The boom in smart phone and Internet penetration is transforming traditional television (TV) viewership patterns in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), creating a vast, fertile market for over-the-top (OTT) video services, according to Over-the-top (OTT) Video Services to Transform TV Viewing in Middle East and North Africa Forecast to 2021, a new report […]
Italian VoD platform Chili has added over 100,000 new customers during April, taking another step towards reaching the milestone of 1 million customers (expected during May) four months in advance of the initial target. The OTT platform offers first view movies after their cinema release as well as a vast catalogue of movie and TV […]
Telenor Group has reported falls in both its Satellite Broadcasting and Canal Digital DTH operations during its Q1 trading. Telenor Satellite Broadcasting, the satellite facilities and capacity leasing business, had revenues of NOK227 million (€24.o6m), a fall of NOK10 million compared with Q1/2016 (NOK237 million). Satellite Broadcasting’s operating profit for the quarter year was NOK60 […]
Dee Forbes, Director General of Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), the national public service broadcaster of the Republic of Ireland, has delivered a strong defence of public service broadcasting, in particular those broadcasters whose roles include safeguarding national tongues and identities. Delivering a Keynote Speech at the Celtic Media Festival in Douglas, the Isle of Man, […]
According to the findings of a report from video monetisation technology and services provider Ooyala, published in collaboration with specialist research and consulting firm Futuresource Consulting, content providers will seek integrated video solutions to minimise costs, streamline processes and provide growth opportunities at every step in the video lifecycle. The research, which included input from […]
In five years 90 per cent of the existing 37.4 million TV sets in Spain will become obsolete with Spaniards being obliged to renew them or buy an adapter due to the implementation of the DVB-T2 standard. Currently, just 10 per cent of the TV sets existing in the market are ready for the new […]
Videology, a software provider for converged TV and video advertising, has released its Q1 2017 U.S. TV & Video At-A-Glance report. According to the report, Videology has seen a 6x increase in the number of ad requests for Connected TV since Q1 2015. In fact, today over half (56 per cent) of campaigns are run […]
English Premiership Rugby matches will be shown live on terrestrial television for the first time in the competition’s history, as Premiership Rugby and Channel 5 unveil what they describe as a “landmark” four-year deal. The agreement will see UK commercial public service broadcaster Channel 5 (owned by Viacom International Media Networks) broadcast five live games […]
Spanish TV group Mediapro is to distribute Ebs and Ebs +, the two TV channels produced by the European Commission with info and news stories about the EU, via HD satellite. Mediapro will be responsible for the carriage of both signals, the uplink and the management of the satellite distribution, over the next four years. […]
The Broadband Stakeholder Group (BSG) has launched Impact of a Broadband USO in the UK, a report commissioned from Plum Consulting to analyse the impact of the design considerations of a potential broadband USO (universal service obligation) in the UK. This report complements the technical advice produced by Ofcom in December 2016 for Government The Government announced in 2015 […]