UK commercial broadcaster ITV is considering entering into a £1 billion joint venture with the BBC by buying half of multichannel broadcaster UKTV, according to the Daily Telegraph. UKTV is currently jointly owned by the BBC and US broadcaster Discovery, which acquired the 50 per cent stake when it bought Scripps Interactive Networks for $14.6 […]
Discovery is the largest international broadcaster to ponder the future of its European broadcasting base in London and a possible move to the continent if UK Government fails to agree a broadcast licence passport deal with the EU. Discovery, the biggest international broadcaster in London, broadcasts over 100 TV channels across Europe from its hub […]
Spanish TV company Mediapro has lost the TV rights to Italian Serie A football following the league’s decision to cancel the contract awarded to the firm for €1.05 billion a year from 2018 to 2021. With the decision, the football rights auction is now being relaunched with Sky and Mediaset battling for them. Sky is […]
The European Council’s permanent representatives committee (Coreper) has agreed its position on a draft directive aimed at adapting EU copyright rules to the digital environment. The common position will serve as a mandate for the presidency of the Council to start negotiations with the European Parliament, once the latter has agreed its own position. “All […]
Netflix is gaining momentum in Spain, tripling the number of subscribers in the last 12 months to 1.46 million – equivalent to 9.1 per cent of Internet homes with online pay-TV services in the country. The Q4 2017 figures from
The spread of mobile devices and rapid mobile data networks has transformed global media consumption in recent years. Twenty-four per cent of all media consumption across the world will be mobile this year, up from just 5 per cent in 2011, according to advertising and marketing agency Zenith’s Media Consumption Forecasts 2018. By 2020, Zenith […]
Dataxis’ research on the digital video market in Middle-East forcasts significant growth over the next 5 years. The growth will mainly be driven by the progression of SVoD services, which are expected to account for 14 million subscribers in 2023, up from around 3 million in 2017. Turkey, Saudi Arabia and UAE will continue to […]
Bingeing on Netflix boxsets, sharing stories on Facebook and downloading content from Apple’s iTunes and Alibaba’s Ali Picture have contributed to a record year of brand value growth in the 2018 BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands ranking released today by WPP and Kantar Millward Brown. The increasing use of data-driven, intelligence-led technologies – […]
Global TV shipments increased by 7.9 per cent to 50.6 million units in the first quarter of 2018 compared to a year ago, according to critical information, analytics and solutions provider IHS Markit. Liquid-crystal display (LCD) TV shipments rose 7.5 per cent to 50.1 million units and organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TV shipments jumped 115.8 […]
Spacecom, the Israel-based operator of the Amos fleet of satellites, says it has postponed its $112 million contract with Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) to build its Amos-8 craft. Spacecom issued the news in a filing with the Tel Aviv stock exchange on May 27th. The original order was agreed with SS/L on March 25th this year, […]