#African Streamer Showmax, Canal+ Go Pedal to the Metal With Extreme Motorsport Drama ‘Spinners’ (Exclusive Trailer)

#African Streamer Showmax, Canal+ Go Pedal to the Metal With Extreme Motorsport Drama ‘Spinners’ (Exclusive Trailer)

Fasten your seat belts! African streamer Showmax and Canal+ are getting ready to go pedal to the metal. The streaming company, co-owned by African pay-TV giant MultiChoice Group and Comcast, and the French pay TV giant has released a trailer for the eight-part gangster and extreme sports drama Spinners, which The Hollywood Reporter is revealing exclusively….

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#NBCUniversal’s One Platform Partners With Comcast’s FreeWheel to Simplify Multi-Market Ad Campaigns

#NBCUniversal’s One Platform Partners With Comcast’s FreeWheel to Simplify Multi-Market Ad Campaigns

Comcast’s NBCUniversal has unveiled a strategic expansion of its global One Platform advertising technology, data, measurement, and content offering, enabling marketers to manage multi-market ad campaigns across linear TV, connected TV, and premium digital video inventory in a single buy. One Platform is partnering with FreeWheel, Comcast’s advertising management solution that enables clients to manage…

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#Will Comcast Sell Off Parts of Sky?

#Will Comcast Sell Off Parts of Sky?

Will Comcast Sell Off Parts of Sky? Brian Roberts, chairman and CEO of U.S. media giant Comcast, is traditionally a buyer and a builder, not a pump-and-dumper. Over the years, he has grown Comcast through bold M&A moves, snatching up NBCUniversal in 2011, DreamWorks Animation in 2016, and, in the company’s most recent mega-buy, paying…

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#Comcast’s NBCU and Sky Partner With MultiChoice on Showmax Streaming Service in Africa

#Comcast’s NBCU and Sky Partner With MultiChoice on Showmax Streaming Service in Africa

Comcast’s NBCU and Sky Partner With MultiChoice on Showmax Streaming Service in Africa African pay TV giant MultiChoice Group and Comcast’s NBCUniversal and Sky on Thursday unveiled a partnership that “will bring some of the world’s best content and technology to streaming customers across MultiChoice’s 50-market footprint in sub-Saharan Africa at a time when Africa…

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#Comcast In “Peak Expense Mode” For Peacock Streaming Investment This Year, CFO Says

#Comcast In “Peak Expense Mode” For Peacock Streaming Investment This Year, CFO Says

Comcast In “Peak Expense Mode” For Peacock Streaming Investment This Year, CFO Says Comcast continues to lose cable TV subscribers, but its streaming platform Peacock is posting customer growth, despite rising losses. That’s how newly-installed Comcast CFO Jason Armstrong likes to focus on Peacock — the streaming platform for Comcast-owned NBCUniversal — as less a drag…

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#NBCUniversal CEO: “We Are Always Looking for Bolt-On Acquisitions”

#NBCUniversal CEO: “We Are Always Looking for Bolt-On Acquisitions”

NBCUniversal CEO: “We Are Always Looking for Bolt-On Acquisitions” Will they or won’t they buy anything? And if so, what? With M&A speculation regularly swirling around the entertainment industry, including NBCUniversal owner Comcast, the cable giant’s executive team was quizzed on its appetite for acquisitions during the company’s earnings conference call on Thursday. Comcast and…

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