Research conducted by Broadband Genie has found more than half (60 per cent) of the public believe the TV licence doesn’t offer good value for money. Additionally, it seems many believe the current system is outdated, as 68 per cent say it’s unfair for users to have to pay for a licence if they’re just […]
French multi-play operator Orange has announced a series of content initiatives and a strengthening of its partnership with pay-TV platform Canal+ designed to bolster their competitive response to emergent market player Altice. A major and longstanding player in the field of content, Orange is confirming and strengthening its strategy with the creation of Orange Content, […]
Sky Italia continues to lead Italy’s TV market, with a 32 per cent share (down by 1.5 per cent), ahead of RAI (30 per cent), Mediaset (28 per cent), Discovery Italia (2.4 per cent) and Cairo Communication-La7 (1.7 per cent). The annual report from Italy’s Communications Authority (AgCom) confirms a high degree of concentration in […]
UK advertising-funded public service broadcaster Channel 4 says it is well positioned for the future after delivering a second successive year of growing revenues to record levels as the 2016 Annual Report shows. Corporation revenues totalled almost £1 billion (£995m/€1.12bn), compared with £979 million the previous year, with digital revenues making up over 10 per […]
According to the latest connected entertainment research findings from market research and consulting company Parks Associates, over 50 per cent of US broadband households now watch Internet video on a television screen. “For years, the television has been the stronghold for the traditional TV industry,” said Brett Sappington, Senior Director of Research, Parks Associates. “Today, […]
BBC iPlayer has made it even easier for some viewers to restart live BBC programmes, meaning that tennis fans keen to catch all the action from this weekend’s Wimbledon finals are in luck, even if they’re running late, they won’t miss a moment of the drama from Centre Court. With the push of a single […]
A number of established US Internet giants have joined a protest against plans to roll back rules protecting ‘net neutrality’. Today (July 12th), the companies’ respective websites will display a variety of messages, or simulate the potential effects of losing the basic principle of all Internet traffic being treated equally, to highlight their qualms. US […]
David Elstein, chairman of openDemocracy.net and a former head of programming at BSkyB, has written a powerful – and 5,000-word – analysis piece for openDemocracy and examining the possible outcome of the Fox bid for Sky, and paying particular attention to the prospects for Sky News. The UK’s Culture Secretary, Karen Bradley has set this […]
Orange Spain has launched a new VoD service branded Últimos 7 días (last 7 days) that allows subscribers to watch TV content broadcast over the previous week. Over 8,000 titles will be available each week including movies, TV series and programmes. Subscribers to the Premium channels will be able to watch the content across all […]
Israel’s Securities Authority (ISA) on July 11th halted trading in shares in Bezeq Group as the ISA expanded to investigate the provision of satellite capacity agreements between DTH operator ‘YES’ and satellite operator Spacecom. The ISA trading decision affects four Bezeq-related quoted companies (Bezeq itself, Spacecom, B Communications, and Internet Gold). It is a matter of […]