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NOW TV hires Universal’s Schwartz

NOW TV has announced that Jamie Schwartz will be joining the streaming service, effective immediately, as Director of Brand, Marketing and Merchandising. Schwartz will report into Marina Storti, Managing Director of NOW TV, and will be responsible for core brand development and guardianship, marketing strategy and campaigns, media planning, as well as PR, social, editorial […]

January 11, 2021

Roald & Beatrix draws record Xmas audience for Sky

Sky original, Roald & Beatrix: The Tail Of The Curious Mouse, launched on Sky One with a 7 day cumulative audience of 3.12 million, making it the biggest rating show of the Christmas period for Sky ever. Sky One’s festive schedule proved a hit with viewers, with Jack and the Beanstalk: After Ever After drawing […]

January 11, 2021

Yu-Gi-Oh! streams on Sky Kids

Konami Cross Media has secured new streaming agreements for its flagship anime property Yu-Gi-Oh! in the UK, as well as in Australia and New Zealand. In the UK, Sky Kids is the first platform to exhibit the new HD formatted versions of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters show. With over 230 episodes, it is the story […]

January 11, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Sky names Diversity Advisory Council

June 2020, Sky announced a series of commitments to support anti-racism and improve diversity and inclusion across the company. Sky committed to invest £10million per year across its markets for each of the next three years to improve representation and progression of minority groups. The business also committed to put targets in place to measure […]

January 11, 2021

Analyst: “Bundling is next step in streaming evolution”

Bundling will characterise global TV throughout 2021 as the streaming TV boom forces a re-engineering of the TV value chain and the strategies for reaching the end viewer, according to Guy Bisson, Research Director at Ampere Analysis. The breadth of choice in the streaming

January 7, 2021

Sky News launching Into The Grey Zone podcast

Presented by Foreign Affairs Editor Deborah Haynes, a new 9-part weekly series Into The Grey Zone from Sky News’ award-winning podcast team is set to air its first episode on January 11th, available on all major podcast platforms. Follow Haynes and her team as they explore a grey zone between war and peace, where no one is […]

January 7, 2021

Strong named Sky CEO; Darroch Executive Chairman

Comcast Corporation has confirmed that Sky Group CEO Jeremy Darroch will move from his current role to become Executive Chairman of Sky and Dana Strong will succeed him as Group CEO of Sky reporting to Comcast Chairman and CEO Brian L. Roberts. Darroch is one of the longest-serving leaders of a major British company, having […]

January 6, 2021By Colin Mann

Cadent expands across Europe with Liberty Global

Cadent, the advanced TV platform company, has announced the expansion of its addressable advertising management platform in Europe in partnership with Liberty Global. Cadent has now expanded its automated addressable linear and VoD Advertising Platform into Liberty Global’s Irish footprint, Virgin Media Ireland, with its continental European markets to follow starting in 2021. Cadent and […]

January 5, 2021

Italy adds 2.1m SVoD subs in 2020

SVoD services added 2.1 million subscribers in Italy during 2020, taking the total to 10.7 million in October, according to a study by EY in collaboration with Discovery and Fastweb. The study took into account OTT services Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, TIMVision, Infinity, NOW TV, Eurosport Player, Apple+ and DAZN. However, the overall number […]

January 4, 2021From Branislav Pekic in Rome

STV Player adding 270 hours of content

STV Player has announced five new deals which will see over 120 hours of new content being added to the free UK-wide service in time for Christmas, and an additional 150 hours coming early in the new year. STV’s VoD offering – which is the exclusive home of the Channel 3 network schedule in Scotland […]

December 22, 2020