TV ad spending will continue its decline this year, according to eMarketer’s latest US advertising forecast. With cord-cutting accelerating and OTT viewing on the rise, outlays on TV ads will slip 0.5 per cent in 2018 to $69.87 billion (€56.68bn). As a result, TV’s share of total US media ad expenditures will drop from 33.9 […]
The Italian TV market continues to be dynamic, with new national channels continuously being added to the already bountiful offer. Mediaset has confirmed April 3rd as the launch date for its new free-to-air general entertainment channel, called 20 Mediaset, which will be available both via digital terrestrial and on satellite platform TivùSat (only in HD), […]
A batch of Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) filings on March 28th showed some high-profile salary and compensation paid to executives last year. As a percentage improvement Charlie Ergen, founder and chairman of the USA’s Dish Network, did well with a 41 per cent uplift in his total package, made up of a base salary […]
One of the UK’s leading intellectual property (IP) protection organisations has joined forces with the national police unit which leads the response to tackling IP crime to warn users of the risks of illegal streaming ahead of the March 31st fight between Anthony Joshua and Joseph Parker. UK intellectual property protection organisation FACT (Federation Against […]
Abu Dhabi wants to enforce its ban on “illegal” satellite dishes from rooftops and owner’s balconies in the capital city. Warnings are being given to violators, who are told to remove the dish and instead install a ‘legal’ rooftop – and generally invisible from street-level – communal dish system. The problem is compounded because many […]
Sony has announced that it is permanently cutting the price of its PlayStation VR gaming headsets. The new starting price for PlayStation VR will be £259 in the UK (down from £349), €299 (from €399) in Europe and $299 (from $399) in the US. The base model will come with the headset and camera, as […]
The value of in-orbit satellite rescue and servicing is forecast to be worth $3 billion cumulatively by 2027 and growing at an impressive 62 per cent CAGR from next year, 2019, when ‘space tug’ operations are likely to commence. The study, from Northern Sky Research (NSR), says that the use of these ‘life extension vehicles’ […]
The first results from a broadband speed testing programme undertaken by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) suggest that nbn (national broadband network) broadband services from iiNet, Optus, Telstra and TPG are now delivering between 80 and just over 90 per cent of the maximum plan speeds in the evening busy hours. The report, […]
According to the Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia), an organisation formed to define and develop media technologies to address marketplace demand for an open standard for video compression and delivery over the web, the technical-based hurdles and data demands of higher quality video mean that the majority of users only have access to full HD […]