Down detector sites were overwhelmed this morning [October 20th] as a problem with AWS meant many heavily used apps including Snapchat, Zoom, Duolingo and Peleton did not work. In addition hundreds of companies had problems with sites, including banks and the UK tax collector HMRC. By mid-morning Amazon Web Services said “We are seeing significant […]
OneGate Media has announced the launch of its Spanish Crime AVoD YouTube channel, Crime Para Mí. Expanding OneGate Media’s multichannel network which features over 50 AVOD channels, Crime Para Mí features a library of true crime series in Spanish, including the multi-season crime series Asesinato en el Norte. OneGate Media will continue to expand the […]
Airtel Digital TV has partneredwith Amazon Prime to offer live TV and Prime Lite benefits as part of its new Ultimate and Amazon Prime Lite plan. Subscribers of the plan can access entertainment from Prime Video on two devices in HD quality, in addition to enjoying linear TV channels. Prime Lite subscription also includes other […]
Prime Video has debuted the trailer and official key art for Citadel: Diana, the highly anticipated Italian series born from the world of Citadel, produced by Cattleya – part of ITV Studios – and Amazon MGM Studios, and executive produced by the Russo Brothers’ AGBO. Citadel: Diana stars Matilda De Angelis (The Undoing) in a […]
Chyron has announced that the International Luge Federation (FIL), the international federation for all luge sports, has deployed the Chyron PRIME live production platform and leveraged the company’s Creative Services to transform its broadcast coverage of luge World Cup and World Championship races. While the Chyron team provided support in undertaking a rapid graphics refresh, […]
Excitel, the Indian home internet start-up, has partnered with Amazon Prime to offer Prime benefits to its customers. Subscribers of Excitel’s Cable Cutter plan will be able to subscribe to Prime Lite, and access Prime Video’s content library, as well as enjoy shopping incentives on Amazon. In addition to Prime Lite with Excitel, the enhanced […]
Adtech company Veridooh has partnered with digital out-of-home (DOOH) media owner iQOOH to give more advertisers the ability to independently track and measure their OOH campaigns. Through the partnership, all iQOOH clients will be able to verify their DOOH campaigns, giving them an added layer of trust and transparency in the sector. Veridooh’s world-first proprietary […]
Despite being available in Europe for almost five years, Amazon Channels remains somewhat unknown in the European OTT landscape, suggests a report from Dataxis. Originally launched in May 2017 in the UK and Germany, the service experienced two waves of expansion across 2019 with France, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, and at the end of 2020 […]
This columnist’s conviction that Netflix’s business model is fundamentally a plate-spinning act, with the same potential mishaps, has waxed and waned as results have continued to boom, with just the odd bump in the road. But the conviction has never gone away completely, even as the company seemed to reach the status of 800lb gorilla […]
I signed off last year’s last blog with “I make no predictions for 2021, including ‘at least it can’t be worse’”. That was a good decision. Who’d have thought we’d all be here at the end of 2021 having missed Vegas, Cologne and Amsterdam, again. Any bets on the 2022 travel itinerary? No, didn’t think […]