TiVo’s newly-appointed interim CEO Raghu Rau, in position for just a month, confirmed to analysts on the company’s Q2 results presentation that it is conducting a very comprehensive review and evaluating all possible options to best improve stockholder value, and this could include possible acquisitions and disposals or the separation of some business divisions. TiVo […]
IHS Markit says that the global OLED TV market is likely to grow to 2.54 million units sold this year, compared with just 300,000 in 2013. By 2022 the market size should expand to 9.35 million units, says the market research firm. The increase in sales volume is reflected in how the high-end OLED units […]
Ahead of Friday’s opening fixture between Manchester United and Leicester City, new research by 4C Insights highlights the success betting companies had in building close affinities with fans during the World Cup with the top five Premier League brands all from the gambling sector. Furthermore Leicester City (78 per cent) are slightly ahead in terms […]
The consumption of pay-TV and VoD significantly grows in summertime versus the fall of FTA TV channels. A report from consultancy firm Barlovento Comunicacion reveals that in August, the consumption of FTA falls by 53 minutes to 173 minutes per day, whereas pay-TV and VoD consumption improves significantly. In August, 26 million of people daily […]
Tribune Media has scrapped its $3.9bn bid to merge with Sinclair and sued the company for breach of contract. The move scuttles a deal that would have created a TV giant owning stations that reached 70% of American homes. The deal ran into regulatory trouble with the Federal Communications Commission – and Tribune charged that […]
One year after its acquisition of Amsterdam-based DMC (Digital Media Centre), Global content services provider TVT has announced that the two entities have become TVT Media. The news caps a successful year of integration as TVT Media has also revealed that it now delivers 99 channels via its private broadcast cloud. Since acquiring DMC from […]
The apparent enthusiasm for the re-use of satellite’s C-band frequencies over the US, and the accompanying optimism for the balance sheets of the operators, has driven stock prices upward. The best mover is clearly Intelsat. Monday Aug 7th saw its share price jump 4.3 percent and took the price to $24.31. Not bad, considering that […]
Following successful legal action taken by Sky, Sandra Dow, the tenant and Designated Premises Manager of the Spey Lounge in Edinburgh, Scotland, has been ordered to pay £10,000 in damages for infringing Sky’s copyright by showing Sky Sports programming illegally in her premises. She must also pay Sky’s costs and fund the placement of notices […]
Friend MTS, a content and revenue protection specialist, announced interoperability with its Distribution iD watermarking and Amazon Web Services (AWS) Elemental MediaConvert to provide an added layer of security against streaming piracy for on-demand video. The invisible, distributor-level watermarking, along with Friend MTS’ global content monitoring service, enables providers of on-demand content to gather intelligence […]
In cooperation with Free TV, ABC and SBS, Broadcast Australia recently conducted trials of next generation broadcast technology in the Sydney area. The trial assessed the performance of next generation DVB-T2 technologies in Australia. German manufacturer Rohde & Schwarz supplied transmitters, retransmitters and test equipment for the testing phase, including an R&S TLU9 50 W […]