Mediaset Spain, operator of Tele 5 and Cuatro, has reached an agreement with Paramount Pictures to broadcast premiere films free-to-air. Films such as Mission Impossible, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Star Trek, among others, are included in the deal. With this deal, Mediaset strengthens its strategy to rely on premiere films to attract ratings and […]
In advance of the formal launch of its OTT service DirecTV NOW at the end of the month, AT&T has reached an agreement with Fox Networks Group to extend the Fox portfolio of networks across AT&T DirecTV products including DirecTV NOW. Fox programming available to DirecTV NOW customers will include: Fox News Channel, Fox Business […]
AT&T, DISH Network and WPP have announced plans to acquire INVIDI Technologies, a specialist in providing addressable advertising platforms. INVIDI will continue operating independently under the three companies’ collective ownership, and each company will name representatives to INVIDI’s board of directors. AT&T will hold a controlling interest in the venture. INVIDI’s software lets advertisers deliver […]
Some 4,200 0f Pakistan’s cable operators have suspended services. The ‘strike’ started during the evening of November 21st. BBC Monitoring says the action is over the refusal of Pakistan’s Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) to postpone introducing DTH service. The operators recently held a meeting with Finance Minister Ishaq Dar who reportedly refused to agree […]
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has set out best practices for TV service providers to ensure Canadians are offered real choice regarding their services and have information about their options. To follow these best practices, providers should, among other things: provide information about the new choices that will be available as of December […]
Ericsson has signed an exclusive media delivery services contract with Australian public service broadcaster, Special Broadcasting Service (SBS). The contract, which followed a competitive tender process, sees Ericsson aggregate, prepare and deliver content from multiple international content owners and distributors through its broadcast and media services hub in London and deliver media assets directly into […]
Reuters is reporting that Mediaset and Sky are in contact over a possible deal for Mediaset Premium, Mediaset’s loss making Italian pay-TV asset, quoting “sources familiar to the matter”. In a report to investors, equity analysts at Exane/BNP-Paribas say: “As a reminder Vivendi recent acquisition of MS Premium broke down on disagreements with owner Mediaset […]
With opportunities to access TV content becoming almost infinite – dozens of services now offer anywhere/anytime access – viewers’ reasons for buying and using digital media players are shifting. According to GfK’s The Home Technology Monitor, 64 per cent of digital media player owners report that at least one of their players is connected to […]
Pay-TV penetration is increasingly growing in Spain with 5.75 million homes subscribing to a service at the end of the first quarter, up 200,000 against the previous quarter. The Latest figures from Spain’s National Authority for Markets and Competition (CNMC) reveal that 81.2 per cent of the households are receiving it through a convergent package. […]
Connected consumers across APAC are watching more video content than ever before, according to the findings from Kantar TNS’s Connected Life study into the behaviours of Internet users across the globe. The study shows that people are consuming a wide variety of online video – from online TV or subscription services like Netflix, to free […]