Reflecting the rising importance of the telcos, IPTV is gaining subscribers in Western Europe at the expense of the other pay-TV platforms, according to findings from analyst firm Digital TV Research. IPTV overtook satellite TV in 2015 and will be approaching cable by 2024. IPTV will add 5.5 million subscribers between 2018 and 2024. “IPTV […]
French PSB group France Télévisions is launching France TV Sport UHD 4K, a new 24-hour channel debuting at the Roland-Garros tennis open. Operated in partnership with the Fédération Française de Tennis, the 4K channel will give free access to the top matches played on the Philippe Chatrier centre court during the two-week long event. Fourteen […]
The Premier League has seen the value of its global broadcast rights increase by 8 per cent to £9.2 billion (€10.4 billion) for the three seasons between 2019 to 2022. Despite a drop in the value of domestic rights, interim chief executive Richard Masters said foreign broadcasters are paying around 30 per cent more for […]
Analysts responded positively to the C-Band Alliance’s (CBA) plans for releasing up to 180 MHz of satellite C-band spectrum. One suggested the scheme was now entering the “homestretch”. Barclays’ Nick Dempsey explained that around 178 million people in the US could benefit from the first batch of 3 suggested spectrum allocations which the CBA is […]
Findings from research and analysis firm Hub’s newest study, The Best Bundle, suggest that US consumers are becoming more and more overwhelmed by the proliferation of TV providers and content. 1) The average viewer now watches TV content from 4.5 different sources: including traditional pay TV, streaming subscriptions (Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, YouTube TV, HBO Now, […]
The UK says it wants to win 10 per cent of the global Space market activity by 2030, and that launch facilities will be key to achieving that goal. Future spaceports can apply for a share of a £2 million fund to support plans for small satellite launch from aircraft and sub-orbital flight from the […]
Blackbird, the cloud video platform, has announced that Dawn Airey will join the Board of Blackbird effective immediately as a Non-Executive Director. Airey is a veteran of the media industry, having worked in television for 30 years, holding senior positions with the majority of the UK’s commercial broadcasters. Most recently, she spent three years as […]
An econometric analysis of advertising’s impact on smaller businesses provides a wealth of insight and practical advice for smaller businesses that want to move to the next level of growth. The study, Supercharge: TV for small businesses, commissioned by Thinkbox, the marketing body for commercial TV in the UK, from marketing effectiveness specialist Data2Decisions, found […]
LG Electronics will begin rolling out Amazon Alexa support in 14 countries to the company’s 2019 TV models featuring artificial intelligence. The update will be implemented through the Alexa app on 2019 TVs featuring ThinQ AI including LG UHD TVs, NanoCell TVs and OLED TVs. Customers in North America will begin receiving the update this […]
An international survey of 114,973 internet users by GlobalWebIndex reveals the audience gender disparity is not as varied as people think between women’s and men’s event. By gender, the audiences of the Men’s and Women’s World Cups are not significantly different, with 39 per cent of the Men’s World Cup audience being female, compared to […]