MEDIA MARKETS
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THE CHANNEL
THE CHANNEL
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ISSUE 2 2013
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07
IN BRIEF
TV AS IT
SHOULD BE
Cloud-based on-demand
service Magine has gone live
in Germany and Spain,
months after launching in
its home market Sweden
where it has proved a huge
success. The company,
which provides cloud-based
live TV and catch-up
programming across Apple
devices and Samsung smart
TVs, plans to extend the
service to more TV platforms
and Android tablets and is
gearing up to launch in 'at
least another four' further
European territories by the
end of 2013.
TV SHOWS BEAT
MOVIES
A GfK study that monitored
the viewing habits and
preferences of 500
subscribers to Netflix Watch
Instantly, Amazon Prime
Instant Video, and Hulu Plus
found that four times as
many TV shows are watched
as movies (81% to 19%).
Four of the top seven
programmes were over
three years old. The report
concludes that streaming
services generate episodic,
niche viewing - more broad
and unpredictable than even
the 200 channels on a
typical cable TV menu.
CHINA STOCKS
UP ON ZDF
ZDF Enterprises has inked
an extensive deal for the
territory of China with LIC
which is acquiring 200 hours
of quality factual
programming. The German
company will be licensing
factual series and shows in
all sub-genres to the
Chinese giant. In addition to
airing ten branded
programming blocks on over
300 channels in China, LIC
also functions as producer
and provider of a wide range
of other media-related
services. In 2013, LIC is
involved in five co-
production/investment
projects with German
partners.
Bloomberg TV
Africa
The Bloomberg Media Group has
entered into a multi-year
rolling partnership agreement
with Nigeria-based content
provider Optima Media Group
(OMG) to create a new entity –
Bloomberg TV Africa.
OMG will produce three to
four hours of business
programming per day which will
be available to African viewers
across the continent via
Bloomberg’s English-language
EMEA feed. OMG will engage its
existing content and distribution
channels to supplement
Bloomberg's English-language
international news and analysis
across Africa.
Localised and international
Bloomberg TV content will be
packaged and distributed via
satellite delivery and IPTV as
well as terrestrial formats. The
partnership deal applies to all of
Sub-Saharan Africa. Content will
be produced in Lagos,
Johannesburg, London and
Nairobi with dedicated
presenters, reporters and
producers based in each market.
An executive producer from
Bloomberg will work alongside
OMG to assist in the production
of the channel’s economic and
business coverage drawing on
Bloomberg’s extensive financial
and economic data from the
Bloomberg Professional service
and reporting from Bloomberg's
2,400 journalists in 146 news
bureaux across 72 countries.
Bloomberg TV Africa will start
with weekend feature shows
running from September, with
the live 3-4 hours launching in
Q4. Flagship shows include:
The
Africa Energy Report
,
African
Women to Watch
,
Game Changers
,
and
African Business Weekly
.
TVC News streams live on mobile
TVC News, Africa’s first 24-hour
news channel, has extended its
audience reach with the launch
of mobile apps that can be down-
loaded via mobile.tvcnews.tv.
TVC News can also be followed
on Twitter - @tvcnews_africa - or
via news streams online at
.
The news channel, part of the
Continental Broadcasting Service
network, launched in February
from its headquarters in Lagos,
Nigeria. With correspondents
and reporters operating from
bureaux across Africa and
around the world, it is currently
accessible in Nigeria on
StarTimes, BSkyB in the UK and
IPTV in the USA.
Apart from challenging
stereotypes and correcting
factual inaccuracies about
Africa, TVC News provides news
coverage from across Africa and
the wider world. Telling stories
"through African eyes”, the
channel serves as a medium for
all Africans, living in Africa or the
Diaspora, to have their voices
heard on the global scene. News
bulletins are supplemented by
strand programmes dealing with
politics, current affairs, the arts
& culture, health, youth and
gender issues, business, sports
and entertainment.
TVN
highlights
TVN Media (part of TVN Group)
has acquired the licensing rights
to match highlights of T-Mobile
Ekstraklasa, Poland's top
football league. The content will
be published online at
ekstraklasa.tv website run by
TVN Agency and co-edited with
tvn24.pl, TVN's leading online
service. Ekstraklasa.tv will
feature highlights of all T-Mobile
Ekstraklasa matches to be
played within the coming two
seasons, and publish additional
video news content (including
soundbites from players and
coaches) produced by TVN
Agency for league sponsor T-
Mobile. Additionally, TVN Agency
will produce exclusive highlights
from each week of the league for
the international online media.
Established in 2009, TVN Agency
offers TV production, broad-
casting services, and licensing of
video content to Polish and
international clients.
