In a move that brings together the broadcast industry’s most extensive end-to-end content services, media logistics and distribution offering, media services companies TVT has acquired 100 per cent of the shares of DMC (Digital Media Centre) an Amsterdam-headquartered company and part of AMC Networks International, a division of AMC Networks Inc. The cash transaction was […]
Targeted, or addressable, TV ad spending in the US is growing quickly, but will remain a small portion of total TV spend for the foreseeable future. According to eMarketer’s latest forecast,
The European Parliament Industry and Culture committees has voted in favour of an unwaivable right to fair remuneration for authors and performers for the making available of their works. Supported by the European audiovisual authors’ community, such a remuneration right would ensure that screenwriters and directors receive royalties when their works are exploited on on-demand […]
Indian SVoD service Hotstar has signed a deal with see CBS that will see the Showtime channel make its debut in the country. Subscribers will have access to popular shows including Twin Peaks: The Return, Billions and The Affair. Ajit Mohan, CEO of Hotstar, commented: “The deal with CBS is in line with our strategy […]
Germany is far from alone in suffering a ‘dislocation’ in terms of ad-spending on broadcast TV. But the advertising downturn is hitting one of Germany’s popular commercial broadcasters, ProSieben.Sat1 (P7). A report from equity analysts at Deutsche Bank says that falling audience share for P7’s two key channels: Sat.1 & ProSieben, is not new. “It […]
Video ad-serving platform SpotX has been chosen by Scotland’s leading digital media brand STV to help manage programmatic video monetisation for the STV Player. Advertisers and their agencies are now able to target Scotland-based viewers of programmes such as The Loch, X Factor, The Voice Kids, and live events such as the recent Scotland v […]
Saudi Arabia-based Arabsat is transmitting a FTA DTH bouquet using its BADR-4 satellite from its ‘hot spot’ at 26 degrees East. The bouquet’s channels are all in HD, and include BBC World News HD, France 24 Arabic HD, TV5 Monde Style HD — “as well as other HD exclusive channels with the best Free-To-Air viewing […]
TVPlayer, the UK OTT service, has been awarded exclusive streaming rights to ITV Box Office’s highly-anticipated PPV boxing contest between reigning IBO Super-Middleweight champion Chris Eubank Jr. and former three-time world champion Arthur Abraham on July 15th. In addition to this, TVPlayer will be providing exclusive streaming services for ITV’s future PPV content. The partnership […]
NeuLion, a specialist in digital video broadcasting, distribution and monetisation of live and on-demand content to connected devices, has renewed the licence agreement with LG Electronics to integrate the NeuLion CE SDK for Ultra HD connected devices to live stream sports and entertainment content delivered by the NeuLion Digital Platform. In addition, LG has renewed […]
A report from Juniper Research has forecast that commercial aircraft adopting in-flight Wi-Fi services will reach 14,419 globally by 2022, up from an estimated 5,243 in 2017. This will mean that over half of the global fleet will offer such services in 2022, compared with just under a quarter this year. This increase will primarily […]