The VoD market in Western Europe will be worth €4.25 billion this year, representing an annual growth of 16 per cent. It will continue growing at annual rate of 17 per cent, reaching €6.7 billion in 2020, according to the “Video on Demand in Europe: 2017-2020” report published by Rome-based consultancy ItMedia Consulting. Transactional VoD […]
Spaniards with a pay-TV subscription spend an average €628 per year on the service, equating to a combined yearly figure over €3 billion, according to a report from kelisto.es. Pay-TV services in Spain currently have over 5.85 million subscribers, some 11 per cent of the population, paying an average of €52.38 a month for a […]
Vivendi has entered into the purchase agreement with the Bolloré Group regarding the approximately 60 per cent majority stake Bolloré Group holds in Havas at a price of €9.25 per share. The move follows Vivendi’s indicative offer made on May 11th. Havas is a French multinational advertising and public relations company, headquartered in Paris, France. […]
YuMe, a partner for video advertising leadership and innovation, has released areport and that reveals growing consumer awareness and preference for vertical video as both a content and advertising format. Vertical video offers a natural experience within mobile and app content as the video is designed for upright, portrait mode viewing. According to the study, […]
The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) has released a white paper aimed at helping broadcasters transition to IP with minimal disruption. The paper, titled AIMS Guidelines to Preparing Broadcast Facilities for IP-Based Live TV Production, presents basic methods broadcasters can follow to make the shift from SDI to IP as trouble-free as possible. “There […]
June 5th saw an Indian-built rocket launch the country’s heaviest-ever satellite into orbit. A powerful rocket placed India’s State Research Organisation (ISRO) GSLV Mk3 three-stage rocket and its GSAT-19 communications satellite into geostationary transfer orbit. The satellite weighed some 3136 kgs at launch. India’s President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised ISRO for […]
Sony Picture Television Networks is launching its Crackle SVoD service in Argentina through an agreement with Gigared, a telco operating in the north of the country. Initially available for Gigared subscribers in Paraná, Santa Fé, Corrientes, Resistencia and Posadas, both broadband and pay-TV customers will be able to subscribe to the service. “The launch marks […]
Advertising agency Anatomy has released its 2017 The Young and The Brandless report, which provides an in-depth look at the media consumption, content discovery habits and network brand recognition capabilities of young (18-26) adults. Based on a comprehensive survey of over 3,100 young millennials and an analysis of screen based consumer touchpoints, the report examines […]
Pay-TV operator Dish Network has been ordered to pay fines and damages totalling $280 million (€249m) as penalties over its extensive use of illegal ‘telemarketing’ methods to promote its DTH services. Illinois, US District Judge Sue Myerscough ruled that “millions and millions” of such calls had been made, and the fines are reported to be […]
Jamie Hindhaugh, COO of BT Sport, has suggested that the UK is way ahead of the rest of the world with its ambition in live sports production, in particular, enabling the telco better to engage with its viewers and demonstrate to its rights-holder partners the value it is delivering. Delivering a keynote address at the […]