Wurl, a specialist in the streaming TV industry, has appointed Dave Bernath as Chief Executive Officer. He succeeds Ron Gutman, who has announced his retirement. Bernath will report to Adam Foroughi, CEO of AppLovin, which acquired Wurl in 2022. Bernath brings more than two decades of experience growing audiences and building revenue strategies for a […]
Paramount Global, Park County and South Park Digital Studios have announced an expansive renewal with South Park co-creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone for five years, including 50 new episodes, all 26 previous season episodes and extending South Park on Comedy Central and Paramount+ around the world. In addition, for the first time ever, Paramount+ will become the US […]
Paramount+, the SVoD service from Paramount Global, has confirmed that the service will arrive in France on December 1st, followed by Germany, Austria and Switzerland on December 8th. Audiences in both regions will gain access to a mountain of entertainment for the whole family spanning new and exclusive Paramount+ originals, hit shows and blockbuster movies […]
SVoD service Paramount+ is launching in Italy with more than 8,000 hours of entertainment. Paramount Global has unveiled a content line-up that it says provides a broad slate for the whole family, spanning new and exclusive Paramount+ originals, hit shows and popular movies across every genre from Paramount’s iconic brands and production studios – including […]
Comedy Central, India’s and Viacom18’s leading English entertainment channel, on the occasion of World Laughter Day, is giving its viewers a chance to make someone laugh with its unique campaign, Giggle Trigger. Crafting an insane laughter riot to spread cheer, Comedy Central gives its viewers an opportunity to create a video of making someone laugh […]
Paramount+, the SVoD service from Paramount, has announced an alliance with C&W Communications, the communications and entertainment provider in the Caribbean, to bring its content exclusively to subscribers of Flow and BTC video services in more than 15 new markets including Anguilla, The Bahamas, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Curaçao, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts […]
Nescafé is to sponsor comedy series Friends on Comedy Central and Channel 5 throughout 2022. The broadcast sponsorship will run across both ViacomCBS channels, in a series of 5” and 10” idents beginning this month. The sponsorship was brokered and strategically driven by Nescafé’s media agency, Publicis Media NestléOne, in partnership with Sky Media. As well […]
Virgin Media will give all TV customers access to a range of documentary, entertainment and music channels throughout February at no extra cost. Customers can watch channels including Comedy Central, Crime & Investigation, MTV, Sky History and more. A range of top Asian channels will also be made available from the Asian Mela pack. All […]
Avatel, a local telco operator operating mainly in rural areas, has launched Avatel TV, a platform developed by Viaccess Orca with up to 50 TV channels and a catalogue of 6,000 cinema, TV series and documentary titles. With a 4K STB based on Android technology, subscribers have access to the TV offer through two different […]
ViacomCBS and Comcast Cable have reached comprehensive distribution agreements to deliver ViacomCBS’s full portfolio of broadcast, entertainment, news, and sports programming to Xfinity customers. The multi-year deal features renewed carriage of ViacomCBS’s networks – including CBS Television Network, BET, CBS Sports Network, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount Network, Pop TV, Smithsonian Channel, SHOWTIME, and others […]