Japan’s public broadcaster NHK is set to showcase some of its 8K programming at the ‘South by South West’ (SXSW) show in Austin, Texas (March 13th – 15th). NHK is equipping a dedicated theatre along with a 200” cinema screen, and onto which it will project some of its latest music content. Audio is not […]
Although Liberty Media’s first year as owner of Formula 1 saw 2017 season audience figures increase across TV and digital platforms, with 352 million unique TV viewers across all F1 programming, it revealed in its Q4 and Full Year 2017 results that revenue from activities other than race promotion fees, broadcasting fees and advertising and […]
Terms of Reference for the new DVB CM-I group for DVB-I (Internet) have been agreed at the recent 80th DVB Commercial Module meeting. DVB CM-I will look into the Commercial Requirements for standalone linear TV services over broadband Internet. The group is to be chaired by Thomas Stockhammer (Qualcomm Technologies) with Peter Lanigan (TP Vision) […]
Orange Spain has reached an agreement with 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment to enhance its VoD service with up to 100 new titles, including a number of recent releases such as Ferdinand and The Greatest Showman as well as classic hits from the studio such as Alien and Ice Age. With this deal, Orange’s VoD […]
SpaceX is looking to make the delayed launch of Madrid-based satellite operator’s Hispasat 30W-6 craft at 12.33am tonight (05.33 GMT, March 6th) when a two-hour launch window opens. The satellite was originally expected to launch last week, but a problem with pressurisation of the nose cone fairing delayed the lift-off. The launch will be SpaceX’s […]
The Swiss public have voted overwhelmingly in favour of retaining the licence fee in a national vote held on March 4th 2018. The ‘No Billag’ initiative was filed in Switzerland in late 2015, calling for the abolition of the TV and radio licence fee. Billag is the name of the private company responsible for collecting […]
The latest Australian Video Viewing Report – from Regional TAM, OzTAM and Nielsen, and spanning the year through Q4 2017 – builds on the continuing story of how Australians are embracing opportunities to watch video on an ever-increasing array of options. Extensive content choice and more devices in homes encourage the cross-screen ‘spreading’ this report […]
Billionaire investor Marc Andreessen, co-inventor of web-browser Mosaic and co-founder of Netscape, is putting cash into a new venture which intends building small geostationary satellites to provide a global broadband service. His investment, made by his Silicon Valley venture capital fund, Andreesson Horowitz, is going to satellite start-up Astranis and the projects second-round of financing. […]
The mandated conversion from analogue to digital for India’s thousands of cable operators, and the obligation to supply addressable digital decoder set-top boxes has not quite paid off for operators or content providers, according to a study published by Indiantelevision. The study combines data from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and the six […]
WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) and L’Équipe, the French free TV channel dedicated to sport, have announced a new agreement to broadcast WWE’s flagship weekly programme Raw on free-to-air television in France. From March 10th, L’Équipe channel la chaine L’Équipe will air a one-hour version of Raw at on Saturday mornings with an additional re-air on […]