Portugal’s Sport TV and the NBA have announced a multi-year partnership for the broadcast of more than 200 games of the US basketball league through NBA TV. Sports TV subscribers will have access to the content of NBA TV at no additional cost. The channel will feature a 24/7 schedule, offering weekly shows, highlights and […]
NAGRA, a Kudelski Group company and independent provider of content protection and multiscreen television solutions, has announced that its NexGuard watermarking solution has been integrated with the Amazon Cloudfront Content Delivery Network (CDN). “We’re excited to expand our usage of Amazon Web Services and provide the added layer of security and traceability now required by […]
SpotX, the global video advertising and monetisation platform, is further growing its team in the Nordics with the appointment of Annelie Jegefalk as Supply Operations Manager. Bringing six years of digital advertising experience from Discovery, Jegefalk will work with publishers and broadcasters across the Nordics to develop their video advertising strategies. This will include offering […]
HBO is planning to start operations in Portugal during the first quarter of 2019, reports local publication Meios e Publicidade. The pay-TV channel has opened an office in Lisbon and has already contracted several managers for its Portuguese operations. Patrícia Reis, a former marketing director at Disney, has been named VP marketing of HBO Portugal. […]
Media and entertainment technologist Technicolor has responded to what it calls press reports and market rumours with respect to potential transactions involving the company. In a Statement, Technicolor says it regularly reviews and evaluates strategic alternatives for its assets, whether acquisitions, combinations or divestments, in the best interest of its stakeholders. “This may involve discussions […]
Liberty Global is signalling the proceeds of the sale of its German and CEE businesses to Vodafone will be used for share buybacks and has no plans for more big deals. Charlie Bracken, EVP and CFO, told the Morgan Stanley European Media & Technology conference that the cash from the sale could be used to […]
Research conducted by Telecompaper shows that the Dutch TV and video market is growing strongly. Revenues in the second quarter for pay-TV services amounted to €556 million, up 7.2 per cent from a year earlier, buoyed by new OTT providers expanding their presence in the market. The average digital TV package in the Netherlands has […]
A multi-million-pound deal by satellite operator Eutelsat Communications and aerospace manufacturer Airbus Defence and Space for two new communication satellites will see components and major parts assembled in the UK before final assembly is completed in Toulouse, France. The deal is seen as a huge vote of confidence in the UK expertise in the space […]
Sixty-five per cent of all money spent on advertising in digital media in 2019 will be traded programmatically, according to Zenith’s Programmatic Marketing Forecasts. Advertisers will spend $84 billion (€73.64bn) programmatically next year, up from $70 billion this year, which represents 62 per cent of digital media expenditure. Zenith predicts that in 2020 advertisers will […]
Fairfax has received the green light from its shareholders to merge with TV network Nine Entertainment in a huge shake-up of Australia’s media industry. Fairfax shareholders were said to have given “overwhelming” support for the multi-billion dollar merger. The deal was possible after Australia relaxed its media ownership laws last year. The new business will […]