While parent Comcast’s NBCUniversal was buoyed by The Tokyo Olympics, its Peacock streaming service delivered another $520 million (€446.8m) quarterly loss, up from $233 million year-on-year. Peacock revenue was $230 million, up from just $41 million a year ago. NBCUniversal’s media EBITA rose 1.2 per cent to $997 million. Revenue went up 47.9 per cent […]
In a boost to the UK creative sector, Sky Studios Elstree, Sky’s new state-of-the-art film and TV studio, has kicked off a recruitment drive for a range of new roles as it readies for opening early in 2022. First announced in late 2019 and granted planning permission in summer 2020, the new 27.5 acre site […]
Amagi, a global leader in cloud-based SaaS technology for broadcast and connected TV, has announced that Blue Ant Media is partnering with Amagi for channel delivery in the US market. Blue Ant Media has deployed Amagi’s award-winning cloud-based channel playout solution, Amagi CLOUDPORT, for rapidly spinning up new channels and delivering them to multiple Free […]
The British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) has launched a three-month cross-category media campaign to capture consumer attention and drive awareness of the packed new release slate coming to the high street and digital retailers across the coming months. For the first time on broadcast radio, a multi-layered marketing and PR campaign will deliver the […]
BBC and NBCUniversal have announced the order of a British and a US version of the hit Dutch psychological adventure format The Traitors. The UK series has been ordered by Kate Phillips, Director of BBC Entertainment for BBC One and BBC iPlayer. Jenny Groom, EVP, Entertainment Unscripted Content, NBCUniversal Television and Streaming has ordered the […]
The BBC and NBCUniversal have announced a partnership that will see them work together to find and fund unscripted programming titles with global appeal. The two companies have already shared some unscripted series, with NBCU remaking BBC titles including The Wheel, The Weakest Link and Dragons’ Den, whilst the BBC produced a version of NBCU’s […]
Newsflare, the premium user-generated video (UGV) marketplace, has announced that it is working in partnership with Ole Interactive to build a video-first strategy aimed differentiating the content it develops and manages for some of the largest media brands in Latin America. In just six months this strategy has delivered a huge 5x revenue growth. Ole […]
Nova, a member of United Group, a Southeast European provider of telco and media services, has closed a multi-year deal with NBCUniversal Global Distribution for the first run pay window rights for NBCUniversal’s films and TV series. Feature films that will premiere exclusively on Novacinema channels through this new deal include: F9: The Fast Saga, […]
Amagi, a global leader in cloud-based SaaS technology for broadcast and connected TV, has strengthened its partnership with Rakuten TV, one of the leading VoD platforms in Europe, for channel distribution and monetization. Rakuten TV is the first VoD platform in Europe combining Transactional Video-On-Demand (TVOD), Advertising Video-On-Demand (AVOD), Free Ad Supported Streaming TV (FAST), […]
A senior NBCUniversal executive has suggested that although the media and technology landscape has completely transformed over the last few years, advertising measurement remains outdated, proposing that it is time for the industry to declare measurement independence. “Here’s something we all know,” writes Kelly Abcarian, EVP, Measurement & Impact, NBCUniversal, Advertising and Partnerships in an […]