Paul Gray, principal analyst at IHS Technology, says the adoption of 4K displays is making considerable progress. Speaking at the MIPCOM UHD event in Cannes October 16th, Gray said that more than 66 per cent of 40”+ displays bought in China are now UHD, and represent 50 per cent of sales in the US and […]
The MIPCOM UHD showcase in Cannes opened October 16th with a strong update from Eutelsat on the growing health of the Ultra-HD market. Claudia Vaccarone, Eutelsat’s director/Global Market Research, said that there are now overall 99 UHD channels or services available to viewers, and using data from its own research and that of Lyngsat, said that […]
Executives from Japanese public broadcaster NHK told delegates at the MIPCOM UHD event in Cannes on October 16th that it was making a variety of programming in 8K ‘Super Hi-Vision’ as well as increasing its investment in 4K content. Senior producer/Global content development, Yukari Hayashi told delegates that in December 2018 NHK will launch the […]
Media assets software and solutions specialist Concurrent Computer Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement to sell all of the assets of its Content Delivery & Storage Business to Vecima Networks for a base purchase price of $29 million, subject to adjustment for normalised net working capital. Headquartered in Victoria, British Columbia, Vecima is a […]
Advertising expenditure attributed to OTT TV episodes and movies (AVoD) will double between 2017 and 2022 to reach $29 billion for 138 countries, according to the Global AVoD Forecasts report. Asia Pacific will overtake North America as the leading AVoD region in 2021. Asia Pacific and North America will together account for 77 per cent […]
A follow-up report on last week’s disappointing TV subscriber numbers at AT&T suggests that conventional pay-TV subscriber losses are accelerating. AT&T’s Q3 overall ‘lost’ conventional subscribers topped 390,000 although were helped by attracting some 300,000 Internet-based subscribers to its ‘NOW’ OTT bundle. The net decline for Q3 will be about 90,000, according to AT&T. It […]
Portugal’s Entidade Reguladora para a Comunicação Social (ERC) [Regulatory Entity for the Media] has submitted a study to the National Assembly, commissioned from Deloitte, outlaying the different options for the further expansion of DTT. Currently, TV viewers in Continental Portugal can receive seven free-to-air TV channels on DTT (RTP, RTP2, SIC, TVI, ARTV, RTP Memória, […]
The joint Intelsat-Intel proposal to free up C-band spectrum in certain congested urban areas in the US has received a warm response from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). FCC commissioner Michel O’Rielly told delegates to the Americas Spectrum Management Conference that the idea was very beneficial and would be examined closely. While not wholly endorsing […]
Ed Vaizey MP, the former Minister for Culture and the Digital Economy, will be among the keynote speakers at the launch of a series of Media Summits to explore the effect of ‘Brexit’ on the media and communications sector. The Brexit Briefing series launches in London on November 21st with a presentation and reception at […]
Faster bandwidth, growing 4G coverage, ever-increasing smartphone and pay-TV penetration, improving payment options, falling data tariffs and rising per capita income are set to collectively spur OTT video market in APAC region. Mobile is an important platform for the growth of OTT video service market owing to poor fixed network infrastructure in many APAC countries. […]