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Is social video the future of retail marketing?

Superdrug, the UK’s second largest health and beauty retailer, has invested heavily in its digital strategy, moving many aspects of its marketing to digital channels during 2020. This has included a digital version of the company’s Dare magazine and daily content across its social media channels. Its latest initiative though is a new YouTube channel […]

November 20, 2020by Angharad Rhiannon

Research: Major US pay-TV players slow sub losses

Leichtman Research Group (LRG) found that the largest pay-TV providers in the US – representing about 95 per cent of the market – lost about 120,000 net video subscribers in Q3 2020, compared to a pro forma net loss of about 945,000 in Q2 2019. The top pay-TV providers now account for about 82.6 million […]

November 18, 2020

Ghana: StarTimes accuses outlets of football piracy

StarTimes has accused four media outlets of stealing its exclusive coverage of the Ghanaian Premier League football. The Ghana League is hugely popular and StarTimes says Silver FM, Aseda FM, Stade Afrique and Najoe Sounds transmitted a game locally and internationally on their Facebook and Youtube services. “Silver FM, Aseda FM, Stade Afrique and Najoe […]

November 18, 2020By Chris Forrester

UEFA Euro play-offs draw big for Sky Sports

Scotland and Northern Ireland’s dramatic UEFA Euro 2021 Play-off Finals provided Sky Sports with large audience shares on November 12th. This comes after Sky made the decision to offer both broadcasts for fans to enjoy free-to-air in recognition of the unique circumstances and the impact the pandemic is having on supporters in the UK. Scotland’s clash […]

November 18, 2020

Amazon unveils The Wilds; first episode free

The Wilds, the ten-episode Amazon Original series, will launch exclusively on Prime Video on December 11th in more than 240 territories around the world. Additionally, the first episode will be available for free for a limited time, on Prime Video’s YouTube, Instagram, Twitter and Facebook accounts on the same date. The first episode will also […]

November 18, 2020By Nik Roseveare

Extreme E appoints Telescope as engagement partner

Extreme E, the new electric off-road racing series, has appointed Telescope as its Official Audience Engagement Technology Partner, to support its fan engagement initiative – GridPlay. The partnership will see Telescope delivering unique voting solutions across the Extreme E website, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, with similar plans to expand into streaming platform Twitch. Extreme E […]

November 18, 2020

Fugitive establishes UK AVoD business with Merzigo

Fugitive, the rapidly growing content development, financing, executive producing and distribution company run by Anthony Kimble and Merrily Ross, has joined forces with Merzigo, Turkey’s leading MCN and YouTube content aggregator, to establish an international Merzigo business in London. The Fugitive team, led by Merrily Ross, will be responsible for assessing and acquiring content with […]

November 18, 2020

Caught in Providence on Law&Crime

Law&Crime, the 24/7 true crime and live trial network, is adding the hit viral show, Caught in Providence, to its primetime programming lineup. Law&Crime will start airing episodes on November 16th. Caught in Providence from Lionsgate’s Debmar-Mercury takes viewers to Providence Municipal Court in Rhode Island where Judge Frank Caprio delivers everyday justice with heart […]

November 15, 2020

Proximus and Technicolor Connected Home deliver Pickx decoder

Technicolor has announced that Proximus has begun deployment of the new V7 decoder Proximus Pickx – equipped with the Android P operating system — to Belgian subscribers, allowing viewers to enter the Proximus Pickx experience and access applications such as YouTube, Netflix, Spotify and Disney+. Technicolor Connected Home’s expertise and deep industry experience was leveraged […]

November 13, 2020

Research: Lockdown Brits becoming more creative

Everyday creativity is on the rise as the UK is finding more time to pursue new hobbies with 55 per cent of people now more creative with their time than they were before lockdown, and at unexpected times of the day thanks to the increase in working from home and a shift in work/life balance. […]

November 11, 2020