androme.tv has launched in Belgium – an all-in-one TV platform that aims to solve the challenges telecommunications companies and broadcasters currently face. Previously, Androme has developed TV platforms for telecommunications companies such as Telenet and Liberty Global. Now, the androme.tv platform is live at European telco companies Nowo (Portugal) and Melita (Malta). Raf Van Ham, […]
Results from a UK consumer survey carried out by Kagan, a media research group within S&P Global Market Intelligence, indicate that it is digital entertainment behaviour, rather than demographics, which best identifies the profiles of current and future users of online subscription video on demand, or SVoD, services. An individual’s digital entertainment behaviour encompasses the […]
Pay-TV penetration is breaking all records in Spain. In the third quarter of 2017, subscriber numbers grew by 6.6 per cent year-on-year to over 6.4 million, the highest ever, according to CNMC. Telefónica’s Movistar Plus leads the market both in terms of subscribers and revenues. The company had 3.7 billion subscribers as of the end […]
Italy’s Rai Way is making a joint binding offer with F2i for Italian digital terrestrial multiplex operator Persidera. The Persidera unit, which owns and manages five DTT multiplexes, is being sold by Telecom Italia (TI) as part of Vivendi’s plan to obtain EU antitrust approval for gaining control of TI. A report from investment bank […]
MTG has signed an agreement to sell its 95 per cent shareholding in Nova Broadcasting Group in Bulgaria to PPF Group, the investment company controlled by Petr Kellner. The transaction values 100 per cent of the business at an enterprise value of approximately SEK 1,830 million (€185m). The proceeds will be used to invest in […]
Middle East and North Africa pay-TV platform OSN has signed the first partnership deal in the region with Netflix, marking what it says is a “bold first step” for industry collaboration and integration. The partnership comes amid a shifting global media landscape that sees demand for relevant and exclusive content across multiple platforms continue to […]
A grouping of some 150 filmmakers writing under the auspices of the Société civile des Auteurs Réalisateurs Producteurs have signed an open letter in support for European films. They are asking European institutions and EU member states to make the fight against piracy “an absolute and common priority” and have also requested the application of […]
Church spires across the UK will be used to boost digital connectivity in rural areas following an agreement between the Government and the Church of England. The accord, signed by the National Church Institutions (NCIs) of the Church of England, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the Department for the Environment, […]
Star India has issued a three-week disconnection notice onto DTH operator Bharti Telemedia, which offers its service as Airtel Digital TV. Star India is alleging that Bharti has failed to sign a distribution agreement and failed to pay subscription fees, or submit subscriber reports. “This is to inform the subscribers of Bharti Telemedia that signals […]
MultiChoice is increasing subscription fees by at least 4 per cent for its South African viewers from April 1st, and as much as 5.5 per cent for subscribers to its DStv ‘Compact’ cluster of channels, and 6 per cent for its DStv ‘Family’ and DStv ‘Select’ bundles. DStv’s top tier, all inclusive bundle will pay […]