SES-owned satellite AMC-9, which suffered a “major anomaly” on Saturday morning is probably lost, according to sources at SES. While not yet confirmed as being totally lost, the short-term prognosis does not look good. A previous ‘Zombie’ satellite was Galaxy-15 which went adrift back in April 2010, and slowly started drifting into the orbital space […]
Italian broadcasting group RTI-Mediaset has acquired an 11.1 per cent stake in Mediaset Premium from Telefonica. As a result of the transaction, RTI-Mediaset now holds 100 per cent of the capital stock of the pay-TV operator. The Spanish telecommunications operator, through its subsidiary Telefonica de Contenidos, had purchased the Mediaset Premium shares in January 2015 […]
Ofcom has submitted a public interest report to the Government on the proposed acquisition of Sky by 21st Century Fox. On March 16th 2017, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport issued a European intervention notice, which asked Ofcom to report on public interest considerations in respect of plans by 21st Century Fox […]
The Digital Production Partnership (DPP) has announced the launch of a report from its latest Meet The event, Meet the Online Pioneers, sponsored by DPP Member company CenturyLink. Bringing together experts from the world of online content, the event explored the production of premium content for online audiences. “There are fewer boundaries around online content […]
Amazon has been offering membership to its Prime Video OTT service for barely six months in India, and it has doubled its subscriber numbers in that time, and according to its Indian boss Nitesh Kripalani subscriber membership is growing “beyond our expectations”. In an interview with India’s Television Post Kripalani says customer sign-ups for Prime […]
The TV-based advertising bucket is leaking revenue to online and digital activity, and the trend shows no signs of slowing down, says a report from analysts at Deutsche Bank. The bank’s media analyst, Laurie Davison, says
Italian telecommunications operator Wind Tre has partnered with streaming giant Netflix. As a result, Netflix will be included with the Casa3 package for 90 days, along with the WebCube4 Wi-Fi router and a Google Chromecast device, eith no advance payment required. The Casa 3 package costs €15/month and includes 30 GB for 90 days and […]
TVT, the managed media services provider, has released a report outlining the key video content localisation challenges that broadcasters, on-demand service providers and other TV operators need to overcome to successfully expand into rapidly growing international markets. “There are huge opportunities in the growing international TV marketplace for content owners, video streaming services and others prepared to […]
Sky has launched its TVoD service Sky Store to subscribers in Germany and Austria. Sky Store offers a catalogue of movies directly after they’ve been shown in cinemas and up to two weeks ahead of their DVD/Blu-ray release. When customers purchase a digital version of a movie, they also receive the film on a DVD […]
Pay-TV revenues for 138 countries increased by $32 billion (€28.56bn) between 2010 and 2016 to reach $202 billion. However, only $1.23 billion was added in 2016, according to the Global Pay TV Revenue Databook from Digital TV Research. “Despite its pay-TV revenues