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Comcast: “Sky subs back to pre-Covid level”

Comcast has reported results for the quarter and year ended December 31st 2020 and highlighted that Sky across UK, Germany and Italy has added 244,000 accounts in Q4 returning the business to pre-Covid levels. Brian L. Roberts, Chairman and CEO of Comcast, stated: “Outstanding performance at Cable drove very strong fourth quarter results for our […]

January 28, 2021

Hulu, Peacock to share Modern Family

Disney has announced that hit sitcom Modern Family will be available to both Hulu and Peacock subscribers in the US from February 3rd. As part of the multi-year shared agreement with Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution, both Hulu and Peacock will be the dedicated subscription streaming homes to all 11 seasons of Modern Family. It […]

January 27, 2021

Encoding.com honoured with 2020 Emmy

Encoding.com, the cloud media processing service, has received a 2020 Technology & Engineering Emmy Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for its development of Massive Processing Optimised Compression Technologies, utilised by many Fortune 1000 Media & Entertainment companies, broadcasters and cable providers to process their multiscreen video-on-demand workflows. The announcement was […]

January 26, 2021

Peacock gets WWE Network exclusivity in US

Peacock, the US OTT platform owned by NBCUniversal, and WWE have announced a multi-year agreement that gives Peacock exclusive streaming rights to the WWE Network throughout the US. The price of the deal is reportedly $1 billion for five years according to the WSJ. “NBCUniversal has a long-standing relationship with WWE that began nearly 30 […]

January 25, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Sky’s A Discovery of Witches return draws big

The second season of Sky Original A Discovery of Witches transported viewers into the magical world of Elizabethan London when it launched on January 8th. The series launch episode on Sky One achieved a cumulative 7 day audience of 1.79 million, making it Sky’s biggest launch for an original returning series in nearly 9 years. […]

January 25, 2021

Spain: Movistar integrates Universal+

Movistar has reached an agreement with NBC Universal International Networks to integrate Universal+ into its pay-TV platform, as well as carry the Calle 13, Syfy and Dreamworks TV channels on an exclusive basis. The new channels will be available both as linear services and VoD content, marking the first time for Dreamworks to be viewable […]

January 12, 2021From David Del Valle in Madrid

NBCUniversal, Charter renew deal; add Peacock

NBCUniversal and Charter Communications have announced a multi-year distribution agreement for NBCUniversal’s full portfolio of broadcast, entertainment, Hispanic, news and sports content in Charter’s Spectrum homes and businesses across 41 states in the US. Spectrum will continue to offer its subscribers NBC, Telemundo, Bravo, CNBC, E!, MSNBC, The Olympic Channel, Oxygen, Syfy, USA Network, Universal […]

January 8, 2021

NBCUniversal promotes Horowitz

Jimmy Horowitz has been named vice chairman of NBCUniversal business affairs and operations, effective immediately – a newly created position. Horowitz previously served as a vice chair in the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, but will now expand his dealmaking to NBCU’s streaming and TV arms. He will report to UFEG Chairman Donna Langley, and also […]

December 16, 2020

Pac-12 Networks a player in the FAST Game with Amagi

Amagi, a global SaaS leader in broadcast and streaming TV technology, has announced its partnership with Pac-12 Networks, the content arm of the Pac-12 Conference, as its innovative cloud platform for its recently-launched 24/7 Free Ad-Supported TV (FAST) channel, Pac-12 Insider. Pac-12, the ‘Conference of Champions,’ is a collegiate athletic conference that operates in the […]

December 16, 2020

Amagi expands European operations

Amagi, a global leader in cloud-based SaaS technology for broadcast and streaming TV, has expanded its operations into France, DACH and NL markets, further strengthening its operations in Europe. The company, in the previous quarter, registered a YoY quarterly growth of 120 per cent, and today supports more than 400 channels on its platform for […]

December 15, 2020