Vincent Bolloré, the majority owner of Canal Plus via his Vivendi business, has finally ruled that Les Guignols de l’Info, a satirical puppet segment broadcast each evening on Canal Plus, will end this summer. Bolloré has long wanted to end the eight-minute show, which is available during the free-to-view portion of Canal Plus’s early evening […]
MX1, a global solution provider of media services, has been selected as the distribution service provider for YOL TV, a Turkish-language channel based in Germany. MX1 is delivering the channel via an SES satellite and is providing the satellite uplink. YOL TV broadcasts from its studio in Cologne and transfers the transmission signal via an […]
Negotiations between Spanish telcos and Mediapro over European football TV rights have been put on hold following the launch this week of the auction for La Liga TV rights. The telcos now have until June 25th to submit their bids for the National Football Championship over the next three seasons. All are now focused on […]
The latest data on the television market from consumer research panel Kantar Worldpanel ComTech reveals the scale of the opportunity open to manufacturers ahead of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, as consumers use the football tournament as an excuse to invest in a new device. “International events like the World Cup traditionally lead to an […]
According to findings from analyst firm Parks Associates, ownership of streaming media players has risen from about six per cent of US broadband households in 2010 to almost 40 per cent at the beginning of 2018. Parks Associates’ consumer data indicates
As consumption of audio and video content shifts to digital, all services should contribute to ensure a vibrant domestic market, according to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). The call came in a report on the future of programming in Canada. The report proposes to the government new tools and regulatory approaches to support […]
Conviva, the measurement standard for all-screen streaming TV, has announced that veteran software executive Bill Demas has been appointed CEO, and sales and business development specialist John Zelenka has joined the team as SVP of Global Sales. Conviva’s co-founder, Hui Zhang, has been appointed Chief Scientist and Chairman of the Board and will work closely […]
Four additional Thales-built O3b satellites are now in service and meaning that the SES-backed constellation is now 16-craft strong. The 4 new Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellites are working at 8,000 kms above the ground, and SES says that collectively the new quartet adds 38 per cent extra capacity to the fleet. In MEO orbit […]
A man from Sunderland in the northeast of England has been convicted after illegally recording newly-released films at two cinemas and posting them on the Internet. Jordan Quartermain was sentenced to a two-year community order with 200 hours of unpaid work when he appeared at Newcastle Crown Court as a result of his crimes which […]