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Jaunt winds down VR activities to focus on AR
Jaunt has announced that it will wind down a number of virtual reality (VR) products…
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BBC’s distribution is going through ‘radical change’
BBC Studios CEO Tim Davie said that the company’s distribution business is going through a…
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Report: Walmart in talks over opening Vudu to streaming partners
Walmart is reportedly looking to take on Amazon by offering subscription services like HBO Now,…
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IHS Markit: 8K TV shipments to approach 2m units by 2020
The “next wave” of resolution transition will kick off towards the end of this year…
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Eutelsat appoints Technicolor exec as chief innovation officer
Eutelsat has appointed former Technicolor executive, Gary Donnan, as chief innovation officer. Reporting to CEO…
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Agama introduces AI anomaly detection
Video service quality and customer experience company, Agama Technologies, has introduced artificial intelligence-powered anomaly detection….
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Deloitte: teenagers to boost SVOD growth in the next five years
A growing number of UK teenagers will subscribe to VOD services as they opt to…
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UK PSBs call for new prominence rules to tackle tech giants
The UK’s public service broadcasters have asked the government to guarantee the prominence of their linear…
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AMC lines up new launches for Shudder and Sundance Now
AMC Networks is due to launch its direct-to-consumer streaming services, Shudder and Sundance Now, in…
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BBC and China’s Tencent to launch BBC Earth fan community
The BBC’s content arm, BBC Studios, has partnered with Chinese internet services provider Tencent to…
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Alchimie launches celebrity-focused OTT channel
Content aggregation and distribution company, Alchimie, has launched a new celebrity-focused over-the-top channel called Big…
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Content Innovation Awards 2018: the winners revealed
DAZN, BT, IBM Watson Media and the BBC were among the winners at the fourth…
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Ovum: Media and entertainment industry to reap rewards of 5G connectivity
Within the next decade, 5G will drive US$1.3 trillion in new revenues opportunities for the…
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IHS Markit: third of video subscribers look for UHD content
More than a third of video subscribers across five key markets now claim that ultra…
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Orange partners with Google on submarine cable
Orange has come on board as a partner for Google’s submarine cable project, Dunant, which…
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TV Licensing claims to have caught 26,000 student fee dodgers
More than 26,000 people aged between 18 and 25 were caught watching live TV or…
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Kagan: OTT video trend highlights the need for fibre
The popularity of streaming services like Netflix, coupled with increased competition for broadband speed, are…
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Nickelodeon names VP of live entertainment
Nickelodeon has upped Susan Vargo to vice president of global live entertainment, overseeing the creative…
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Rethink TV: SVOD to impact cinema revenues
Global box office revenues will fall by US$7 billion over the next five years thanks…
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Pluto TV selects Tru Optik for ad targeting
US internet TV service, Pluto TV, has selected Tru Optik, to power audience-based advertising and…
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BBC warns its £800m cost-cutting could impact services
The BBC said it has completed nearly a third of its current £800 million cost…
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AT&T plans streaming service launch for 2019
AT&T plans to launch a new streaming service that builds on HBO and WarnerMedia content…
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AMC Networks International hires first president
AMC Networks has promoted Eduardo Zulueta to the newly-created position of president of AMC Networks…
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MTG’s Dreamhack and Discovery partner to create eSuperliga
MTG-owned eSports company Dreamhack has partnered with Discovery Networks Denmark and the country’s top football…
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ProSiebenSat.1 experiments with addressable advertising
ProSiebenSat.1’s digital marketing subsidiary, SevenOne Media International, has partnered with ad agency Pilot Hamburg to…
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Iflix partners with Vewd for smart TV and STB deployments
Emerging markets SVOD service Iflix has partnered with smart TV software provider Vewd to make…
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Xiaomi launches Mi Box S streaming media player
Xiaomi has started taking pre-orders in the US for its new Android TV streaming media…
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Discovery forms Digital Studios Group
Discovery has created a newly expanded hub for digital and social video to support its…
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Google rolls out updated Chromecast
Google has updated its Chromecast streaming player, promising a 15% improvement in hardware speed for…
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Comcast closes Sky purchase, James Murdoch steps down
Comcast has closed its purchase of 21st Century Fox’s holding in Sky, with a 75%…