Ebiquity, an independent, tech-enabled marketing analytics consultancy, has announced the appointment of Rob Woodward as non-executive director and Chairman Designate, with effect from March 1st. He will succeed Michael Higgins who has been Chairman for the past 12 years and will step down from the Board following the AGM on May 9th 2018. Woodward was […]
Giant cinema screen specialist IMAX is increasing the number of theatres it operates in India which is proving to be an appealing market for large-screen entertainment. IMAX currently has 14 screens in action and will add another five “located in major metropolitan markets at new and existing flagship PVR Multiplex cinemas” says the company. “We […]
Globecast, the global solutions provider for media, has deployed the DataMiner solution from Skyline Communications, a global supplier of end-to-end multi-vendor network management and OSS software solutions for the broadcast, satellite, cable, telco and mobile industry. This allows Globecast Asia to automatically check subtitles as well as to monitor uplinks and multiple satellite transponders, enhancing […]
Teleste will deliver optical headend products to Türksat, a satellite and cable operator in Turkey. The deliveries will be carried out during 2018 in cooperation with Teleste’s local partner, Telco İletişim Teknolojileri. The deployment aims to strengthen Teleste’s position as a provider of network products and technologies in the area. “We are pleased to have […]
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, wrapping up a visit to India, said the country could generate 100 million users to its online streaming service. Speaking at a conference in New Delhi on February 23rd, Hastings said: “It definitely helps to have confidence on the growth of the Internet. Even we couldn’t predict the last two years […]
At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the CEO of Vodafone Spain, Antonio Coimbra, has demanded a new “exploitation model” for TV football rights, as he believes the current high prices are no longer sustainable. “In Spain, it is more profitable losing all subscribers than paying for the football rights,” he said. Coimbra explained that the […]
According to the latest findings from the Mobile Video Index (MVI) from mobile video traffic management solutions specialist Openwave Mobility, while YouTube remains the most popular for mobile video, Facebook is rapidly closing the gap in some markets – and has even overtaken YouTube in others. This is the second edition
Intelsat full-year 2017 revenues to December 31st showed $2.14 billion (€1.73bn). Its 4th Quarter revenues were $538 million. Overall loss for the full year was $179 million (and $90 million for Q4). The satellite operator said that its contracted backlog was down $100 million to $7.8 billion. “Our Q4 financial results, $538 million in revenue […]
Australia’s competition regulator the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) is seeking the views of consumers, media organisations, digital platforms, advertising agencies and advertisers after outlining the key issues it will be considering in its digital platforms inquiry. As part of its public inquiry into the impact of digital platforms on media and advertising markets […]
Two brothers from Ciudad Real, in the Castilla La Mancha Region, have been arrested for pirating pay-TV signals and illegally distributed them to 3,000 subscribers. The network decrypted the pay-TV signals and then distributed them at lower prices than the official ones, earning them some half a million Euros a year. The probe started after […]