Liquid Media Group, the Vancouver-based entertainment company spanning film, TV, gaming and VFX that’s helmed by actor and producer Joshua Jackson, has announced that it’s acquired streaming platform Reelhouse, including Slipstream, a SVOD service that focuses on curated action sports stories. Dubbed “the Netflix of Adventure films,” the platform appeals to filmmakers and viewers of independent original content.
Ideon Media is now the exclusive Canadian ad sales partner for New York City-headquartered BDG, a global publisher with a portfolio of digital brands that includes Bustle, Elite Daily, NYLON, Romper, The Zoe Report, Mic, Inverse, Input and The Outline. Collectively, BDG purports to reach over 82 million unique readers a month. Ideon Media is a Toronto-based digital firm providing advertiser solutions and publisher representation, in addition to owning and operating SavvyMom.ca and 29Secrets.com.
DAZN Media, the advertising division of DAZN Group, has aggregated the streaming platform’s football media assets across OTT, Social and VoD for the first time, offering brands the ability to reach a purported 400 million football fans in 40 markets. The Global Football Package includes sponsorship of live football coverage on DAZN, covering more than 95 leagues including the Premier League, UEFA Champions League, FA Cup, La Liga, Serie A, Ligue 1, Copa del Rey, CONMEBOL Libertadores, CONMEBOL Sudamericana, MLS and J.League. The package also includes headline sponsorship across football platform Goal, sponsorship of VoD football content across DAZN and Goal’s YouTube channels and the DAZN Player video network, which syndicates content to publisher sites like Mail Online, MSN and Kicker.de.
TSN says its NHL Trade Deadline Day coverage broke multiple single-day records for TSN digital platforms. The network’s Feb. 24 live coverage saw TradeCentre record 3.1 million video starts and 11.5 million page views. The 10-hour live broadcast attracted an average TV audience of 149,000 viewers, an increase of 2% over 2019. Across TSN’s social media platforms, it garnered more than 2.3 million engagements.
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