Walt Disney’s Direct-To-Consumer & International division is to use Google Ad Manager across Disney’s digital properties. Disney had worked with Comcast’s Freewheel for digital advertising delivery. The two companies say they will also collaborate on ways to create new ad innovations and develop next-generation solutions and technology across video, mobile apps and display advertising. Google […]
In an exclusive interview with Advanced-Television, Pierre Branco, Cartoon Network’s Senior Vice President & General Manager, Northern Europe, has given an insight into the company’s content and distribution strategy as the popular kids pay-TV channel marks its 25th anniversary. “For the past 25 years, kids in the UK have been raised watching our channel with […]
Leading Croatian operator Hrvatski Telekom has signed a contract with Hrvatska Posta (Croatian Post) for the acquisition of the entire share capital of HP Produkcija, the parent company of DTT pay-TV platform evotv. Broadcasting since 2012, evotv’s DVB-T2 signal currently covers 94 per cent of Croatian households. The basic subscription costs HRK 69.99 (€9.40) and […]
New Zealand’s intelligence agency has blocked the telecom industry’s first request to use 5G equipment provided by China’s Huawei Technologies. Services provider Spark New Zealand, which made the request, said on it would review the reasoning before considering any further steps. The decision comes as Western nations become increasingly wary of what they say is […]
Juniper research has found that users who viewed games videos were more likely to subscribe to a greater number of SVoD services than the average user; around six SVoD services, compared to two to three. Juniper surveyed SVoD viewers in the US, the UK and China. Despite this, the Digital TV & Video Streaming Survey: Consumer […]
Netflix and The Roald Dahl Story Company have jointly announced that Netflix is extending the Roald Dahl universe of stories for global family audiences with an exclusive new slate of original animated event series, based on the books from the acclaimed author’s library, including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The BFG, The Twits, and […]
Entertainment technology specialist netgem.tv has launched its next-generation of smart TV service. Combining its new app-powered TV personalised service, which will be available on iOS/Android bundled with the UK’s first Freeview and 4K media streamer – the NetBox 4K -, to bring TV streaming experience to a new level for UK consumers. Promising to offer […]
The European Commission has approved the merger of Tele2’s Dutch operations and T-Mobile Netherlands without conditions. The combined company aims to create a strong alternative to the incumbents for Dutch consumers and businesses. The merger between Tele2 NL and T-Mobile NL was announced on December 15th 2017, and has since gone through a regulatory process […]
Members of ProSiebenSat.1’s board of directors have been busy buying up the company’s shares, which is generally seen as being a gesture of support. Equity analysts at investment bank Exane/BNPP reported on the moves, gleaned from regulatory filings made by the broadcaster and reported by German newspaper Handelsblatt. The bank says: “Pro7’s new CEO, Max […]
A study of the content viewing behaviour of Singaporean consumers revealed that 15 per cent of consumers use a TV box which can be used to stream pirated television and video content. These TV boxes, also known as illicit streaming devices (ISDs), allow users to access hundreds of pirated television channels and VoD content, usually […]