The Spanish OTT service operated by Sky has launched an app to make the package available to all PlayStation 4 owners. PS4 users can now download the app to watch Sky’s 14 pay-TV channels and over 3,600 hours of VoD content for €10 a month, with the first month free under a starter promotion. PS4 users […]
Although the economic recession waned somewhat in 2017, the Latin American pay-TV sector was still affected. According to the eighth edition of the Latin America Pay-TV Forecasts report from Digital TV Research, the number of pay-TV subscribers was flat year-on-year. Fewer than 5 million additional pay-TV subscribers are expected between 2017 and 2023 – bringing […]
James Pitaro has been appointed the new president of ESPN and the co-chair of Disney Media Networks. Pitaro had been the chairman of Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media since 2016. He was formerly a vice president and head of Yahoo! Media, including leading Yahoo! Sports. His appointment is effective immediately. “As a passionate and […]
An ISPreview reader poll, which was conducted between January 18th and March 1st, has suggested that the vast majority (75.1 per cent) of respondents would rather have a truly standalone broadband connection than a bundle. A third would also like UK ISPs to offer shorter contracts. At present most
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched a Hispasat satellite into orbit in the early hours of March 6th from its Cape Canaveral launch site. However, a planned landing of the rocket’s first stage did not take place as hoped because of bad weather at the floating landing site. Lift-off was at 05.33 GMT and […]
Following the December 2017 announcement by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) that it had decided to not oppose the proposed merger of FOX SPORTS and Foxtel after finding the transaction would not substantially lessen competition, News Corp and Telstra have signed definitive agreements to combine Foxtel and FOX SPORTS Australia, which they say […]
According to local reports out of Kiev, Israel’s satellite operator Spacecom has held talks with the State Space Agency of Ukraine (SSAU) with the intention of creating a Ukrainian satellite communications system to operate in a joint-venture with Spacecom. Spacecom operates the Amos fleet of satellites. The SSAU’s website says that the discussions on the […]
The Indian Media and Entertainment (M&E) sector reached almost INR1.5 trillion (€18.3 billion) in 2017, a growth of around 13 per cent over 2016. With its current trajectory, it is expect to cross INR2 trillion by 2020, at a CAGR of 11.6 per cent. The digital segment led growth, demonstrating that advertising budgets are in […]
There’s a strange dichotomy between South Korea’s two technology giants. On the one hand LG Electronics said March 5th that its OLED TV displays will be responsible for around 20 percent of its sales this year (and a greater proportion of profits). Last year OLED sales were responsible for 15 percent of overall sales. “LG […]