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 […]
Just a month after launching in Pakistan and Bangladesh, the ZEE5 OTT platform has become the No. 1 entertainment platform in both Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, and No.2 in Pakistan (according to SimilarWeb data). ZEE5 offers 1,00,000 hours of Indian Movies, TV Shows, News, Videos and a slew of exclusive Originals, across 12 languages – […]
UK multiplay operator Virgin Media is trialling what it says is the UK’s fastest home broadband after successfully testing a connection offering speeds of more than 8Gbps to homes in the Cambridgeshire region of England. The hyperfast connection uses Virgin Media’s existing fibre network to provide download speeds more than 200 times faster the UK […]
Disney’s Q1 earnings plummeted compared to the same period last year – but still beat expectations. The entertainment giant’s TV networks and theme parks led Q1 growth, while the movie unit’s revenue took a 27 per cent hit, falling to $1.8 billion, largely due to the lack of a new Star Wars movie in 2018. […]
In an unprecedented move, Spain’s Real Madrid TV is now relying on the cinema to raise its audience share. Currently, the Real Madrid-dedicated TV channel is at the bottom of the DTT audience with a share of 0.3 per cent (in January) and barely 30,000 viewers on average. With exclusive titles such as Luna de […]
Research from Parks Associates finds smart speakers inspire strong brand loyalty among owners – 97 per cent of smart speaker households own only one brand in this device category. The research reveals two-thirds of smart speaker households own an Echo device, while almost one-third own a Google Home. Low-end models such as the Echo Dot […]