The news that Sky Deutschland has won the pay-TV broadcast rights for the 4 out of the 5 potential Bundesliga DFL football packages delivered a “strongly favourable outcome” for the broadcaster, observers agree. Moreover, the structure of the auction, which awarded the 5th group of games to Eurosport, was seen as being very beneficial to […]
France’s competition watchdog the Autorité de la Concurrence, has ruled against the proposal for exclusive distribution of beIN Sports channels within Canal Group offers. In a Statement noting the decision, the Canal+ Group said it have to work on alternative solutions to stop the losses at the French Canal+ channels. The pair confirmed on February […]
Sky Deutschland has secured a new agreement ensuring that it will remain “the undisputed home of Bundesliga football” through to 2021. Following a successful outcome to the German Professional Football Association’s (DFL) tender process, Sky will air 572 live matches a season from 2017/18 to 2020/21 across all platforms. The new deal means Sky will […]
In a move the pair say will create a leading integrated telecommunications and media group in New Zealand, pay-TV operator SKY and Vodafone New Zealand are to merge, with the Combined Group having the ability to offer New Zealand’s best entertainment content across all platforms and devices in a rapidly evolving media and telecommunications market. […]
The Brazilian economic downturn is hurting pay-TV in the country. Data from the country’s National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) shows that pay-TV subscriptions have fallen 5.4 per cent since a year ago (to 18.91 million). The data, gathered at the end of April, also shows that the overall subs numbers have fallen 0.3 per cent since […]
Dish Network returned to the debt market on June 8th, saying it would be raising $750 million (€662m) via its Dish DBS Corp subsidiary in the form of new Senior Notes. “The net proceeds of the offering are intended to be used for strategic transactions, which may include wireless and spectrum-related strategic transactions,” said a […]
Portugal’s broadband and pay-TV provider NOS has launched a next generation TV service and the country’s first personal TV service. The UMA interface includes the functionalities most sought after by customers, such as advanced voice control and the NOS TV application, as well as a simpler and more intuitive navigation and an increasingly more customised […]
German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine is reporting that Sky Deutschland has filed a formal complaint in the Dusseldorf regional court about how the nation’s “football live broadcasting rights in TV and the Internet” have been apportioned. The newspaper says that Sky is unhappy with the design of the Bundesliga auction. However, few doubt that the complaint […]
Qatar-owned Es’hailSat is working with beIN to show live coverage of the upcoming UEFA Euro 2016 football in 4K. Transmissions will be from Es’HailSat’s 26 degrees East slot (which it shares with Arabsat). Es’hailSat says the beIN broadcasts will be the first-ever in the MENA region to transmit live 4K sports to viewers. “beIN currently […]
The latest Australian Multi-Screen Report – from Regional TAM, OzTAM and Nielsen, and covering the first quarter of calendar 2016 – continues its look at how audience behaviour is influenced by greater content and platform choice, and access to new consumer technologies. Together these changes create unprecedented opportunities to view broadcast TV and other video and affect the time spent with […]