Western European SVoD revenues will increase to $6.5 billion (€5.46bn) by 2022, up from $2.8 billion in 2016. SVoD became the region’s largest OTT revenue source in 2016 by overtaking AVoD. SVoD’s share of OTT revenues will continue to grow, according to the Western Europe OTT TV & Video Forecasts report from Digital TV Research. […]
The Media & Entertainment industry in Italy will be worth €38.1 billion in 2021, up from €31.5 billion in 2016, accounting for a CAGR of 3.9 per cent. According to the “Entertainment & Media Outlook in Italy 2017-2021” report from PwC, user spending will grow from €23.5 billion in 2016 to €28.9 billion in 2021 […]
A broad recalibration in Asia Pacific pay-TV, triggered by the growth of broadband, has begun, according to Asia Pacific Pay-TV Distribution, a new report covering 17 markets in the region prepared by independent consulting and research provider Media Partners Asia (MPA). Pay-TV industry stakeholders are adjusting to competitive realities with technology upgrades that integrate online […]
Karen Bradley, the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, has referred Fox’s proposed takeover of Sky to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on public interest grounds. The CMA will now examine how the deal would impact media plurality and broadcasting standards in the UK. Media plurality means that a diversity of […]
Portugal’s National Communications Authority (Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações [Anacom]) has rejected the proposed acquisition by global telecom operator Altice of Portuguese media company Media Capital. The regulator stated that the deal may create “significant barriers to effective competition in the various electronic communications markets”. According to Anacom, “given the size of the parties involved in […]
Zimbabwe may be in a perilous state financially, but local telecoms tycoon Strive Masiyiwa’s new pay television service, Kwese TV, has now debuted in South Africa on Netflix. Kwese TV “launched in South Africa with an OTT service anchored on Netflix” offering a service known as Kwese Play. This allows viewers to stream Netflix and […]
New Zealand pay-TV operator SKY TV has announced the appointment of Mike Darcey as an independent director on the SKY Board. Darcey has an extensive track record of strategy and delivery across television, publishing, telecoms and retail. A New Zealander, Darcey has lived and worked in the UK since 1989. He spent 15 years at […]
James Murdoch told the RTS Cambridge Convention that 21st Century Fox’s takeover of Sky would be a boost for Britain as it tackles Brexit. The Fox CEO dwelt on the importance of scale in today’s media market and warned regulators should not block the €20 billion takeover of Sky. The bid has been referred to […]
Irdeto, a specialist in digital platform security, has formed a partnership with home and professional appliance manufacturer, Vestel, to securely deliver premium content direct to Vestel’s 4K TVs. The collaboration sees the first implementation of Irdeto’s newly launched TV Cloaked CA solution, which will allow consumers to access premium pay-TV services directly through their TVs […]
Culture Secretary Karen Bradley has confirmed that 21st Century Fox’s proposed bid to acquire the remaining shares in Sky that it does not already own will be referred to competition regulators in the “coming days”. Bradley said the deal would be examined “on media plurality and genuine commitment to broadcasting standards grounds”. The Competition and […]