WaterBear Network, the free streaming platform dedicated to the future of the planet, has announced the launch of a linear FAST channel on Samsung TV Plus across the UK, Netherlands and Sweden. WaterBear Network produces original content, spanning biodiversity, community, circularity, climate action and sustainable fashion. Founded by the executive producer of Oscar-winning My Octopus […]
Bitcentral, a provider of media workflows for broadcast and digital video, has partnered with VideoElephant, the world’s largest premium video content hub, to enhance and expand its marketplace of free ad-supported TV (FAST) channels for syndication to distributors around the world. The partnership will see VideoElephant use Bitcentral’s award-winning FUEL platform to create dynamically programmed […]
ITV has announced that Laura Franses has been appointed into the important new role of Director of Content Partnerships, reporting to Media and Entertainment Content Director Rosemary Newell, and Managing Director of Streaming Rufus Radcliffe. Franse will lead the strategy of identifying and securing strategic content partnerships for ITVX, to support ITV’s ambitions to enhance […]
A new Guardian-branded FAST (Free Ad Supported Television) channel has gone live on VoD platform Rakuten TV, giving audiences in the UK and across Europe the opportunity to watch a range of Guardian documentaries and video journalism content.The deal marks the first time the Guardian’s content will appear on a scheduled, linear channel as part […]
Samsung TV Plus, Samsung’s free Smart TV video service, along with international content services and processing company ODMedia, have announced The Netherlands launch of MojiTV, a kids channel featuring popular programmes including Peter Rabbit, Care Bears, The Smurfs, Cry Babies, several titles of Efteling TV such as Leren met Joki and Sprookjesboom and more. Families […]
OKAST, the SaaS solution for publishing white-label live and video streaming platforms, has entered a strategic partnership with server-side-ad-insertion (SSAI) technology provider, Ad Insertion Platform (AIP). The alliance will allow AIP to integrate its SSAI technology into OKAST’s platform as well as sell OKAST customers’ advertising inventory, supporting OKAST’s expansion of AVoD and its Free […]
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has reported a strong 2021 with record revenues and revealed an acceleration of its digital strategy which will see the launch in Q4 of ITVX, which it says is the first integrated AVoD/SVoD platform in the UK. But despite the revenue record, softer forecasts and the looming costs of the streaming […]
NINETNINE, the disruptive content provider to digital and media platforms, has signed an agreement with Turkey’s first and largest local SVOD service, BluTV, that will see the two companies jointly launch Helwa TV, a new live linear entertainment TV channel on March 15th. BluTV, where Discovery is also a strategic investor, is Turkey’s first and […]
Rakuten TV, the European VoD platforms, has added iconic children’s brands Beano to their growing children’s collection of FAST (Free Ad-Supported Streaming Television) channels. Families in the UK and Ireland now have access to the adventures of Dennis, Gnasher, Minnie the Minx and their Beanotown friends via The Beano channel. Established in 1938, Beano is […]
Shorts International, owner of ShortsTV, the global short film network, has announced that its FAST short film channels are now available on LG Smart TVs initially in the UK, Italy and Spain. The channels, under the ‘Shorts’ (UK and Italy) and ‘Cortos’ (Spain) brands, give millions more households across Europe additional access to a handpicked […]