ITV is threatening a blackout of its flagship channel in some 3.8 million homes served by Virgin Media unless the cable operator pays up to £80 million a year to host the channel. ITV threatened to shut down the feed of its main channel to Virgin Media TV homes last month, but at the 11th […]
Billionaire and philanthropist Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has been arrested as part of a Saudi Arabian-led anti-corruption drive. Senior Saudi sources confirmed the arrest late on November 4th. Another high-profile name said to be detained is Sheikh Salah Kamel, founder of the Arab Radio & Television (ART) media group, and the Dallah al Baraka banking, […]
The 2016/2017 sporting season, a year without major events such as the World Cup or the Olympic Games, has been a year of increased opportunities for less mediatised sporting events and competitions. In its Women’s Sport Insight Report, Eurodata TV Worldwide investigates the new visibility of women’s sports on TV in Europe and the US […]
Intelsat had problems with an on-board thruster on its I-33e satellite, launched in August 2016. The satellite should have been on station and earning its keep in Q4 last year. However, the thruster failure meant a longer journey time to orbit and the craft didn’t enter service until the end of January 2017. Back in […]
German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE and cable MSO Unitymedia have concluded a long-term distribution agreement. The agreement covers the distribution of all free, pay, HD and VoD offerings. Accordingly, ProSiebenSat.1 has secured a reach of 6.4 million households via Unitymedia’s cable network for future years. Unitymedia operates in the German states of Baden-Württemberg, Hesse […]
Satellite operator Telesat saw its Q3 revenues (to September 30th) decline 4 per cent to C$214 million (€144.7m). The operator’s 9-months revenue picture was a little better, declining 2 per cent to C$675 million. Telesat’s contracted backlog grew to C$4 million. “I am pleased with our performance for the quarter,” commented Dan Goldberg, Telesat’s President […]
Abu Dhabi’s Media Zone Authority (MZA) says it is collaborating with Saudi Arabia’s Audiovisual Media Commission in order to grow the region’s media sector. A delegation from the Saudi organisation visited Abu Dhabi and signed a joint Memorandum of Understanding to enhance knowledge and experience sharing to help grow the regional media sector. The agreement […]
Music streaming giant Pandora Media suffered a thumping fall in its share price November 3rd, by a worrying 27 per cent, following an earnings statement where Q3 revenues disappointed the market and ad-income was flat. The shares hit an all-time low of $5.37. Pandora is backed by pay-radio operator SiriusXM, which paid a total of […]
Measat Satellite Systems has announced an agreement with Central European Telecom Services (CETel) to provide pan-African C-band VSAT satellite services via the Africasat-1a satellite at 46.0°E. Africasat-1a’s high-power and excellent look angles, combined with Measat’s customised solutions, were defining factors in CETel’s selection. The deal underscores the satellite’s attractiveness amongst teleport operators for services across […]
Intel has revealed plans to bring gaming experiences to PyeongChang ahead of next February’s Olympic Winter Games. As an extension of Intel’s Worldwide TOP Partnership and with support from the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Intel will deliver two distinct gaming experiences to Korea in the lead up to PyeongChang 2018: the Intel Extreme Masters PyeongChang […]