Digital TV Group (DTG), the self-funding UK collaboration centre for innovation in digital media technology, has appointed technology leader Simon Fell as its new independent Chair. Fell – whose career across IT, online and broadcast media, telecoms and airport technology spans five decades – takes over from Dr David Docherty OBE, who steps down after […]
The BBC and Discovery are reportedly teaming up for a new subscription streaming service that will give access to its combined library of natural history and wildlife programming. According to the FT, the streaming service will be owned by Discovery, with the BBC licensing its back catalogue of natural history programmes including titles such as […]
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has reported that Q4 revenues increased 29 per cent on the same period last year to $272.5 million (€240m). The WWE Network – the company’s SVoD service – saw average paid subscribers increase by 7 per cent to approximately 1.59 million. The entertainment juggernaut also reported that full year revenue increased […]
The global smart speaker market was valued at $7.9 billion (€6.9bn) in 2018 and is forecast to exceed $32 billion in 2023, acording to an IHS Markit report. In 2017, smart speaker platforms developed in North America accounted for nearly 70 per cent of global smart speaker revenue. In 2023, North America is forecast to […]
Three leading clubs in England’s top-flight football tournament the Premier League are offering fans the possibility of watching a season-defining moment, then reliving it from any angle including from the perspective of their favourite player as they run up to take a penalty or make an improbable goal-line clearance. In partnership with Arsenal FC, Liverpool […]
Smithsonian Channel is continuing its international expansion by launching in the UK – its first European service – on February 12th. Already available internationally in Canada, Singapore and Latin America, British and Irish viewers will have access to the network’s award-winning programming in HD on Virgin (Channel 295), Sky (Channel 195) and Freesat (Channel 175), […]
Advanced network communications and technology solutions provider Windstream and app-based TV video delivery solutions specialist MOBITV are to launch an app-based television service, Kinetic TV, which will enable Windstream’s residential customers to access content when and where they want it, powered by the MOBITV CONNECT Platform. This television service will launch in phases, starting in […]
Bell Media and STARZ have announced that a new STARZ channel and streaming service will launch in Canada on March 1st. STARZ is the second most-watched pay-TV service in the US and is home to shows including Vida, Counterpart, Sweetbitter, Black Sails, and the upcoming original series Now Apocalypse and The Rook, among others. “Bringing […]
At CHF 11,714 million, Swisscom’s group revenue for the FY 2018 was stable at the prior-year level (+0.4 per cent). In its saturated Swiss core business, Switzerland’s major telco generated revenue of CHF 8,817 million (–2.7 per cent). The CHF 242 million decline in revenue from telecommunications services can be largely attributed to persistent price […]
Nova, a provider of bundled home entertainment and communication services in Greece, has agreed a deal with Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) for first pay window film and TV content including the 25th installment of EON Productions and MGM’s James Bond, and the 24 official James Bond movies that precede it; and the third season of […]