Artificial Intelligence
NBCUniversal to use AI host for Olympic highlights
Personalised recaps will provide fans with their own highlights package, narrated by the AI recreation
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Media Consumption
NBCUniversal’s Peacock to offer ‘multiview’ option during Paris 2024
Peacock Discovery Multiview will offer an what it says is an industry-first, enhanced four-view experience, with real-time on-screen descriptions from NBCU’s Olympic experts
Business
Amazon, Netflix ‘set to bid for Formula 1 US TV rights’
Current rights holder ESPN is expected to face competition from NBCUniversal as well as streaming services Amazon and Netflix
Production & Post
Video streaming start-ups included in Comcast NBCUniversal SportsTech Accelerator
Among the 10 companies chosen for the programme are three that focus on media and entertainment
Production & Post
Work to begin on Sky Studios Elstree after planning permission granted
Will include 12 sound stages, with the ability to merge together and sub-divide multiple sound stages simultaneously
Production & Post
Coronavirus puts NBC Sky World News channel on hold
Originally due to launch this summer
News
TVBEverywhere
NBC Sky World News to land this summer
"We see an opportunity to begin an approach that isn’t filtered through a US perspective or a British perspective"
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Business
NBCUniversal confirms international news service plans
Will use resources from Sky News
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Production & Post
Sky to develop new Elstree studio, complete with ‘cutting edge tech’
New development is backed by Sky, Comcast and NBCUniversal
Data Centre
Streaming wars drive content spending boom
Content spend increased by $50 billion in the last five years
TVBEverywhere
BBC, NBCUniversal, Eurosport acquire Ineos 1:59 Challenge rights
To take place on 12th October in Vienna
Content
NBCUniversal, Sky VR to launch sci-fi VR experience
Eleven Eleven will be designed for tethered VR headsets, mobile VR headsets and AR devices
Business
Comcast plans NBC-Sky news channel
Comcast's revenues boosted by Sky acquisition in late 2018
News
TVBEverywhere
NBCUniversal and Sky join forces on global advertising solution
NBCU's Audience Studio and Sky's AdSmart are combining under the AdSmart name
Business
Sky agrees deal to allow viewers to access content from outside of Britain
Four film studios have agreed to stop 'geoblocking' their content on Sky UK
TVBEverywhere
NBCUniversal joins the streaming wars
New launch will use the expertise Sky has gained from the launch of NOW TV
TVBEverywhere
NBCUniversal boss teases OTT service
Steve Burke also writes about the loss of 21st Century Fox to Disney
Business
Turner, NBCUniversal granted German licenses
Bavarian media authority BLM grants broadcast licenses for six international TV channels to both companies
TVBEverywhere
Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg say hayu to NBC streamer
Extends number of subscriber markets to 11 countries
Business
BBC Worldwide names Baker as executive producer
Anaïs Baker joins from NBCUniversal International Formats
TVBEverywhere
Telemundo expands with bilingual digital studio
Fluency Plus will provide various English- and Spanish-language formats
Production & Post
New George RR Martin series to shoot in Ireland
The pilot for Nightflyers will shoot in Limerick
Business
NBCU to launch eSports tournament
Coverage of the Grand Finals will be broadcast on Syfy UK and Syfy Germany
Business
Media companies appeal to G7 over online piracy
Letter is signed by Sky, BBC, BT, Walt Disney, Sony, Twentieth Century Fox and more
Business
NBC to launch hayu
NBCUniversal International is launching hayu, a reality themed OTT service
News
Business
Fandago to acquire M-GO
Fandango, a unit of NBCUniversal, is to acquire OTT service M-GO
Business
Business
NBCUniversal invests in BuzzFeed for TV content collaboration
NBCUniversal has agreed to make a $200 million equity investment in BuzzFeed, the technology-driven global media company that reaches over 200 million monthly unique...
Business
European Commission launches anti-trust case against Sky UK
The European Commission has sent a Statement of Objections to Sky UK and US film studios, Disney, NBCUniversal, Paramount Pictures, Sony, Twentieth Century Fox...
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