Online video platform Vimeo has confirmed plans to launch a subscription service. “Vimeo has the once-in-a-generation opportunity to, following in Netflix’s footsteps, deliver compelling subscription viewing experiences for consumers in the market for pay TV,” said IAC CEO and interim Vimeo CEO Joey Levin in a letter to its investors. He continued, “I believe we […]
Over one third of Italians access online streaming services (36 per cent) and they do so from an average of 2 or 3 devices, with a prevalence of smartphones and tablets. According to a report by Italy’s Institute for Competitiveness (I-Com), the number of subscribers to SVoD services should exceed 2 million by the end […]
US consumer spending on home entertainment products rose 3.8 per cent in the third quarter from previous year, according to the Third Quarter 2016 Home Entertainment Report from trade body DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group, compiled by DEG members, tracking sources and retail input. To date, sales are up 2.5 per cent in the first […]
Pre-Christmas sales of UHD-compatible TVs look set to be boosted with the agreement of a new partnership between LG Electronics and Sky. From today, anyone purchasing an LG OLED 4K TV or Super UHD TV will receive Sky Q included for either 12 or six months when joining with the Original Bundle from now until […]
Italian broadband operator Fastweb ended the third quarter of 2016 with 2.3 million subscribers, up 5.7 per cent or 123,000 units on September 2015. Of the total subscribers, 33 per cent are connected to the Next Generation Network with speeds of up to 200 Mbps. The operator has 750,000 active ultra-broadband customers. The customer offer […]
After a successful Beta test, Telefónica’s pay TV platform Movistar Plus will be available from December 5th on Renfe’s high speed trains (AVE Madrid-Seville) to 20 million potential customers in Spain. The service, branded PlayRenfe, will enable travellers to enjoy wifi, broadband Internet access, live TV and a wide catalogue of TV films and series […]
Greece – not for the first time – is again in political crisis, although this time it is the auction of 4 television channels which has created considerable pain for the country’s fragile parliament. On November 3rd Greece’s parliament said it was now looking to annul a law that saw a transfer of control over […]
Canada-based satellite operator Telesat is restructuring its long-term debt and borrowings. It is offering $750 million of Senior Notes due for redemption in 2024. The operator is also restructuring its existing revolving credit lines and will borrow up to $2.38 billion in the form of long-term and shorter-term finance. The proceeds will be use do […]
Ostmodern, the broadcast content and VoD specialist, has announced the launch of Skylark, its end-to-end video delivery platform and content management system. Skylark is already powering several global video services and is the backbone for VoD products such as BFI Player and News Corp’s BallBall. Skylark has also been used for several major international projects, […]
More than a quarter of British consumers (13.9 million or 27 per cent of the adult population) subscribe to video streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon Video, according to research published by YouGov and subscription commerce, billing and finance solutions provider Zuora. The rising popularity of these services has a huge effect on TV […]