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Vuulr generated sales of over 9,000 hours in 2021

Vuulr, the global online content marketplace for film and TV rights that connects buyers and distributors worldwide, announced today it generated the sale of over 9,000 total hours of content in 2021 as the platform saw rapid adoption across the entertainment industry. Studios, Production Houses & Distributors have embraced Vuulr’s content marketplace, growing the total […]

January 6, 2022

CNN leads news channels in Portugal

After just two weeks of broadcasting, CNN Portugal has achieved the leading position among news channels in Portugal, with a 2.3 per cent share. CNN Portugal was the leading news channel in 11 of its first 12 days on air, and led in nearly all time slots and among all age groups, reports Portuguese daily […]

December 9, 2021From Branislav Pekic in Rome

CNN Portugal launches

CNN Portugal starts broadcasting across TV, digital and social platforms today (November 22nd) from 9pm (WET). CNN Portugal will be a 24 hour multi-platform Portuguese language news operation. It will be available in 4.3 million homes in Portugal via pay-TV as well on digital at CNNPortugal.pt and across all major social media platforms. CNN Portugal […]

November 22, 2021

Study: Tectonic shifts in US media consumption

Findings from the Future of Audience and Revenue Study from AI-driven audience engagement and sales intelligence solutions provider Futuri, with SmithGeiger, reveal tectonic shifts in how Americans perceive, consume and pay for media content, as well as media executives’ predictions for the sector and confidence in their ability to meet emerging challenges. The study explored […]

September 17, 2021

CNN ending Freesat, BT, Virgin carriage

CNN International has confirmed that it will cease broadcasting on the Freesat, BT TV and Virgin Media platforms from September 1st. The news channel will continue to air on Sky, and via its own live stream offering. The company confirmed the news on Twitter, saying: “As of 1 September, CNN International will be available to […]

August 26, 2021

CNN+ to debut in Q1 2022

CNN+, the streaming subscription service from CNN, will debut in Q1 2022, expanding CNN’s multiplatform global reach to provide a new, additive experience that complements the core CNN linear networks and digital platforms. “CNN invented cable news in 1980, defined online news in 1995 and now is taking an important step in expanding what news […]

July 19, 2021

Sport TV 6, CNN to launch in Portugal

Portuguese premium sports channel operator Sport TV will launch its sixth channel in August, after receiving the green light from the Regulatory Authority for the Media (ERC). Sport TV 6 will mainly focus on popular sports such as basketball, handball, volleyball and motorsports, promising even more live coverage. According to ERC’s ruling, Sport TV 6 […]

July 19, 2021From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Dan Abrams Live joins NewsNation

NewsNation, Nexstar Media’s wholly-owned cable network reaching 75 million US television households, has announced two new programmes will premiere on September 27th: Dan Abrams Live and Morning in America. “Dan Abrams is the epitome of the pure, common sense approach to journalism envisioned when NewsNation launched last September,” said Michael Corn, President of News for […]

July 19, 2021

WarnerMedia to introduce CNN pay-wall

News broadcaster CNN is preparing to launch a CNN+ service, and will charge viewers to access the transmission. AT&T CEO John Stankey, speaking at an event in Washington DC, confirmed the service, telling delegates that CNN+ “will occur”. Some two weeks ago the WSJ reported that CNN was hiring “hundreds” of extra staff to help create […]

June 15, 2021By Chris Forrester

Cisco: “Fastly out shows too few CDN providers”

Fastly has said that its global outage on June 8th was triggered when one of its customers changed their settings. Cisco-owned ThousandEyes, which constantly monitors the Internet, released a statement from its Director of Product Angelique Medina in reaction to the news. Medina commented: “Most of the sites we visit, the apps we use and […]

June 9, 2021