Italian public broadcaster RAI ended June 2017 with an audience share of 35.9 per cent, compared to 36.9 per cent a year earlier. In the same period, its main rival Mediaset saw its audience share grow from 29.1 per cent to 30.1 per cent. Sky Italia had 8.4 per cent of total viewers (-0.6 per […]
Following similar comments made by Ed Woodward, the Vice-Chairman of Manchester United Football Club in respect of English Premier League rights, and those made by F1 commercial MD Sean Bratches, Guy-Laurent Epstein, Marketing Director at European Football governing body UEFA, has admitted that online concerns such as Amazon and Facebook may become active in bidding […]
Following Dataxis research, the pay-TV market in Latin America reached 74.3 million subscribers in the second quarter of 2017, ended almost unchanged from the previous quarter. Although the market remained stable, America Movil and AT&T (DirecTV), the two main groups lost subscribers. America Movil lost 1.3 per cent of its pay-TV subscriber base in the […]
QVC has become the second shopping channel in Germany to start transmissions in UHD. It becomes the 7th UHD channel being carried by SES at its 19.2 degrees East orbital slot. Pearl TV was the first to transmit in UHD and launched its service in October 2015. Under the ten-year agreement announced by SES, QVC […]
The development of FTTH is at a formidable speed in Spain. Latest figures from the CNMC reveal that FTTH reached 5.89 million lines in August with the addition of 128,710 lines in the month versus July and 1.6 million against March 2016. Movistar leads the market with 3.26 million lines, 55.4 per cent of the […]
Satellite operator SES is working with Google’s experimental stratospheric balloon system, ‘Project Loon’, to bring telephone and broadband connectivity back to hurricane ravaged Puerto Rico. ‘Project Loon’, in this case, sees very high-altitude balloons used over Puerto Rico and SES-backed O3b’s FastConnect satellite terminals for further links into the world’s telecoms systems. “Our thoughts are […]
The Anil Ambani-backed Reliance Digital DTH service over India is widely reported to be about to close. A notice in Hindi to subscribers has been published in some Indian newspapers, and saying that the service will cease on November 18th. This notice has not been confirmed. The reports come amidst numerous stories of financial pressures […]
Huawei and Dolby Laboratories have unveiled the Huawei Q22 set-top box, which they say is the first IPTV set-top box in the world to support Dolby Vision high-dynamic-range (HDR) technology. “It is tremendously exciting to see Huawei deliver the first IPTV set-top box with Dolby Vision support, adding to the ever-expanding list of Dolby Vision […]
AirTies Wireless Networks, an international provider of in-home wireless systems and set-top box solutions, has signed a new two-year contract to supply Singtel, Asia’s leading communications technology group, an ultra-fast whole-home Wi-Fi Mesh. Unlike traditional Wi-Fi, which relies on a single Wi-Fi Access Point (AP) on home gateways and routers, Singtel uses AirTies’ multiple Mesh […]
Goalplay, an online coaching platform for gaming players, is using media services solutions provider MX1’s content management solution and CDN services to deliver content securely to a wide range of digital outlets, including its TV app, OTT 24/7 channels, online outlets, and social media channels. Goalplay, founded by world-famous former goalkeeper, football expert, and entrepreneur […]