NBCUniversal (NBCU) owner Comcast is exploring a potential tie-up with US-based media giant rival ViacomCBS or AVOD operator Roku. The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that Comcast, whose NBCU division owns UK pay TV operator Sky, had considered a deal that would see it increase its streaming might by partnering with MTV and Showtime owner […]
Equestrian sports network Horse & Country has secured the launch of its live and on demand subscription service, H&C+, on Comcast’s Xfinity X1 and Flex platforms in North America. The agreement means that in the coming months, subscribers will be able to view live coverage of events including the CHIO Rotterdam from the Netherlands, the […]
NBCUniversal has become the latest US media giant to launch one of its blockbuster films day-and-date on VOD and in cinemas. The company has confirmed that the upcoming release of family animated feature The Boss Baby: Family Business will simultaneously be launched in cinemas and on streaming service Peacock on July 2. The film will […]
Comcast-owned pay TV operator Sky has restructured its acquisitions division across Europe, with Sarah Wright taking on a group-wide role. Wright becomes group director of acquisitions with a remit to oversee strategy across the company’s operations in the UK and Ireland, as well as Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy. New team structure Lucy Criddle, Sky’s […]
European media giant Sky has appointed the head of YouTube in EMEA and former Fremantle chief Cécile Frot-Coutaz as CEO of Sky Studios. Frot-Coutaz, who replaces current CEO Gary Davey, will oversee the funding, development, production and commissioning teams for scripted Sky originals and take charge of Sky Studios’ global portfolio of production companies. These […]
NBCUniversal’s streaming service Peacock added nine million subscribers in the first quarter of the year. The Comcast-owned company attributed the growth to the addition of iconic US sitcom The Office as a Peacock exclusive, along with the deal to acquire the WWE Network in a deal worth a reported US$1 billion. In total, Peacock now […]
Discovery has signed its first US pay TV deal for its streaming service discovery+ with Comcast. The arrangement will see the SVOD, which launched in the US in January, available on the Xfinity Flex OTT platform and the more traditional X1 set-top box in the coming weeks. Discovery signed a similar deal with Comcast’s UK […]
Comcast has agreed a partnership with Disney to rollout Disney+ and ESPN+ to its Xfinity pay TV customers in the US. The entertainment and sports apps will be available on the X1 and Flex platforms, with full Xfinity voice integration – meaning that users can search for specific shows across both Disney+ and ESPN+. Disney will […]
Comcast-owned ad-tech company FreeWheel has announced the appointment of Yuling Ma as its chief technology officer. The exec will be responsible for leading development and operation of FreeWheel’s tech platform along with its network operations and global engineering team. Ma has been promoted from her previous role of senior vice president of engineering and general […]
Sky saw a positive Q4 with its customer relationships returning to 99.8% of pre-Covid levels. The Comcast-owned group ended the year with revenues of US$18.6 billion, which Comcast CEO Brian Roberts described as “essentially flat from what we generated in Q4 2019.” Revenue for the quarter was down by 0.9% to US$5.2 billion, with DTC […]
ICYMI: @FIFAcom streams Club World Cup to 50 territories via in-house platform FIFA+ digitaltveurope.com/2023/02/02/fif… https://t.co/7BrJQobrFk
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ICYMI: Mobile revenues boost Telenor performance as it executes ‘strategic roadmap’ digitaltveurope.com/2023/02/02/mob… https://t.co/OOrotB2r3c
02 February 2023 @ 21:00:01 UTC
ICYMI: Comcast’s @peacock scraps free tier for new subscribers digitaltveurope.com/2023/02/02/com… https://t.co/iZl8L5p2W4
02 February 2023 @ 20:00:05 UTC
US consumes 123% more data than Europe, says @plume digitaltveurope.com/2023/02/02/us-…
02 February 2023 @ 19:27:00 UTC
.@SkyUK launches Entertainment OS 1.1 digitaltveurope.com/2023/02/02/sky… https://t.co/Sn0QejwabU
02 February 2023 @ 19:00:02 UTC
