Equity analysts at investment bank Morgan Stanley have looked closely at the quarterly numbers from online retail giant Amazon, and have stripped out the revenues generated from its Amazon Prime film-to-TV subscription fee. Morgan Stanley say that if they take an average price per subscription of $88 per annum (somewhat less than the fee in […]
An in-depth review of the commercial television broadcasting business by research and consultancy firm BIA/Kelsey indicates that the investment large and medium market US TV stations are considering making in the ATSC 3.0 standard would be recouped within three years. The report, The Business Case for ATSC 3.0, examines ATSC from a business perspective by […]
UK free-to-air digital terrestrial TV platform Freeview and CE vendor Panasonic have unveiled the next generation of Freeview Play devices. The new range of Panasonic TVs will feature the first implementation of Freeview Play’s 2017 specification. The new Search and Recommendations features will make it even easier for viewers to find content to enjoy subscription-free. […]
A SpaceX rocket is scheduled to launch this coming weekend carrying a routine NASA cargo mission to the International Space Station (ISS). But the long delays since the Sepember 1st explosion on one of its Falcon 9 rockets is creating headaches for some of its commercial customers. SpaceX’s senior executives have repeatedly said they will […]
The Philippines has selected Japan’s ISDB-T transmission standard for its introduction of digital terrestrial TV. However, the transition period has slipped from 4 to 6 years. One of the benefits of the ISDB-T system is that can carry an Emergency Warning Broadcast System (EWBS) and used frequently in Japan for earthquakes, tsunamis and related catastrophes. […]
Tunisia’s Office National de la Telediffusion Tunisien (ONT) has been working with Arabsat for some years, but that relationship is now being greatly expanded with ONT using Arabsat to transmit a bundle of channels to Arab viewers. ONT will use Arabsat’s Badr-4 satellite (26 degrees East) to carry the channels. Transmission will start towards the […]
AMC Networks International (AMCNI) is significantly boosting its regional growth in key markets with channel launches and new distribution deals across its brand portfolio. Networks including AMC, which has created some of the most successful television series of the last decade, are launching on key pay-TV operators in Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, Iberia […]
Discovery Communications has confirmed that it will launch a second free-to-air channel in the UK later this year. CEO David Zaslav revealed the plan during an earnings call with reporters, commenting: “While we never look forward to potential carriage standoff, the negotiation with Sky reaffirmed the strong value of our brand portfolio and the passion […]
A report in French business newspaper Les Echos, and reported by analysts at Exane/BNP-Paribas, says that the European Commission is pushing for greater liberalisation of pan-European TV advertising. Les Echos reports that French politicians are still resisting to this latest EC push for a liberalisation of Pan-European TV Advertising. The EC project proposes to replace […]
Equity analysts at Deutsche Bank say that Europe’s major broadcasters are winning large price cuts from satellite operators when they negotiate their capacity renewal contracts. Analyst Laurie Davison, using Eutelsat’s latest set of H1 results, explains that if – as Eutelsat reported – video transmission bookings are rising (more HD TV, emergence of UHD TV, […]