German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has confirmed that CEO Thomas Ebeling will leave his position in February. The news comes just following last week’s profit warning, and after Ebeling apologised for disparaging comments about the network’s viewers. Ebeling has since apologised for calling the network’s core audience “fat” and “poor” during a conference call with financial analysts […]
OTT TV platforms are becoming increasingly popular in Spain with four in every ten Spaniards watching streamed content via a TV set at least once a week, according to the CNMC (The National Commission on Markets and Competition). Netflix has more than doubled its subscriber count in the last 6 months to 1,163,000, up from […]
A total of 427 TV channels were available in Italy via the DTT and DTH (Sky Italia and TivùSat) platforms at the end of the third quarter of 2017. This compares to 431 in Q1, according to data by Italian broadcaster’s association Confindustria Radio Televisioni (CRTV). The data includes time-shifted versions, HD, 3D, PPV and […]
At the 87th meeting of the DVB Steering Board (SB) important revisions and updates for three DVB specifications were approved. This development marks the completion of the current generation of specifications for Ultra High Definition Television – DVB UHD-1. DVB UHD-1 covers elements for the improvement of video and audio quality for broadcast TV services. […]
Satellite broadcasting is helping drive digital adoption in Africa, according to a report from satellite operator Eutelsat. The report, Digital Transition in Africa, says that despite the ITU-mandated switch off of analogue broadcasting for June 2015 only six African nations have actually made the transition to digital broadcasting. “This slow progress is largely due to […]
Amazon Prime Video has agreed a content deal with AMC that will see it receive first international rights to series from AMC Studios. The first new series covered by the deal is The Terror, a horror series produced by Ridley Sxott, whcih will launch in 2018. Amazon Prime will be able to stream the show […]
According to Dataxis analysis, Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone and Telefonica, are the leading telecom groups in Europe in term of revenues for the second quarter of 2017. The revenues of the top 10 telecom operators in Europe amounts to €51 billion as per Q2 2017 data from Dataxis. The top 10 telcos are TIM Italy, Sky, […]
New-York based startup We Are TV, an IOS and Android AR app that launched in October, has reported 100,000 users. Available in both France and the US, We are TV allows viewers to interact with live, replay or VoD programming and enhance their experience by playing games or by posting and reading comments. “This number […]
Irish open-access wholesale broadband provider SIRO is partnering with multiplay operator Sky Ireland to deliver high speed fibre services to consumers. The partnership is the latest investment by Sky in its infrastructure in Ireland as part of its strategy to ensure that its customers can avail of the highest broadband speeds across the country. Having […]