21st Century Fox has strengthened its offer to protect the independence of Sky’s loss-making Sky News channel in a bid to overcome regulatory concerns about the takeover of the parent company. Ofcom has previously said that Fox’s $15.7 billion deal to buy the 61 per cent of Sky it does not already own should be […]
NAGRA, a Kudelski Group company and independent provider of content protection and multiscreen television solutions, has unveiled the top trends it expects to impact the pay-TV industry in 2018. “There are significant opportunities for
The overall US video and pay-TV market continues its healthy overall growth and is set to reach $140 billion (€113.5bn) by the end of 2018, according to a video entertainment report from Futuresource Consulting. This is despite the continuously evolving and challenging landscape. Whilst the US is a global leader in digital adoption, it continues […]
2017 was a flat year for the Spanish TV operators in terms of advertising revenues. The market grew by 1 per cent to €2.1 billion, out of which €1.9 billion (91 per cent) came to FTA TV, according to data from Infoadex. The Mediaset-Atresmedia duopoly took a hefty 84.7 per cent of the TV ad […]
France’s major commercial broadcasting network TF1 is finding its advertising income in a lacklustre state, according to a report from equity analysts at Deutsche Bank. The broadcaster is not being helped by a Europe-wide drift from broadcasting to online. The bank says with January and February “relatively flat” advertising numbers now in, the position continues […]
Canal+ International has launched a pay-TV bouquet in Myanmar (Burma), targeting 1 million subscribers over the next five years. Canal+ Myanmar has been launched in partnership with local group Forever and includes eight Canal+ original channels for which local productions have been commissioned. Two packages are available: one composed of 36 channels for €2.80 per […]
Brazilian telecoms regulator Anatel says that there has been no interest from potential bidders for its 45 degrees West orbital satellite Ka-band slot. Brazil will likely lose priority to occupy the position in the Ka band (downlink 17.7 to 20.2 GHz and uplink 27 to 30 GHz). Anatel had placed an initial fee of Brazilian […]
TVGE International, Equatorial Guinea’s governmental channel, is partnering with SES and MX1 to deliver its content worldwide on both linear and non-linear platforms. TVGE International is a free-to-air, Spanish-speaking channel that offers local news, entertainment and cultural programmes. Under the agreement announced by SES/MX1, TVGE International will use satellite capacity to broadcast its 24/7 channel […]
The stock market has shown mixed reactions with last weel’s financial half-year statement from Eutelsat CEO Rodolphe Belmer. Its share price, having risen dramatically by €2 on February 16th fell back 53 cents on February 19th (2.79 per cent) indicating that Eutelsat is not out of the woods just yet. Perhaps one catalyst was a […]
androme.tv has launched in Belgium – an all-in-one TV platform that aims to solve the challenges telecommunications companies and broadcasters currently face. Previously, Androme has developed TV platforms for telecommunications companies such as Telenet and Liberty Global. Now, the androme.tv platform is live at European telco companies Nowo (Portugal) and Melita (Malta). Raf Van Ham, […]