Rewind Networks celebrates the Year of the Snake with the launch of its flagship channels, Hits and Hits Movies on Now TV, the Hong Kong pay-TV platform. From February 14th, Now TV subscribers can watch a curated lineup of iconic television series and movies spanning decades of entertainment— from the 1960s to the late 2000s. […]
A man from Birmingham in the UK West Midlands who ran a sophisticated illegal streaming operation has been jailed for two years and nine months for offences related to creating and operating an illegal streaming service. Between November 2017 and June 2020, Gary McNally, from Acocks Green, Birmingham ran an illegal IPTV service known as […]
Viaccess-Orca (VO), a provider of OTT and TV platforms, content protection, and advanced data solutions, has announced that HKT’s Now TV is using VO’s AI-driven Targeted TV Advertising solution to deliver addressable TV to viewers. “Viaccess-Orca’s Targeted TV Advertising solution allows us to deliver highly effective advertising and hyper-personalised streaming experiences to our subscribers, opening […]
NBCUniversal has launched the most aggressive offer in the streamer wars with Peacock available for $20 (€18.64)a year. The offer is for the base with-commercials Peacock Premium tier at $19.99 for a whole year. That’s less than half the $49.99 regular price. Peacock added 22 million subscribers as of the end of March but coming […]
With a nod to its UK subsidiary Sky’s similarly named OTT TV service, which launched in 2012, Comcast has unveiled NOW TV, a new streaming offering that includes 40+ live channels from A+E, AMC, Hallmark and Warner Bros Discovery, plus 20+ integrated FAST channels from NBC, Sky and Xumo Play, and a subscription to Peacock […]
QIPCO British Champions Day at Ascot, demmed the most valuable day’s horse racing in Britain, will see unprecedented television exposure around the world on October 15th – with the season finale, featuring the world’s best racehorse Baaeed, available to watch in 150 territories. With £4million in prize money up for grabs, and six world-class races, […]
Amino, the global media and entertainment technology solutions provider, has collaborated with Now TV, the pay-TV service in Hong Kong and the media entertainment arm of HKT, to integrate its IPTV service with popular OTT services such as HBO GO and Netflix. Derek Choi, Managing Director, HKT Home, said: “We are thrilled to introduce Now […]
Now TV, the media entertainment arm of HKT, has launched Now H1, a smart device that runs on the Android TV smart operating system (OS) and enables Now H1 users to enjoy a world of entertainment with Now TV movies, drama, sports and edutainment, as well as all their favourite personal apps from Google Play. […]
The ten-episode series of Game of Thrones spin-off House of the Dragon will launch on August 22nd on Sky Atlantic and streaming service NOW. The show will be available in all Sky markets including the UK & Ireland, Italy, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Each instalment will be available at the same time as the US […]
Sky has confirmed The Staircase, starring BAFTA and Academy Award winner Colin Firth (Kingsman: The Golden Circle, A Single Man) as Michael Peterson and Toni Collette (Knives Out, Muriel’s Wedding) as Kathleen Peterson is to premiere this spring on Sky and streaming service NOW. Co-produced by Annapurna Television, the eight episode limited series is written […]