The dominance of the Mediaset-Atresmedia duopoly – with over 85 per cent of the Spanish TV ad market and 50 per cent of audience ratings – is driving smaller DTT channels to bankruptcy with millions in losses and low ratings. Nationwide DTT channels such as Trece, DKiss and TEN have seen combined losses of €44 […]
vMVPD (Virtual multichannel video programming distributor) and D2C (Direct-to-consumer) revenues will reach $24 billion (€19.8bn) by 2023 – eight times the $3 billion recorded in 2017, according to the vMVPD and D2C TV Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. vMVPD will overshadow D2C with its revenues more than triple the D2C total by […]
Spacecom, which operates the AMOS fleet of satellites from Israel, has today (April 30th) notified the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange that the Israeli state is to buy a new communications satellite from Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). The worrying news is that the notification says the new satellite will be positioned at 4 degrees West, which […]
‘Starlink’ is the proposed name of a global mega-constellation of thousands of small satellites which billionaire Elon Musk is proposing to launch, and in the process to “change the world”. SpaceX is Musk’s rocket company and its president and chief operating officer Gwynne Shotwell, speaking on a TED talk, admitted that much of the public’s […]
Following the launch of new, dedicated sports channels in 2017, UK broadcaster Sky Sports will now add a channel dedicated to horse racing. ‘Sky Sports Racing’ will replace ‘At The Races’ and will be available to every Sky TV customer in the UK and Ireland at no extra cost. It will be available in HD […]
The BBC is offering local communities a special one-off dispensation to mark the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Megan Markle May 19th, allowing the public to come together and take part in the occasion. The dispensation allows those celebrating the Royal Wedding through organising special events and parties in town halls, community centres and […]
The National Football League (NFL) has renewed its exclusive partnership with Amazon Prime Video to deliver a live OTT digital stream of Thursday Night Football to a global audience across devices during the 2018 and 2019 NFL Seasons. Amazon Prime will stream the 11 Thursday Night Football games broadcast by FOX, which will also be simulcast on NFL […]
Last week’s Q1 results from satellite operator SES were encouraging and more or less on the nose in terms of expectations, but there’s a huge caveat. New CEO Steve Collar has only been in the job 22 days and is now conducting an internal review of all his divisions and departments. Previous CEO Karim Michel […]
Greece has a new pay-TV operator in the shape of cellular telco Wind. It has launched its new service, Wind Vision, with more than 60 channels as well as direct access to Netflix as well as direct access to Google services. “Our entry into the pay-TV market, with the new Wind Vision service, is a […]
Britbox, the US SVoD service, is to offer an array of programming for the forthcoming Royal Wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, including live coverage of the event in cinemas. The service, co-owned by BBC Studios, ITV and AMC Networks, will allow US subscribers to watch a live broadcast of the wedding. In addition […]