional radio stations. However, a wide range of regional media types have started to embrace digital […]
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced its intention to launch a market study into music streaming. Following discussion by the CMA Board, CMA will now carry out work to consider and develop the final scope of the market study, before formally launching it as soon as possible. The CMA has written to […]
Media analysts from investment bank Berenberg, ahead of a major Video Gaming Conference they are hosting in November, say that the video game market has pulled back sharply in recent weeks, with the average share in their coverage down 13 per cent in the last month and c20 per cent in the year-to-date. The bank […]
Apple has announced the Apple Music Voice Plan, a new subscription tier for Apple Music designed around the power of AI assistant Siri. The Apple Music Voice Plan offers subscribers access to the service’s catalogue of 90 million songs; tens of thousands of playlists, including hundreds of brand new mood and activity playlists, personalised mixes, […]
A report from investment bank Morgan Stanley looks at the impact Covid has had on the film industry and with movie-going restarting assesses future industry prospects. But there’s one powerful message from the bank; the streamers are winning. “The movie business is dead, long live the movie business,” says Morgan Stanley. “Since the onset of […]
The number of announced 5G devices continues to rise and has now passed the 1000 mark for the first time. There are now 1060 announced 5G devices, an increase of 21.4 per cent in the last quarter, accordin to (the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA). Of these devices, 66.4 per cent are reported to be […]