Fox boss James Murdoch is reportedly being considered as a potential successor to Bob Iger, chief executive of Walt Disney, if the two companies reach agreement on a possible takeover. According to the FT, Rupert Murdoch and his younger son, James, could take senior roles at a combined company if a deal is struck. Iger […]
A tit-for-tat row between tech giants has escalated with Google’s YouTube removing its app from Amazon’s Fire and Echo Show devices. The site can still be accessed via browsers on the devices. Amazon said it hoped to resolve the issue with Google as soon as possible but claimed: “Amazon doesn’t carry Google products like Chromecast […]
Telecom Italia (TIM), whose top shareholder is France’s Vivendi, has said it will look into whether a separation of its fixed line network is needed to address competition concerns from Italian authorities. Italy’s biggest phone group will also pursue talks with Mediaset on a new content deal, a move sources say could help settle a […]
Figures from financial services company Raymond James reveal that 31 per cent of Internet users polled in November named a streaming service such as Netflix or Hulu as their primary method of consuming video content. That was up from just 24 per cent about a year ago. It was also a scant few percentage points behind […]
Global consumer media usage & exposure, including all digital and traditional media combined, is on pace to grow an estimated 1.9 per cent to an average of 50 hours per week (HPW) in 2017, according to research from PQ Media. Consumer time spent with media worldwide is projected to increase another 2.5 per cent in 2018, […]
The Board of Directors of Italian operator TIM has authorised the continuation of negotiations over a new multi-year agreement on the acquisition of content from broadcaster Mediaset Group. The agreement would come into force from 2018 with both linear and on-demand channels and will boost the offer of the operator’s TIMVision platform. TIM customers will […]
LiveU has published new insights into the massive growth in live IP video traffic in the broadcast market, reflecting the transition away from traditional satellite transmission towards cellular. Based on data from LiveU’s global customer base (over 2,000 customers in over 100 countries), the findings reveal the full extent of the surge in demand for […]
ProSiebenSat.1 Group will continue its diversification strategy and now realises over 50 per cent of its revenues outside the traditional TV advertising business. To further accelerate this successful transformation, the Group will, as of January 2018, have a new organisational setup with the three business areas of Entertainment, Content Production & Global Sales and Commerce. […]
A Parks Associates report finds that makers of smart TVs and streaming media players (SMPs) are shifting strategies to focus on the user experience (UX) as device sales start to flatten out. According to Parks Associates’ Market Snapshot – Smart TVs & the User Experience, 45 per cent of US broadband households have a smart […]
The alleged scandal in South Africa over pay-TV operator MultiChoice and whether it abused its influence with public broadcaster SABC has now reached the country’s parliamentarians. The opposition Democratic Alliance is calling for a full parliamentary enquiry into the damaging allegations. Consumer organisation Corruption Watch is making similar demands, while the Competition Commission says it […]