Production & Post
Reuters announces production partners to enhance content platform
Productivity Suite to offer creation, production and editing services
content
Content
Magic Leap, BBC Earth deliver mixed reality experience
BBC Earth - Micro Kingdoms: Senses allows audiences to interactively explore micro habitats
Content
dock10 to host World’s Most Shocking Ads with Shane Richie
The Blakeway North production will be shown on Channel 5 this month
TVBEverywhere
Stranger Things 3 drives Netflix subscription boost
New series streamed by 40.7 million households within four days
Content
Freeview Play reaches 20,000 hours of content
7 million devices sold since its launch in 2015
Content
Amazon Prime Video announces Premier League entertainment show
Back of the Net is hosted by Peter Crouch, John Bishop and Gabby Logan
Content
Apple TV+ will “prioritise quality over quantity”
"We don’t have to be the first to be the best"
Business
Alchimie, SFR sign factual content deal
Available for all SFR Power and Premium subscribers
Features
How international co-production advances the TV industry
George Jarrett speaks to NATPE president and CEO JP Bommel about the association's upcoming Budapest summit
TVBEverywhere
YouTube considers removing all kids content
Videos would be moved to the YouTube Kids app
Data Centre
French broadcasters increase spending for original content
Local players are diversifying their revenue streams to compete with the likes of Netflix
TVBEverywhere
Over half of under-10s “regularly create video content”
86 per cent of 'Generation Alpha' creatively use new technology
Videos
TVBEverywhere
Netflix to open Berlin office
Streamer is expected to release more German-made content
Content
Framestore animates Putin in new BBC chat show
Tonight With Vladimir Putin employs "ground-breaking live VFX"
Data Centre
Nordic SVoDs ‘giving Netflix a run for its money’
Local streaming players turning towards comedy content
Features
How Game of Thrones conquered the world of broadcast
After eight years in the Seven Kingdoms, we say farewell to TV's biggest show
Content
Crunchyroll announces offer for Twitch Prime members
Marks Twitch Prime's first non-gaming offer
Content
Netflix orders Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt interactive special
Marks the platform's first interactive comedy content
Content
Obamas announce Netflix projects
Former President and First Lady established production company Higher Ground last year
Technology
BBC announces first full-length interactive programme
BBC Click’s 1,000th show will use tools created by BBC R&D
Data Centre
Content is king for SVoD subscribers
PwC's Streaming Ahead report analyses influencing factors
Content
BBC Studios, COSMOTE TV sign factual deal
Makes over 250 hours of factual titles available on Greek on-demand service
Content
Students design algorithm to predict Game of Thrones deaths
Series returns this weekend for its final season
Content
F1 teams up with Will Smith for entertainment platform
Designed to deliver further fan engagement
Content
Netflix announces interactive Bear Grylls show
Continues Netflix's experiments with more interactive content
TVBEverywhere
EE signs deal with Amazon Prime Video and MTV Play
Also launching a new Video Data Pass
Business
Apple’s SVoD ‘could reach 100 million subscribers’ in three to five years
Analyst Dan Ives predicts that Apple will acquire a production company in 2019
Features
Flack and light
TVBEurope talks to DoP Ruairi O’Brien about his work on UKTV's drama series Flack
Content
Almost three quarters of viewers ‘dissatisfied’ with TV content availability
According to new study by Amdocs
TVBEverywhere
Discovery and BBC ‘planning wildlife streaming service’
Service will be owned by Discovery with the BBC licensing its back catalogue
Data Centre
Investment in home-grown UK content by multichannel broadcasters hits £1.1 billion a year
According to COBA’s 2019 Content Report
Technology
Red Arrow awards material management contract to Visual Data
The three-year contract leverages Visual Data’s content preparation expertise
Content
Netflix Originals to outnumber licensed titles by October 2019
Research by Parrot Analytics and Kagan finds the streaming service is on track to meet its strategic goal
Business
Comcast/Sky and Disney/Fox will account for two in every $10 spent on content globally
New report from Ampere Analysis
Features
Why content discovery technology needs to keep up with viewer demand
By Gavin Ho, technical director, Insight TV
TVBEverywhere
EBU members invest more than €18.6 billion a year creating content
Research is presented in conjunction with World Television Day
Features
Achieving optimal viewership through content discovery
By Kristan Bullet, joint managing director at Piksel
Technology
Limelight Networks and Ericsson accelerate content delivery and edge cloud adoption
Limelight’s CDN technology to be deployed on the Ericsson UDN Edge Cloud Platform
Business
Netflix hits Q3 record with seven million new subs
Streaming giant has performed better than expected this quarter
Content
Apple is planning to ‘give away’ original content on new video service
Company is reportedly looking to include free Apple content as well as subscriptions to other services
TVBEverywhere
European Parliament approves quota for VoD content
SVoDs must produce 30 per cent of their content in Europe