Discovery and BBC Studios have concluded a series of agreements, reigniting their historic relationship with a significant multi-million pound global content partnership spanning a library of premium factual series to power a new global streaming service, and a bespoke development deal for BBC Studios’ iconic genres of natural history, animals, adventure, science, travel, space, history […]
Broadband and landline customers in the UK will, from today, get money back from their providers when things go wrong, without having to do anything. Previously, only around one in seven broadband or landline customers who suffer delayed repairs, installations or missed engineer appointments have received compensation from their provider; and even then, only in […]
The Board of Directors of RTL has appointed its Chairman Thomas Rabe to the position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective immediately. Bert Habets has resigned as CEO and member of the Board of RTL Group for personal reasons. Martin Taylor, currently Vice Chairman of the Group, has been appointed as Chairman and James Singh […]
Latin American SVoD subscriptions are forecast to reach 51.10 million by 2024; almost double the 27.12 million recorded at end-2018, according to Digital TV Research. The top six regional platforms will account for 85 per cent of the region’s paying SVoD subscribers by end-2024. Netflix will remain the largest pan-regional SVoD platform by some distance, […]
Despite ongoing security concerns Huawei maintained strong business growth in 2018, with net profit reaching €7.86 billion, up 25 per cent year-on-year. Huawei’s 2018 numbers reveal Huawei sales for 2018 closed at €95.65 billion, up 19.5 per cent on the previous year. The main growth came from the company’s consumer smartphone business, with sales reaching […]
Consumer research from Leichtman Research Group (LRG) has found that 18-44 year-olds account for 71 per cent of adults in the US that have a live streaming vMVPD pay-TV service (such as Sling TV, DirecTV NOW, Hulu with Live TV, YouTube TV, or PlayStation Vue). Overall, 16 per cent of adults ages 18-44 currently have […]
After a successful proof of concept last year, Sky Media and TVbeat, have agreed a long-term partnership, to streamline all TV ad data. This will allow Sky Media to report and forecast aggregated cross platform inventory as well as optimise and enhance the planning and ad serving process seamlessly in one solution. “TVbeat has impressed […]
According to Kagan, the global fixed-broadband market is on track to reach 1 billion subscribers by the end of this year, driven by unprecedented growth of fiber connections in Asia Pacific, particularly China. At the end of 2018, broadband subscriptions reached 974.7 million while broadband household penetration reached 45.5 per cent, up from 43.2 per […]
A massive SpaceX rocket is being prepared for its debut commercial flight on April 7th from Florida’s Cape Canaveral. The ‘Falcon Heavy’ rocket has 27 Merlin engines (a ‘normal’ Falcon has just 9) and this flight will carry Arabsat’s 6A satellite into orbit. The launch window, subject to weather conditions, opens at 6.36pm EST (22.36pm […]
Astro Malaysia suffered higher financing and currency exchange charges which impacted Q4 net profits (for the 3 months to January 31st) which fell 34.87 per cent, when compared to the same period a year earlier. The pay-TV broadcaster also said it expects 2020 to be a challenging year. The full-year picture saw declines in overall […]