Harmonic, a specialist in video delivery and cable access virtualization, has expanded the company’s board of directors with the appointment of David Krall. “I’m delighted to welcome David to our board,” said Patrick Harshman, president and CEO of Harmonic. “David’s extensive executive leadership and board experience, and particularly his strong digital and streaming media background, […]
Vibrant TV has continued its distribution drive by signing with FlixOn TV, an all-new OTT service making its US debut this month. The announcement was jointly made by Dan Zifkin, CEO of Vibrant TV and James Smith, Principal of FlixOn TV. With offices in the U.K, Cyprus, India and the Philippines, FlixOn TV offers its […]
Danish telecoms operator TDC has been approached by a buy-out group lead by Macquarie. TDC shares jumped 17 per cent on the news and it dropped its $2.5 billion (€2.04bn) bid for most of the assets of Modern Times Group (MTG) – a move that got a cool reception. TDC has been approached by a […]
BBC iPlayer recorded its best year ever in 2017. Viewers streamed 272 million programmes per month on average over the course of the year, with total requests growing to 3.3 billion – an 11 per cent increase on the previous year. The most popular show of 2017 was the first episode of natural history series […]
Facebook is losing friends among teens and young adults, according to eMarketer’s report on UK digital users, which is set to be released later in February. In 2018, 2.2 million
beIN Connect, the Spanish football streaming platform operated by Mediapro, has launched a multiscreen service that allows subscribers to watch up to four football matches simultaneously on the same screen. The service is available across most connected devices and enables subscribers to watch matches from La Liga, the Champions League and the Europa League. With […]
Karim Michel Sabbagh, currently president & CEO at satellite operator SES, and Padraig McCarthy CFO, are stepping down. Steve Collar, who is currently CEO of SES Networks, has been appointed as the next President & CEO of SES, becoming CEO Designate with immediate effect. Andrew Browne, who was until recently CFO of O3b Networks and […]
The OTT subscription online VoD market in Europe should keep growing over the next five years. Kagan, a media research group within S&P Global Market Intelligence, projects the market to reach $6.8 billion (€5.55bn) in revenues in 2022, up from $3.9 billion in 2017. The main factors contributing
Rupert Murdoch has pledged to guarantee funding Sky News for up to five years, as 21st Century Fox seeks clearance for its £11.7 billion (€13.2bn) takeover of Sky. He also pledged not to interfere editorially. The Competition and Markets Authority said in its provisional findings last month that Murdoch’s bid raised media plurality concerns because […]
South African pay-TV giant MultiChoice has been given notice that their transmissions over and within Nigeria must cease next year. The notification also includes StarTimes Group, which is backed by Nigeria’s public broadcaster. All of the MultiChoice-related services are directly affected including DStv and its digital terrestrial service GOTV. The notification has come from Nigeria’s […]