Shares in troubled speciality satellite operator Avanti Communications slumped again on January 18th, hitting a near all-time low of just 19p. As recently as December 21st its share price was 30p. A year prior (Oct 23 2015) its shares were trading at 245p (and back in July 2012 stood at 419p). The fall in sentiment […]
Global performance management company Nielsen has agreed a multi-year deal with multiplay telco AT&T to include anonymised set-top box data from connected homes subscribed to AT&T’s DirecTV and U-Verse services into Nielsen’s local and national TV currency ratings services. According to Nielsen, further enhancing the Nielsen Total Audience strategy, the data from the AT&T set-top […]
Sky Italia has presented a reorganisation plan to unions that foresees the transfer of news channel Sky TG24 from Rome to Milan. The plan consists of a number of efficiency measures that involve, in varying degrees, all offices and most of the corporate departments, including the IT and technology department and regional offices. According to […]
Discovery Communications has confirmed major distribution deals with TDC benefiting audiences in both Denmark and Norway, with a continued focus on the aggressive expansion of its digital business. The deal between Discovery and TDC-owned YouSee enables 1.3 million Danish households to gain access to Kanal 4, Kanal 5 & 6, Eurosport and other Discovery owned […]
As expected, SES-10 will be launched by SpaceX on one of its ‘pre-flown’ and recovered first-stage Falcon 9 rockets. SES-10, owned by SES of Luxembourg and built by Airbus Defence & Space, has been shipped from France to the Cape Canaveral SpaceX pre-launch and preparation site at Kennedy Space Centre where it will be readied […]
Espial has announced that the Tele Columbus advanceTV experience has commercially launched this week for German consumers. With the launch in Berlin, Munich, Frankfurt, and elsewhere within the Tele Columbus footprint, Tele Columbus is now poised to accelerate subscriber growth with this personalised and converged video service. advanceTV viewers will enjoy an immersive, 4K experience […]
Sky Deutschland has signed a multi-year contract extension for back-up services with global media service provider MX1. The contract ensures that, in case of any technical issues with Sky Deutschland’s main signal, the broadcaster’s programming will be restored in a short timeframe from the MX1 Broadcasting Centre in Unterföhring, Germany. The agreement includes playout and […]
One in five US adults will not watch traditional pay-TV programming in 2017, according to eMarketer’s estimates. The total number of households subscribing to cable, satellite, or telco TV packages will inch down 0.7 per cent to 98.7 million. And that figure will continue to decline in tiny increments. This year, 1.7 million US adults […]
Disney has launched its SVoD service on France’s Canalsat pay-TV platform. Disney France will also launch a Spanish-language SVoD service at the end of February. Dedicated to teaching Spanish for children, Hola Disney will show 26 x 26 original productions based on South-American TV series Soy Luna. Exclusive to France, the service will be available […]
Fewer Netflix users in The Netherlands are taking up a paid subscription after the customary free trial, according to data from the Telecompaper Consumer Panel. Of those who took a free trial in Q3 2016, 39 per cent said they planned to take a paid subscription in the next six months (the same as Q3 […]