Taking advantage of what it says is the “unique and unparalleled” coverage of the craft at the key neighbourhood, Brazilian operator 1Sat Telecomunicaçoes has launched BluTV, a new direct-to-home broadcast platform using the EUTELSAT 65 West A satellite.

With the company’s studio business playing a crucial part in its overall content ecosystem and contributing to near 50% average revenue growth since the firm's inception,  ViacomCBS International Studios (VIS) has appointed Kate Laffey as its new vice president.

Software-based IP broadcast solutions Mediaproxy has landed a contract with Crown Media Family Networks to provide compliance monitoring for its main television services, namely Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Mysteries & Movies (HMM) and Hallmark Drama.

Continuing the momentum that it has generated since its recent rebranding the UK arm of Nordic Entertainment (NENT) Group), NENT Studios UK has announced English-language psychological drama series Close to Me, based on the best-selling novel of the same name by British author Amanda Reynolds.

Aiming to accelerate its strategy to help advertisers target digital video advertising for publishers at scale using its online video technology, JW Player has appointed Elliot MacNay as Advertising Demand Lead in the EMEA region.

Research from Dataxis has found that as the Covid-19 crisis has generated a considerable increase in video consumption across Latin America, the region’s TV viewers have got connected with 41.4% of TVs being smart in nature.

In a three-month period marked, but not marred, by the effects of not only the Covid-19 pandemic but also the George Floyd protests, US TV provider EW Scripps has revealed a positive second quarter of the year.