The amount of time Americans spend with media continues to increase, largely the result of the widespread connectivity and available content platforms. In just the few months since the end of the third quarter of last year, US consumers 18 and older increased their time with media by more than a full half hour, according […]
UK’s Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has proposed a tax on firms such as Facebook, Google and Netflix, to subsidise the BBC licence fee. He declared a “few tech giants and unaccountable billionaires will control huge swathes of our public space and debate” and that intervention is now required. In a speech at the Edinburgh […]
Movistar and Vodafone have ramped up their price war in Spain – with both now offering discounts of up to 50 per cent for a year. Both are trying to gain subscribers from the other with low price offers for their convergent packages Movistar Fusión and Vodafone One. Movistar is offering Vodafone subscribers its Fusion Family […]
Costa Rica’s Ministry of Science, Technology & Telecoms says it will complete its digital switchover (DSO) a year from now on August 15th 2019. Costa Rica has adopted the Brazilian/Japanese ISDB-T standard for its DTT broadcasting, and awarded a variety of digital channels including Channel 2, 4 and 6 (to Repretel), 7 (Teletica), 9, 11, […]
Slovenia’s Agency for Communications Network and Services (AKOS) has awarded the first licences to distribute pay-TV channels on the nationwide DTT network. Eight broadcasters received licensed following a public tender procedure. The companies in question are: Veseljak TV (for the TV Veseljak channel); Autor (for the Croatian Music Channel – CMC); ASPN (for channels Šport […]
Paywizard, the pay-TV subscription, billing and customer relationship management (CRM) specialist, has today launched Paywizard Singula, a standalone platform thatits says enables pay-TV operators and OTT providers to take a more data-driven approach to subscriber engagement. The solution utilises subscriber insights and artificial intelligence (AI) to reduce churn, grow average revenue per user (APRU) and […]
CNN is replacing 16 of its Satellite News Gathering trucks in an agreement with PSSI Global Services and Frontline Communications. The deal sees PSSI News Group using 9 new full-size trucks, and another 7 based on smaller Mercedes Sprinter vehicles. Each is fully equipped with top-shelf broadcast equipment, including Ericsson AVP encoders and IRDs, Evertz […]
Strategy Analytics’ analysis of US pay-TV subscriber numbers shows Virtual Multichannel Video Programming Distributor (vMVPDs) with 868,000 net adds in Q2 bringing the total number of vMVPD subscribers to 6.73 million, up 119 per cent YoY. Despite this, overall pay-TV
Arianespace is preparing for the 100th launch of its giant Ariane 5 rocket, with a double payload. Currently the launch is scheduled for September 7th,, subject to weather, when the rocket will carry two satellites into orbit. The larger craft will be for a joint-mission on behalf of Intelsat and Japan’s SkyPerfect JSAT. The Intelsat […]
The Premier League, the top flight of the professional football game in England, has strongly condemned what it describes as “illegal broadcast piracy emanating from Saudi Arabia”. All 20 Premier League matches played during the first two weekends of the season were broadcast illegally on the beoutQ service, which it is alleged steals content from […]