In a move designed to take better advantage of growth opportunities, content production and distribution group Atresmedia has created Atresmedia Internacional to combine its three international channels – Antena 3, Atreseries and ¡HOLA! – into just one business area. TV. The division will remain under Javier Nuche, Managing Director of Atresmedia Internacional, who is responsible […]
MTG’s pay-TV operator Viasat is further enhancing its premium sports offering by providing customers with an even better viewing experience. Viasat Ultra HD will be the Nordic region’s first ever TV channel with Ultra HD content, and be launched when the next sports seasons kick off this autumn. The channel will provide customers with events […]
American households continue to connect their television sets to the Internet at a rapid pace, and they’re doing so using a greater variety of devices. The 2016 Magid Media Futures Video Entertainment Study from research-based consulting firm Frank N. Magid Associates indicates three-quarters (74 per cent) of online consumers now have what’s considered a Connected […]
Marking the launch of the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office’s IP Enforcement Strategy, Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance (AAPA) and the IPO organised jointly a seminar on illegal streaming and the sale of illicit devices and to explore possible solutions. With a focus on the supply chain the scale, scope and impact of this growing form of […]
In a move that mirrors the creation of the UK TV industry’s marketing body ‘Thinkbox’, Australia’s free-to-air and subscription television broadcasters have formed a new independent industry research and marketing group, Think TV. For the first time, the two television sectors will align under a new industry body to promote television’s scale and effectiveness for […]
Ahead of the final day of the Premier League season where Sky Sports will show three live games, the ratings confirmation shows Sky Sports has consistently offered the most viewed matches for three years. Of the 200 biggest and most watched Premier League matches over the past three seasons, 194 of them have been on […]
Already broadcast rights partner of France’s Top 14 rugby union championship until 2019, Canal + has confirmed it has won the most recent tender, extending its coverage on to 2023. According to the broadcaster, the popularity of rugby in France has been increasing in recent years driven by strong values. Rugby is now the second […]
Global digital penetration climbed from 40.4 per cent of TV households at end-2010 to 74.6 per cent by end-2015, according to the latest edition of the Digital TV World Databook. About 584 million digital TV homes were added in 138 countries between 2010 and 2015. This doubled the digital TV household total to 1,170 million. […]
In 1908, Vicente Blasco Ibáněz wrote Blood and Sand, a novel about that most visceral of activities, bullfighting. It so captured the imagination it was made into a movie no less than four times, most famously with Rita Hayworth in 1941. When it comes to BBC reform, it is tempting to draw in an analogy […]
UK telco BT has unveiled what it describes as “ambitious” plans to bring its BT Sport channels to millions of additional sports fans through a range of digital channels. These include social media, mobile and digital TV. The plans will see the company stream its Freeview BT Sport Showcase channel on YouTube for both the […]