Com Hem has published its operating and financial results for the full year and fourth quarter of 2013. According to the Swedish cable operator, 2013 was a transitional year. Specifically, Com Hem delivered on four key strategic objectives to restore growth. In addition to the October launch of TiVo, Com Hem grew broadband subscribers and […]
Thailand’s finance ministry is $337 million better off after the 24 broadcasters who successfully bid for the country’s digital licences paid up their 50 per cent initial dues for the licenses. Licences will be issued during the next week or so and transmissions must start during March. The cash raised will be used to issue […]
Akamai Technologies, a provider of cloud services, has revealed that the Winter Olympics opening ceremonies in Sochi on February 7 drove more than 1 Tbps of online video traffic across the Akamai Intelligent Platform. Akamai is helping more than 20 broadcasters deliver live and on-demand online video coverage of the Sochi Games to viewers using […]
Confirming the rumours circulating among the two-wheeled motorsporting cognoscenti, BT Sport has unveiled the details of its programmes and presenters for the 2014 FIM MotoGP World Championship season, in what it says will be the most extensive coverage of the sport that has ever been seen in the UK. BT Sport has a five-year deal […]
The European Audiovisual Observatory has released its first estimates for European cinema attendance in 2013. The Observatory estimates that total admissions in the European Union dropped by 4.1 per cent to 908 million tickets sold, around 39 million less than in 2012 (947 million). This would mark the second lowest admissions level in the EU […]
A poll conducted through the Ipsos Online Omnibus revealed that 74 per cent of adult online Canadians subscribe to Cable TV/Satellite TV/IPTV. Drilling down deeper, among TV Service Subscribers, half (47 per cent) augment or compliment their service by subscribing to or using one or more OTT content services. In fact, just over a quarter […]
Free speech suffered another set-back in Turkey on February 13th when Turkey’s Turksat pulled TV commercials from the country’s best-selling newspaper, Zaman. TV ads for Turksat’s new satellite were also pulled from three other daily newspapers (Bugun, Taraf and Radikal) which are seen as being generally critical of the government. Zaman had long-standing contracts with […]
Dailymotion, the world’s second biggest video platform, is partnering with Renderyard, the online network and distributor for film-makers to exclusively show the new series, The Dark Prophet. All three episodes of the conspiracy-thriller series will be released simultaneously on Dailymotion from February 17th and shown exclusively across all territories. Marc Eychenne, VP of International Content […]
Synacor, a provider of next-gen start-pages, home-screens, TV Everywhere solutions and cloud-based Identity Management (IDM) services, has been selected by GTA, a Guam telecommunications company, to provide authentication for TV Everywhere services for pay-TV subscribers. Continuing Synacor’s expansion beyond the 50 states, this agreement will allow GTA subscribers access to TV Everywhere content for the […]
Visiware, Digital Studio, the creator of first and second screen experiences (TV / Mobile / Tablet / PC), has developed the application Equidia Live + app, which provides users with a unique and exceptional way to keep track of races, in partnership with Equidia for Equidia Live, the French and international horse-racing channel. This application […]