The Premier League has confirmed all fixtures for the 2020/21 season will continue to be made available to fans to watch live in the UK. This arrangement will be extended until Government guidance permits supporters to return to stadiums. All matches will be shown via existing broadcast partners Sky Sports, BT Sport, Amazon Prime Video […]
Velocix, a provider of carrier-grade video streaming and advertising technology, has announced the promotion of Anthony Berkeley to Chief Executive Officer. Berkeley was most recently Chief Operating Officer at Velocix, and he has previously held senior leadership roles in sales, product, and professional services during his 11-year tenure with the company. Prior to Velocix, he […]
Three BBC dramas – Normal People, Small Axe and I May Destroy You – lead the nominations for this year’s Broadcasting Press Guild TV and Streaming Awards, alongside two ITV dramas, Des and Quiz. Normal People is shortlisted as Best Drama Series (5+ episodes), and its stars Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal are nominated as […]
The pandemic has had a significant impact on television throughout the world. Viewers, particularly young people, have spent more time watching TV. The latest methods of content delivery have continued to grow: on demand, catch-up, preview, and streaming. Current concerns are also reflected in the programmes themselves, as the New on The Air (NoTa) report […]
Research commissioned by Sky reveals that the UK’s long-standing obsession with talking about the weather has now officially been usurped, with 72 per cent agreeing they now talk more about the TV than the weather. The research reveals that over the last 12 months, whilst keeping their minds off the serious topics of Covid-19 or […]
Imagine Communications, which helps broadcasters and content owners monetise TV, has entered into an agreement with Sky Media, the advertising sales arm of Sky, to transform the way that multiplatform media advertising is bought and sold. In a collaborative five-stage project, Imagine will work with Sky Media to evolve its existing, on-premises Landmark Sales application […]
At the end of December 2020, there were 390 TV channels, owned by 114 broadcasting groups, that could be received in Italy via the main distribution platforms. The report, published by Confindustria TV, considered all channels distributed on the national DTT multiplexes, the subscription-based satellite platform Sky Italia and FTA DTH service TivùSat. The figures […]
Sky has announced the eight-episode limited series The Flight Attendant will air from March 19th on Sky One and NOW TV. The series tells the story of a flight attendant (series star and executive producer Kaley Cuoco) who wakes up in the wrong hotel, in the wrong bed, with a dead man – and no […]
Already hard hit by Covid-19, cord-cutting and underlying pressures on TV advertising, sports’ tough time isn’t over yet, according to analysis by Ampere Analysis:
Her rise was a global phenomenon. Her downfall was a cruel national sport. People close to Britney Spears and lawyers tied to her conservatorship now reassess her career as she battles her father in court over who should control her life. Since airing on Hulu, the Framing Britney Spears documentary has already sparked conversation around […]