Netflix had 1.4 million paying subscribers in Italy last year and that number is expected to reach 2 million by the end of 2019. The estimates come from Tony Gunnarsson, a media analyst at the consulting firm Ovum, reports daily Italia Oggi. The video streaming platform, which arrived in Italy in November 2015, only provides […]
Simon-Kucher, a pricing strategy firm, fully expects to see Netflix’s US price hike extend to the UK – without suffering a deluge of subscriber cancellations. The firm said it “expects to see price increases rolled out in the UK and elsewhere, with Netflix taking a localised approach based on their learnings in the US”. Netflix’s […]
Freeview has launched its mobile app for iOS devices. Users can stream live shows from the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 and on demand content from BBC iPlayer, ITV Hub, All 4, My5, and UKTV Play whenever and wherever. The Freeview app is available to download from The App Store now. As with all Freeview […]
Parts of central London, Stroud, Tunbridge Wells and Canterbury were among the more surprising areas suffering from the worst broadband in the UK, according to Which? analysis of customer speed tests. The consumer champion found that while rural Scotland and Wales still have Britain’s slowest average connection speeds, many local authority areas including in the […]
Digital Catapult, a technology innovation centre that unlocks digital growth in the UK economy, and national development body Arts Council England, have announced an Open Call for a new cohort of content creators to join CreativeXR, a programme aimed at supporting the development of new virtual, augmented and mixed reality experiences within the creative industries. […]
Brazil is the fifth-largest media market in the world, after China, India, the US and Indonesia. Understanding what’s driving video subscription and consumption behaviours is a crucial step in successfully mapping the future of the country’s content and distribution businesses. Connected consumers in Brazil are interested in viewing content in non-traditional ways, which will put […]
Broadband usage in Europe and the United States continued to accelerate at similar paces throughout 2018 and Amazon made substantial year-end inroads into consumers’ device ecosystems, according to broadband industry analytics and technology solutions provider OpenVault. OpenVault’s data suggests that both average and median data usage for 2018 increased when compared with both 2017 statistics. […]
OneWeb Satellites, a joint venture between Airbus and OneWeb, has announced the delivery of the first satellites for the OneWeb constellation. The satellites were manufactured at the OneWeb Satellites facility on the Airbus Defence and Space Toulouse site and the first six have been shipped to Kourou for launch. The first launch of the mega […]
Media giant Naspers will spin off its MultiChoice pay-TV division and with a stock market listing on the Johannesburg exchange on February 27th. It will list in the ‘broadcasting and entertainment’ section. MultiChoice is a media conglomerate in its own right and owns the DStv, M-Net, SuperSport and Showmax brands and divisions. MultiChoice, in a […]
Hispasat, the Spanish telecommunications satellite operator, together with the telecommunications services provider Media Broadcast Satellite have agreed a deal with an initial duration of five years to distribute FunBox UHD in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa (EMEA). The channel, which belongs to the content provider SPI International, is a thematic channel about nature, […]