Deutsche Telekom AG and Tele2 have reached an agreement under which T-Mobile NL will acquire Tele2’s Dutch business for a combination of cash and shares. The enlarged company will continue to operate as T-Mobile Netherlands and will also use the Tele2 brand in the market. The companies say the transaction will establish “a true customer […]
BritBox, the SVoD streaming service from BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, and ITV, the UK’s biggest commercial broadcaster, will launch in Canada in early 2018. The service initially launched in the US in March 2017. The streaming service will celebrate the very best of British TV, and offer the most comprehensive collection […]
US mobile telco T-Mobile – which styles itself as the Un-carrier – has unveiled the next phase in its mobile video strategy, planning to enter what it says is the $100+ billion pay-TV market in 2018 with the acquisition of cable TV start-up Layer3 TV, aiming to bring consumers real choice, working with Layer3 TV’s […]
More than 58 per cent of video plays globally – a record – occurred on mobile devices in the third quarter of 2017, according to the Q3 2017 Global Video Index released by Ooyala – a provider of services for producing, streaming and monetising video. This represents the sixth consecutive quarter in which mobile devices […]
The European Parliament has confirmed by 365 to 256 that the ability of users to access all their media across Europe will be restricted to news and current affairs – effectively upholding geoblocking on most content and flying in the face of the Commission’s Digital Single Market proposals. The EC’s SatCab proposals had been designed […]
Australians’ demand for online content and services continues to climb unabated, reshaping the communications industry in new ways. This is a key finding of the Communications report 2016–17, produced by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA). “We are downloading, consuming and creating more data and content than ever before. We are also communicating in […]
Global performance management company Nielsen has launched Nielsen Mobile Video Performance, which it says is the industry’s first and most complete video performance evaluation solution for IP-based video content delivery, aiming to provide clear understanding of network performance impacting consumer experiences. Developed for mobile operators, Internet service providers, device manufacturers and content providers, Nielsen Mobile […]
Showmax and T-Mobile have partnered to give all T-Mobile customers in Poland 90 days’ access to Showmax at no charge. The deal is valid for all customers, both prepaid and contract, from December 7th. T-Mobile customers subscribed to Supernet Video have the added benefit that data used to watch Showmax content will not be deducted […]
Representatives of European public service media and consumers have urged the European Parliament to reject the Proposal for a Regulation on Online Broadcasting during the plenary vote scheduled for December 12th, suggesting that they want to bring European audiovisual content closer to consumers in the EU. The European Broadcasting Organisation (EBU) and the Bureau Européen […]
Global consumer media usage & exposure, including all digital and traditional media combined, is on pace to grow an estimated 1.9 per cent to an average of 50 hours per week (HPW) in 2017, according to research from PQ Media. Consumer time spent with media worldwide is projected to increase another 2.5 per cent in 2018, […]