The ITV share price fell over 10 per cent on the week as investors digest forecasts of a TV ad sales slump in July and August – the famine after the feast of the Euros when June’s take is expected to be up 17 per cent. The company’s revenues for the first half of 2012 […]
Based on extensive research conducted in two test markets (France and the UK), the research arm of consulting firm McKinsey has assessed the smart TV opportunity and determined how TV manufacturers, media/content providers, and telecoms operators should prepare for this new battleground. TV manufacturers regularly innovate with new features in an attempt to energize their […]
The Open IPTV Forum successfully completed their latest interoperability test event at the Orange Labs in Rennes, France, where members successfully demonstrated an OIPF-based IPTV solution. The scope and features demonstrated at this event were selected by Orange, and chosen as being representative of those which could constitute a viable commercial offering for a typical […]
iROKOtv, the world’s largest online distributor of Nollywood films, will launch its new subscription service on 1st July. Under the new service, iROKOtv viewers will retain free access to over 4,800 Nollywood films, and will also be able to watch exclusive Nollywood releases, uploaded weekly, for $5 per month. Jason Njoku, founder and Chief Executive […]
Phil Kent, Turner Broadcasting’s CEO, speaking at Nomura Bank’s Media & Telecom Summit in New York, has admitted to analysts that he was “very unhappy” at CNN’s recent ratings slump. CNN’s primetime numbers hit a 20-year ‘low’ in May. Kent said CNN had plans in hand to improve the quality of its broadcasts and boost […]
Intelsat’s latest $250 million-worth of satellite was successfully launched aboard a Sea Launch rocket at 1.23 am (EDT) on June 1st. The launch took place from the Sea launch floating launch site in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Intelsat-19 was built by Space Systems/Loral and will provide extra C and Ku-band capacity over the […]
TV audiences across the Eurosport Group rose by 11 per cent in the first five months of 2012 compared to the same period in 2011. All Eurosport TV channels performed strongly during the first five months of the year, with Eurosport’s average TV audience rising by 7 per cent and Eurosport 2 generating an average […]