Everybody may still be waiting for the Next Big Thing. That doesn’t mean, however, that unscripted is currently dead in the waters.Entertainment currently accounts for 35% of primetime schedules, in 11 key territories surveyed by Mediametrie’s Entertainment Report for 2018, Avril Blondelot, Eurodata TV head of content insight, said Sunday at a presentation, Future of Viewing Trends.2,795 entertainment programs launched in 48 territories worldwide last year, according to a New on the ...
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Univision launched a subscription streaming service to provide on-demand access to its Spanish-language programming and offer content from BBC Studios, RTVE, Televisa, Viacom and others.The new SVOD service, announced this morning at a press briefing, is an extension of Univision’s live streaming service, Univision Now. Existing pay TV subscribers can gain access to the on-demand library for an additional $2.99 a month. New digital subscribers who want access to to Univision’s linear...
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BBC Studios has scored its second third-party commission this week after UK broadcaster Channel 4 ordered a one-off documentary about a mass of congealed fat and waste clogging up London’s sewers. The independent producer’s Science Unit is making Fatberg Autopsy (w/t), presented by Tool Academy host Rick Edwards and looking at the engineering challenge of removing the massive waste. It comes after BBC Studios scored its first non-BBC commission, a major natural history series The Red...
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From January resellers will need to be certified by Google before they use its AdWords service, which allows people to pay for prominent listings in its search results. The sellers must also disclose that the prices they charge may be higher than the face value....
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