Extreme E, the electric SUV off-road racing series, has renewed its broadcast partnership with Dubai Sports that will see the sport for purpose championship screened live across the United Arab Emirates, Middle East and North Africa for Season 2. Extreme E will continue to highlight the impact climate change has had on the planet, whilst […]
Extreme E celebrated once again as the ground-breaking series collected the 2022 Environmental Award at Motorsport UK’s Night of Champions.The sport for purpose championship was announced as the recipient at the annual celebration of motorsport where British champions are celebrated for their achievements. The 2022 Environmental Award recognises Extreme E’s exceptional contribution towards environmental responsibility […]
Sky has announced a partnership with Channel 4 that will see Sky Sports’ live coverage of the Formula 1 season finale shared with the whole of the UK and Ireland. Lewis Hamilton stands on the brink of history – victory in Abu Dhabi would clinch an eighth world title and confirm him as the greatest […]
Viaplay will launch in The Netherlands on March 1st 2022 offering Dutch viewers a combination of premium live sports, Viaplay Originals, Hollywood films and series, and kids content. The service will be a single package priced at €13.99 per month, and will be available through distribution partners such as VodafoneZiggo and KPN and as a […]
Disney+ has passed 100 million US subs. The gamble of going direct, cutting out the service provider middlemen, has paid off. Among its objectives now must be to make inroads internationally into the lead held by Netflix, the pioneer of D2C. The weapons in this war of attrition are: pricing, marketing and content. Disney doesn’t […]
The pandemic has forced the pace on what is possible with creative content production in the cloud. This is just in time to help content providers and broadcasters step up to the spiralling demand for ever more – and ever more creative – content. In a free-to-attend online event (see below) AWS hosts Sky revealing […]
F1 TV will be launching on connected TV devices, including Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Google TV set-top-boxes, ahead of the Sao Paulo Grand Prix in Brazil on November 14th. Fans will now be able to watch the conclusion to the championship battle on their large-screen devices. F1 TV, which was revamped with new […]
Anders Jensen, NENT’s President & CEO, recently expressed his confidence in Viaplay’s ability to reach its 500,000 international subscribers target by the end of 2021, notes Dataxis, the global market research firm. After a successful launch in the Baltics and in Poland this year, Viaplay will be looking at riding the expansion wave by entering […]
NENT has reported a 28 per cent increase in Viaplay paying subscribers year-on-year to 3,608,000, with 322,000 subscribers added quarter-on-quarter, of which 36,000 were Nordic subscribers and 286,000 were international subscribers. NENT reported Q3 sales of SEK 3,054 million (€305.7m), an increase of 9.9 per cent. In a press statement, Anders Jensen President & CEO, […]
An average of 1.2 million viewers tuned into Sky Sports channels throughout the day on October 24th with a reach of over 8 million, delivering a record-breaking day for the pay-TV channel. Numbers peaked at 4.5 million viewers at 5:50pm headlined by the Premier League match between Manchester United and Liverpool and the ICC Men’s […]