The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA)has announced that Netflix has joined as a Patron member, alongside Globe Telecom as a Corporate member, strengthening the mandate of the Association to represent the interests of companies across the broader video industry in Asia. Additionally, in joining AVIA, Netflix has increased their role in supporting the industry by […]
Fifteen TV and film trade associations from around the world have come together at MIPCOM in Cannes, to form the Global Creative Alliance (GCA), a new partnership to encourage more effective international collaboration between producers and increase opportunities for co-productions. Trade bodies from Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Croatia, France, Germany, India, Italy, New Zealand, Portugal, […]
Mark Rigolle, CEO of new satellite start-up LeoSat, says he expects existing partners Hispasat and Japan’s SkyPerfect JSAT to invest up to $300 million each into the venture. LeoSat estimates that its fleet of 84 satellites, being designed and specified by Thales Alenia, will cost about $3.6 billion. Rigolle, a former CFO at SES and […]
Russia’s catastrophic loss on October 11th of an important Soyuz rocket is being rapidly investigated, and the event is subject to a criminal enquiry. Other users of the Soyuz rocket variants include Arianespace, and any potential delay to their planned launches would be damaging to the satellite industry. A preliminary study indicates that one of […]
Vewd, the smart TV OTT software provider, has announced that iVideoSmart the independent premium video publisher in South East Asia, have jointly launched more than a 100 new Vewd certified apps. iVideoSmart premium partners such as GMA, Yan News, Cinemania, Bounty Films, Adagio are already live on the platform. And through iVideoSmart’s collaboration with VideoElephant, […]
SPI International has extended its distribution with NOWO in Portugal. The telco will now feature DocuBox HD, FilmBox Art House, Fast&FunBox HD and FashionBox HD in its channel listings. “The entry of these four new channels reinforces the offer of thematic contents that we have been presenting to our clients. This agreement with SPI International […]
After years of fibre inactivity across much of Western Europe, renewed efforts are emerging that will help plug the gap between the fibre haves and have-nots, according to a report from Kagan, the TMT arm of S&P Global Market Intelligence “The region’s broadband markets are approaching saturation on copper lines and operators are increasingly competing […]
The 15th annual Censis report on the state of the communications sector in Italy has confirmed that traditional TV is increasingly losing ground to new distribution platforms. DTT and DTH were used by 89.9 per cent and 41.2 per cent of Italians in 2018 for watching TV, however both lost 2.3 per cent of the […]
According to the newly-released 5G Economics of Entertainment Report commissioned by Intel and conducted by Ovum, it is forecast that over the next decade (2019-2028) media and entertainment companies will be competing to win a share of a near $3 trillion cumulative wireless revenue opportunity. Experiences enabled by 5G networks will account for nearly half […]
More than 26,000 young people between the ages of 18 and 25 were caught watching live TV or BBC iPlayer without a TV Licence in the past year, according to figures released by TV Licensing. With 84 per cent of undergraduates aged 24 and under, TV Licensing is reminding students they could face prosecution and […]