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More commissions, more original series, more investment and a world-leading commitment to the environment. Sky today set out its stall for 2020. The news was unveiled Feb. 12 at Sky's "Up Next" showcase event, where the broadcaster shared exclusive previews of brand-new shows due to air this year, [...]

Regarded as one of the most influential sitcoms, Seinfeld will find a new home on All 4 from 7 February 2020, as part of a streaming deal with Sony Pictures Television (SPT). Originally airing between 1989 to 1998, Seinfeld stars Jerry Seinfeld as a stand-up comedian whose life in New York City is made [...]

Reporting to Rufus Radcliffe, Chief Marketing Officer and Director of Direct to Consumer, Bala, who joins in May 2020, will lead the transformation of ITV’s group-wide data and Ai strategy, evolving and consolidating the organisation’s data assets, raising the overall data capability and accelerating the adoption of AI [...]

A ground-breaking initiative to develop a digital and an Over-The-Top (OTT) broadcast platform for British Olympic and Paralympic sports has today been announced by a group of leading sports’ National Governing Bodies, UK Sport, the British Olympic Association and British Paralympic Association. In their first move, the collective [...]

BBC iPlayer has broken 4 billion requests to stream programmes for the first time ever, ending the year with an all-time record high of 4.4 billion requests. The 2019 performance is up around 12 per cent on the previous year.* December was BBC iPlayer’s best month of all [...]

The Over-the-Top (OTT) video market will surpass US$200 billion by 2024, with 90% of that value fueled by subscription and advertising revenue, according to a new report by global tech market advisory firm, ABI Research. New services like Disney+ and Apple TV+, coupled with aggressive pricing and packaging, and [...]

ITV Studios today announces the appointment of Lisa Perrin, as the new Managing Director of its International production business. Perrin joins the company from Endemol Shine Group (ESG) where she held the position of CEO Creative Networks. Reporting directly to Julian Bellamy, Managing Director ITV Studios, Perrin will [...]

Channel 4’s CEO, Alex Mahon has today announced that Jonathan Allan has been promoted to the role of Chief Operating Officer as part of a restructured leadership team which brings together all the key operational functions into a newly expanded COO’s office. In the new role, Allan– who [...]

New research from Parks Associates finds that TV sets still dominate home entertainment, accounting for over one-half of all video consumed by US broadband households each week. 360 View: Digital Media and Connected Consumers reveals consumers report spending on average nearly 20 hours per week watching video on a TV, [...]

The Business of Future TV conference, 2020, is taking place at the H Club in London on the 29th and 30th of January.  You can see our at-a-glance agenda below. Alternatively, here's detailed information about the various talks and panels and our speakers and panellists. DAY 1 - [...]

The Business of Future TV conference, 2020, is taking place at the H Club in London on the 29th and 30th of January.  You can see our detailed agenda below. Alternatively, here's an at-a-glance view plus information on our speakers and panellists. DAY 1 - Wednesday 29th January [...]

The Business of Future TV conference, 2020, is taking place at the H Club in London on the 29th and 30th of January. These are our speakers and panellists (in order of appearance): Kauser Kanji -- VOD Professional Kauser Kanji has been working in online video since 2005 [...]

Netflix today celebrates the opening of its new Paris office in the heart of the 9th arrondissement. This new office reflects Netflix’s long-term commitment to France's creative community, including over 20 French productions in 2020. Netflix’s French HQ: dedicated to the creative community Located in the heart of [...]

Please note that The Business of Future TV conference is being hosted in London on the 29th and 30th of January 2020, is invite-only and we're not selling tickets. To reserve a seat for you and your colleagues, please drop us a line.  ** Introducing The Business of [...]