Cineworld, the world’s second-largest cinema chain, has announced it will reopen cinemas across the US in April, and UK cinemas will follow suit when lockdown restrictions are lifted in May. Cineworld has also announced that it has struck an exclusivity deal with Warner Bros studio. In the UK, Cineworld will have exclusive rights to Warner […]
Analysis by Ampere reveals that the negative impact of Covid-19 on TV advertising revenues began to abate significantly in Q4 2020 in both the US and Western Europe, setting the market up for a solid recovery in 2021. In the US, for the full year 2020, TV advertising revenue saw an average decline of 9.3 […]
A study by Italian research institute Censis has revealed that 19 million Italians follow radio stations in video format via multiscreen, of which almost 11 million are via a TV screen. Despite the heavy impact of Covid-19 on advertising sales, radio remains widely popular in Italy, with over 41 million Italians tuning in to radio […]
In a year when the Covid-19 global pandemic kept people around the world mostly at home, the global home/mobile entertainment market grew to new heights, according to the 2020 THEME Report from the Motion Picture Association, which finds that subscriptions to
Despite the mass disruption to production lines and supply chains caused by the pandemic, consumer technology devices such as 5G smartphones, video streaming devices, and
AudienceView has announced the launch of TheaterMania Streaming, a live stream and video-on-demand service for theatere and entertainment enthusiasts. World-class organisations and content producers can now bring memorable experiences right into peoples’ homes through the TheaterMania website, theatermania.stream, and OTT platforms such as Apple TV and FireTV. “TheaterMania has long been a trusted source for […]
Nokia is to axe between 5,000 and 10,000 jobs globally in the next two years in a cost-cutting meaure. The Finnish telecoms giant will use the savings to play catch-up on 5G, and also plans to invest in cloud computing and digital infrastructure research. The company currently has 90,000 employees around the world, and has […]
TV has looked vastly different during these past 12 months. Networks and brands have had to adjust to the changing environment around them as production delays created programming gaps and live events disappeared, reports TV ad measurement and attribution specialist iSpot. With audiences stuck at home – especially in those early months – dayparts also […]
YouTube has removed more than 30,000 misleading Covid-19 vaccination videos in the past five months. A YouTube spokesperson told the BBC that the videos contradicted vaccine information from the World Health Organization (WHO) or health authorities such as the NHS. In October 2020, YouTube banned vaccine misinformation in a bid to clamp down on attempts […]
Technicolor has announced its results for the full year 2020. Richard Moat, Chief Executive Officer of Technicolor, commented: “Technicolor has re-engineered its operations, balance sheet and global footprint and has exceeded its guidance for 2020. Connected Home beat the targets originally set before the crisis began, but Production Services and DVD Services were hit by […]