TiVo has entered into a multi-year (IP) licence agreement covering the consumer electronics brands of the Fnac Darty Group, the European retailer of entertainment and leisure products, consumer electronics and household appliances. The new multi-region European intellectual property license enables Fnac Darty to enhance its own branded STB and TV products with patented TiVo innovations. […]
Following the announcement of the process to initiate a split of MTG into two companies, MTG and Nordic Entertainment Group, MTG has appointed new leadership team members for the new MTG. The new MTG (Modern Times Group MTG AB) will comprise MTG’s current esports (ESL, DreamHack and ESEA), online gaming (InnoGames and Kongregate) and digital video […]
ESPNPlayer.com will deliver live and on demand coverage of the 2018 X Games Norway in the UK, and across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). This year, X Games Norway will combined winter and summer events, hosting Skateboard Street competitions in downtown Oslo and Ski and Snowboard Big Air competitions at Fornebu in Baerum. The […]
INSIGHT TV, a UHD broadcasters and producer of native UHD HDR content, has announced the appointment of Gavin Ho as Technical Director, effective immediately. Based at the channel’s Dutch headquarters, Ho will manage INSIGHT TV’s technical direction and make sure its approaches are in line with the latest industry developments. Ho joins the company from […]
Turner Asia Pacific has announced the appointment of Jia Salindong-Du as Country Manager, Philippines. Salindong-Du is tasked with scaling Turner’s Kids and Entertainment business in the Philippines, which includes developing local content opportunities, creating greater consumer experiences and expanding the brands’ fanbase. She will also support ad-sales, and operate in tandem with the consumer products […]
Com Hem has launched Com Hem Smart – a user-friendly app for smartphones, where the users have control over large parts of their residence. The service has been developed for landlords with multi-dwelling units, or for tenant-owned associations. They sign a licensing agreement for Com Hem Smart, and can then distribute unique login information that […]
According to market-foresight advisory firm ABI Research, the growth of subscription OTT services has been driving the changing trends in the pay-TV landscape. OTT video services have attracted hundreds of millions of subscribers worldwide, causing pressure on traditional pay-TV operators. This OTT growth trend is expected to continue, reaching a subscriber base of 400 million […]
Vodafone Spain ended the fiscal year at March 31st with a 2.1 per cent rise in its revenues to €4.5 million and an EBITDA increase of 5 per cent. The company significantly increased its subscribers with its convergent package Vodafone One now reaching over 2.5 million, up 154,000 on the previous year. FTTH subscribers amounted […]
One market analyst described Eutelsat Q3 results, released May 14th, as “idiosyncratic”. They were best described as flat, with CEO Rodolphe Belmer explaining that Eutelsat’s extremely important Hotbird prime video slot was holding steady in terms of revenues and with a fill rate that was showing a modest growth helped by favourable renewals and new […]
Pirate DTT channels are increasingly proliferating in Spain, above all in the local DTT Market and the South of Spain in the Region of Andalucía. The Andalucía Audiovisual Council (CAA) has reported the illegal presence of 121 DTT frequencies in Andalucía. The illegal DTT predominantly broadcast clairvoyance programmes (83 per cent) and religious programmes (11 […]