Portugal’s Council of Ministers has adopted a decision to introduce four new DTT channels, two public and two private. According to Culture Minister, Luís Castro Mendes, two of the channels will be the responsibility of public broadcaster RTP, namely RTP3 and RTP Memoria, while the other two will be shared by commercial broadcasters, after a […]
Convergent offers along with the aggressive campaigns of pay-TV operators such as Movistar TV, Vodafone-ONO and Orange given a boost to the pay-TV market in Spain reaching a penetration of 26.9 per cent. Despite this growth, 70.8 per cent of Spanish viewers claim not to be interested in paying for more TV channels, as they […]
TiVo Research, the cross-media research, measurement and analytics company and Cadent, a provider of media, advertising technology and data solutions for the pay-TV industry, have created an enhanced TV targeting solution for advertisers. The new offering enables marketers to go beyond age and gender to reach specific audiences, in an anonymous, privacy-protected manner. Using anonymised, […]
Sky Deutschland will make Sky Sports News HD available as a free-to-air channel in Germany and Austria from December 2016. The 24-hour channel will be broadcast in HD free across all distribution channels – satellite, cable, online and mobile – making it available to all TV viewers regardless of whether or not they are Sky […]
Bloomberg Media – the consumer-facing media organisation of multi-platform media company Bloomberg – and Twitter are partnering to live stream select Bloomberg Television programmes, including Bloomberg West, What’d You Miss?, With All Due Respect and the network’s markets coverage. The live streaming partnership marks an expansion of Bloomberg’s digital video strategy, extending the network’s reach […]
Figures released by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission covering statistical and financial information on cable, IPTV and satellite companies for the year ending on August 31st 2015 reveal a slight decline in revenues of C$11.8 million (€8.2m/0.1 per cent) to C$8.9 billion, while expenses increased by 1.3 per cent to C$7.2 billion. As a […]
Markus Tellenbach is leaving as president and CEO of Poland’s TVN group, with Scripps’ international chief Jim Samples taking over until a permanent replacement is found. Tellenbach is stepping down a year after Scripps completed its takeover of TVN. The US company said Samples, president of SNI, will take over as the Warsaw based president […]
A record 4,500 streaming hours, including live streaming of all competition; TV simulstream coverage of nine television networks; and first-time streaming to connected TVs highlight NBC Olympics’ digital offering for the Games of the XXXI Olympiad from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, this August. In addition, Olympic fans will be able to access two apps, two digital-only […]
Prashant Chothani, CEO of Mumbai-based travel and lifestyle channel TravelXP says it will launch a UHD version this coming October. Chothani, a regular at MIPtv and MIPCOM, has already shot around 100 hours of UHD programming and is looking to add another 50 or so hours with the emphasis on High Dynamic Range material. He […]
Netcracker Technology, a wholly owned subsidiary of NEC Corporation, has completed the acquisition of CoralTree Systems, a leading provider of converged solutions for European service providers. The acquisition includes CoralTree’s technology solutions and resources in systems integration, business operations support and other professional services. CoralTree’s solutions also include technology assets in video activation, BSS and […]