Mar 03 - 04 2021
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Free Apple TV+ extended to July
Apple is extending its free Apple TV+ trial subscriptions again, this time until July. When the Apple TV+ SVoD platform launched in November 2019, Apple offered a free 12 month subscription to those who purchased a new Apple device in or after September 2019. They were initially set to expire…
Sky, STUDIOCANAL rights deal
Sky and STUDIOCANAL, Canal+ Group’s film production and distribution company, are partnering to bring Sky customers hundreds of hours of movies on Sky Q. The content will also…
Forecast: SVoD growth will fall back to 2015 level
SVoDs will have much slower growth in 2021 after the record-breaking 2020, according to Omdia. While global OTT TV subscriptions rose from 849 million in 2019 to 1.06…
Matchroom, PDC, WST sign multi-year ITV deal
Matchroom, the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC), and World Snooker Tour (WST) have signed a new multi-year deal with ITV seeing some of sport’s flagship events remain on free-to-air…
FCC C-band auction ends at record $80.9bn
The FCC has wrapped the main phase of bidding in its Auction 107 for C-band frequencies over the US which will be used for 5G telephony. Winners will…
MPs approve BBC Chair appointment
MPs on the UK House of Commons, Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee have confirmed the appointment of Richard Sharp as the new Chair of the BBC Board…
Analysis: MENA pay-TV continue to fall
Pay-TV revenues for the 20 countries in the Middle East and North Africa region fell by 14 per cent between 2016 and 2020 to $2.74 billion, according to…
Extreme E signs ProSieben MAXX deal
Extreme E, which is set for its first race in just over 10 weeks, has signed a long-term exclusive broadcast deal with Seven.One Sports, the sports business unit…
James Murdoch: “Fox News is toxic”
James Murdoch has told the FT that US news channels promote “toxic politics” threatening US democracy. He said proprietors are as culpable as politicians who “know the truth…
Branson’s Virgin Orbit launches 9 satellites
Virgin Orbit has launched its first batch of small satellites on its Virgin Orbit converted jumbo jet (named ‘Cosmic Girl’). The launch took place from Virgin’s Mojave Desert…
Martin Luther King Day launch for SpaceX
SpaceX is planning a launch on January 18th despite it being the Martin Luther King national holiday in the US. Weather permitting, SpaceX hopes to launch its latest…
Magnite appoints Selman as new UK MD
Magnite, the independent omnichannel sell-side advertising platform, has announced the appointment of Julie Selman as its new UK Managing Director. Selman joins from FreeWheel, a Comcast company, where…
Indosat to scrap satellite business
PT Indosat, a major Indonesian telco, says it will let go of its satellite business. Indosat’s chief legal and regulatory officer Natasha Nababan said that the company no…
Son Heung-Min doc on Prime Video UK
Zig Zag productions’ new Sonsational will premier on Amazon Prime Video on January 18th. The documentary follows Tottenham Hotspur footballer Son Heung-Min who has become one of the…
Forecast: Mobile booming subs at 918m by 2024
A study from Juniper Research has found that the number of international roaming subscribers dropped by 73 per cent to 243 million globally in 2020; caused by travel…
Portuguese broadband could limit SVoD access
Portuguese telcos can now limit or block access to non-linear TV services such as VoD platforms, catch-up TV and online games, to preserve the integrity and security of…
Intelsat boss accused of insider trading
Intelsat has been hit with another claim of insider dealing over the reallocation of C-band spectrum and the collapse of…
Chris Forrester - Jan 18 2021 / Read More
2020, the end is nigh
At the beginning of this sorry excuse for a year I wrote that predictions were difficult, but I would have…
Nick Snow - Dec 21 2020 / Read More