The Digital Production Partnership (DPP), the media industry’s international business network, released a new report to its Members today about discussions held by 20 senior leaders at IBC (International Broadcasting Convention) on the future of video advertising. The report explores the challenges to the advertising model around video content as both advertising and video move […]
Balkan telecoms and media provider United Group has announced the rollout of the first 1 Gbps services across the region via its local cable platforms SBB (Serbia) and Telemach (Montenegro, Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina). The majority of the deployments will be via the Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC) network using Docsis 3.1 technology, with the […]
A major report from the equity team at investment bank Berenberg suggests that the video games sector is set for further expansion, and that eSports in particular is set for “mammoth growth”. The bank says it expects traditional media companies (“Disney, AT&T and Amazon”) to grow their interest in the sector. The bank admits that […]
Digital piracy data analysis specialist MUSO has launched its Piracy by Industry Dashboard, which will give trade bodies and government-level organisations access to month-by-month piracy data across all their industries. This rolling insight will allow trade bodies to gain a more accurate view of piracy and enable them to regularly assess the effectiveness of their […]
MasMovil, Spain’s fourth largest telco operator, is launching a pay-TV offer for a promotional price of €3 – the lowest price in the market – and €5 per month from November. Along with Huawei, the company is offering the low cost package called Agile TV – based on Google’s Android TV, – including TV channels […]
DAZN, the live and on-demand sport streaming service, has landed the exclusive rights to the prestigious Heineken Champions Cup and European Rugby Challenge Cup (EPCR) for the next four seasons. Starting from the 2018/ 2019 season, DAZN becomes the exclusive home of over 70 EPCR matches per season live and on-demand for DAZN users in […]
The European Commission has approved the merger of Tele2 AB and Com Hem Holding AB. The board of directors of Com Hem has therefore resolved to apply for delisting of Com Hem’s shares from Nasdaq Stockholm. The companies say the merger will combine two highly cash generative businesses with clear synergies to create a leading […]
Mobile telco EE, part of the BT Group, has switched on its first live 5G trial site in Montgomery Square, Canary Wharf, London. This will be the UK’s first live 5G trial, and is a major milestone in the roll-out of the next generation of mobile networks. With 150,000 people coming to the Canary Wharf […]
US retail giant Walmart is partnering with movie studio Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) to boost its Vudu VoD service. Walmart acquired Vudu eight years ago to safeguard against the decline of DVD sales, but its current viewership is well below that of competitors like Netflix and Amazon. “Under this partnership, MGM will create exclusive content […]
In a keynote address delivered to leaders from multiple countries at the Austrian EU Presidency Conference hosted by the Federal Chancellery of Austria, Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) Chairman and CEO Charles Rivkin has highlighted how greater online accountability is fundamental to a safe, thriving digital ecosystem that supports creativity and innovation. “The Internet […]