Apple TV+ has announced a straight-to-series order for a new half-hour comedy series that will star Emmy Award winner Maya Rudolph (“Saturday Night Live,” “Forever”), and is created by Peabody and Emmy Award winner Alan Yang (“Little America,” “Master of None”) and Emmy Award winner Matt Hubbard (“30 Rock,” “Forever”). Rudolph will star as Molly, […]
Samsung’s Tizen smart TV streaming platform further extended its lead in 2020 as the number of Tizen devices in use worldwide increased by 21 per cent year-on-year to 162.3 million, according to research from Strategy Analytics’ TV Streaming Platforms service. Strong growth was also seen in Google’s Android TV (+42 per cent), Roku TV OS (+40 […]
Global sales of connected TV devices soared to a new record in Q4 2020, reaching 109.1 million units, according to research from Strategy Analytics’ TV Streaming Platforms service. According to the report, Amazon became market leader for the first time with sales of 13.2 million devices and a market share of 12.1 per cent. Samsung […]
Netflix has launched a new Fast Laughs feature for mobile devices. The feature offers a feed of comedy clips from the streaming platform’s catalogue including films (Murder Mystery), series (Big Mouth), sitcoms (The Crew) and stand-up from comedians like Kevin Hart and Ali Wong. Users can access the feed through their bottom navigation menu by […]
Magnolia Pictures, a premier independent theatrical and home entertainment distributor in the US, along with its sister company, Spotlight Cinema Networks, are expanding the availability of CineLife, their flourishing linear channel in combination with its AVoD library, across the DistroTV footprint. DistroTV, a free advertising-supported streaming service with over 150 channels and growing, will now […]
BuyDRM announced today the general availability of BuyDRM’s industry-leading content protection platform, KeyOS, in Google Cloud. This alliance with Google Cloud allows companies in the media, telecommunications and entertainment verticals to deliver end-to-end VoD and broadcast-quality live video solutions with KeyOS in the Google Cloud. A variety of Media & Entertainment technologies from BuyDRM including […]
ViacomCBS Networks UK (VCN UK) has announced the launch of MTV’s direct-to-consumer SVoD streaming service, MTV Play, on Virgin TV. The launch means Virgin TV customers can now watch hundreds of hours of MTV long form content, by accessing the MTV Play app through a Virgin TV set-top box. MTV Play, which is targeted at […]
The games industry has thrived during the Covid-19 pandemic reports Futuresource Consulting; it has provided kids with a way to alleviate the boredom of lockdown through gaming and socialising digitally with friends. The Futuresource Kids Tech consumer survey, now in its 13th wave, addresses these gaming trends amongst kids between the ages of 3-16, providing […]
Music streaming service Spotify is adding 85 new international market to its portfolio of coverage. Sweden-based Spotify says the expansion adds 1 billion potential listeners around the world. Currently Spotify claims 343 active users spread over 93 countries. “Together these markets represent more than a billion people, with nearly half of them already using the […]
Swedish adults spend more and more time listening to streamed audio. Mediavision analysis reveal that younger adults are driving the development, while the older population prefers traditional radio to digital alternatives. Of course, this has substantial effects for the players within audio. In Sweden, 15–74-year-olds spend 99 minutes consuming audio-based media an average day. Approximately […]