In view of the new digital dividend – to be completed in 2020 – and the increasing popularity of pay-TV with 6 million subscribers, Spanish FTA DTT Association Television en Abierto has urged the Government not to reduce spectrum and frequencies in Spain to enable them to maintain their position in the market. The Association […]
Media and entertainment company Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. (CME) has agreed to sell its leading broadcast operations in Croatia (Nova TV) and in Slovenia (POP TV) to Slovenia Broadband S.à r.l., a subsidiary of United Group B.V, subject to certain closing conditions, including regulatory approvals. The transaction – which CME says will assist in […]
Charlie Ergen’s Dish Network spin-off, Sling TV, has more than 2 million subscribers, according to data from ComScore. Dish Network itself does not break out its OTT subsidiary’s numbers. Sling TV packages a suite of TV channels at a basic monthly fee, helped by low Subscriber Acquisition costs and with zero installation costs. Marketed as […]
Entertainment technology and audience insights specialist TiVo and Australian pay-TV platform Foxtel have signed a multi-year intellectual property (IP) licence renewal. This agreement offers Foxtel ongoing access to TiVo’s entertainment discovery patent portfolios. “Our relationship with Foxtel demonstrates how pay-TV providers around the world use TiVo’s intellectual property to reach consumers in more innovative ways,” […]
The Q1 (January-March) 2017 Australian Video Viewing Report – from audience research bodies Regional TAM, OzTAM and Nielsen – shows video viewing behaviour continues to shift with growing content, device and platform choices. The report examines the times of day when Australians watch video as well as the amount of time they devote to doing […]
Cable and DTH distribution networks in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have cancelled their carriage contracts with the London-based Al-Araby TV news channel. Al-Araby says, in a statement, that Dubai-based DTH operator OSN has ended its contract, as has Etisalat/E-Vision. “OSN and E-Vision have violated contracts signed with Al-Araby TV by stopping its broadcasts on […]
Satellite operator Intelsat concluded its latest refinancing step with a July 5th SEC filing explaining that it has swapped a series of borrowings worth some $1.5 billion and initially due for repayment in 2019. The new borrowings are not now due for repayment until 2025, but the interest rate is up 2.5 points, from 7.25 […]
Eutelsat says its Sales & Reservations Centre has booked almost 2,000 hours of coverage including ‘Occasional Use’ demands on three of its satellites, Eutelsat 10A, 16A and 12 West B to cover this year’s Tour de France cycle race. This is twice the demand from previous years. “For the first time ever there will be […]
Satellite operator SES says it has won a retransmission contract from Telekom Serbia to carry six TV channels and one radio station for Serbia’s public broadcaster RTS. The channels will be transmitted from Astra at 5 degrees East. The six RTS channels, RTS Satelit, RTS Život, RTS Drama, RTS Kolo, RTS Trezor, RTS Muzika and […]
A WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) database leak from its WWE Network OTT service exposed three million users home and email addresses, as well as a host of personal information. Kromtech security firm’s Bob Dyachenko told Forbes that he discovered an unprotected database that was open to anyone in plain text who knew which web address […]