Fourteen service providers in nine countries in the Arab World offered IPTV services by October 2013, up from eleven service providers in eight countries offering IPTV by year-end 2011 according to findings from research firm Arab Advisors Group. As broadband adoption increases in the region, several operators in the Arab World have plans
A report from Juniper Research forecasts that revenues generated from Smart Home services are set to reach a global market value of $71 billion by 2018, rising from $33 billion last year. The report found that nearly 80 per cent of
The record US viewing figures for the recent Super Bowl final between Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos is seen as further evidence that the European TV sector should look forward optimistically for the year ahead. PEPPTV – Platform for European Promotion of TV – an informal grouping of broadcasters’ trade bodies and sales houses, active […]
Mediaset has snatched the exclusive Italian TV rights for the UEFA Champions League from Sky Italia, paying almost €700 million for the period 2015-2018. The deals will see live coverage on Mediaset’s pay-TV and FTA channels, as well as live streaming on all fixed and mobile devices. Two years ago, Sky Italia (which owns the […]
A BBC TV programme has captured criminal gangs on film offering the public pirated pay-TV services for a fraction of the official fees. Fraudsters were caught on camera selling modified set-top boxes which could access top-level BSkyB packages for as little as £10 a month instead of the correct £80. The amount of piracy could […]
Charter has kept up the pressure on its M&A targets by nominating a fresh board of directors for Time Warner Cable . Charter has announced a list including eight current or former chief executives, three former Wall Street lawyers and an ex-chief technology officer from TWC. Among the nominees are media and cable executives Lisa […]
Although it has suffered recent setbacks with injunctions being granted against the use of its OTT antenna-based TV service, FilmOn.com is upping the stakes with a major technological innovation that it claims radically changes the landscape of television. FilmOn founder and CEO Alki David has brought the fight for the public’s television rights to a […]
Overseas copyright piracy and market access barriers to US copyrighted products and services have a significant negative financial impact on the US economy and content creators, according to a submission made by the International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) a coalition of trade associations representing US copyright‐based industries working to improve international protection and enforcement of […]
Digital measurement and analytics specialist comScore and Google are partnering to offer a real-time audience metric designed to help brand marketers easily measure campaigns across screens. After a period of testing, comScore vCE will be available to DoubleClick marketer and publisher clients, built into the widely used ad management platform. “We’re deeply committed to creating […]
Following its recent deal with CBS which saw it secure subscription video on demand (SVoD) rights for the critically-acclaimed CBS drama Elementary, Hulu has agreed the expansion of a non-exclusive, multi-year licensing agreement with the broadcaster to stream programmes from CBS’s rich television library on the Hulu Plus subscription service. Terms of the deal were […]