Giant screen cinema operator IMAX saw its shares rise 9 per cent in after-hours trading following better than expected results that were better than its pre-pandemic numbers. IMAX said that its latest quarter-year (to the end of December) saw a 15 per cent rise in box office to $277 million (€247.2m) and represented the company’s […]
Discovery has reported record Olympic Winter Games viewership and engagement on its digital platforms, as the household appeal of discovery+ drove significantly higher consumption and numbers of new paid subscribers compared to PyeongChang 2018. Concluding on February 20th, Beijing 2022 produced strong results across Discovery’s European television network and streaming products. discovery+ drove an increased […]
As Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 draws to a close, Discovery has announced a new documentary series Behind the Opening Ceremony: The Director’s Cut. Giving viewers the opportunity to step into all the performance and planning in the lead up the Games’ stunning opening spectacle, the documentary offers unprecedented access to key individuals involved in […]
kids entertainment company TeamTO is delighted to announce its agreement with Sunwoo to distribute its global hit series, Mighty Mike (78 x 7) in South Korea, across all media (linear, SVOD, satellite and cable). Patricia de Wilde, Director of Marketing and New Business at TeamTO, commented: “We are delighted to be working with the leading […]
NBC Sports has selected EVS’ LiveCeption Signature solution for its production of the XXIV Olympic Winter Games, from Beijing, China, February 2–20. The announcement was made by Darryl Jefferson, VP of Post Operations and Digital Workflow, NBC Sports & Olympics, and Quentin Grutman, Chief Customer Officer at EVS. NBCUniversal provides coverage of the 2022 Olympic […]
NBC Sports has selected Harmonic to provide its Edge media processing solution for its production of the XXIV Olympic Winter Games, from Beijing, China, February 2-20, 2022. The announcement was made today by Anil Abraham, Sr. Director Architecture & Engineering, NBCUniversal, and Shahar Bar, Senior Vice President, Video Products and Corporate Development, Harmonic. NBCUniversal provides […]
NBC Sports has selected Chyron to provide systems for live, on-air graphics with integrated data as well as systems to drive graphics displays to studio video walls for its production of the XXIV Olympic Winter Games, from Beijing, China, February 2-20. The announcement was made today by Darryl Jefferson, VP of Post Operations and Digital […]
NBC Sports has selected Telestream to provide media capture, automated media processing, closed captioning, and test and measurement equipment for its production of the XXIV Olympic Winter Games, from Beijing, China, February 2–20. The announcement was made today by Darryl Jefferson, VP of Post Operations and Digital Workflow, NBC Sports & Olympics, and Scott Murray, […]
Spanish police have dismantled a gang of pay-TV pirates in Madrid, arresting six people for the fraud of potentially €1.2 million in pay-TV fees. Some 24,000 illegal STBs have been seized and 12,000 homes have been disconnected. The gang imported the STBs from China and stored them in Madrid where they were sold both domestically […]
The FCC is to make major changes to how it registers the licensing of satellites. The plans come from bipartisan proposals, currently in draft form, from the US House Energy and Commerce Committee and the release of a pair of Bills which should improve how the FCC handles the registration of new satellite proposals. The […]