Disney has unveiled its Disney Digital Network – “a new home for digital stories that brings together Disney characters and a ‘curated set’ of Maker creators.” Disney says the network will consist of more than 300 social media channels and a slate of original digital programmes that includes the Star Wars and Mickey Mouse brands. […]
Time Warner reported Q1 profits up on gains from all units. Net income rose 17 per cent to $1.4 billion compared to $1.2 billion a year ago. Revenue was up 6 per cent to $7.7 billion. The results topped Wall Street estimates as the company works to finalise its acquisition by AT&T. At Turner Broadcasting, […]
New Zealand’s Sky TV is rumoured to be going ahead with its merger plan with telco giant Vodafone’s New Zealand offshoot, despite not winning the legal approval from New Zealand’s competition regulator. The country’s Commerce Commission ruled against the merger plan in February, but has subsequently said that its clearance was not formally required but […]
Canal+ Group and CBS have announced an exclusive licensing and trademark agreement for Showtime in France. The long-term deal will bring the Showtime brand to the country for the first time, along with hundreds of hours of critically-acclaimed, original series and future Showtime programming. The agreement marks a significant expansion of the Showtime brand in […]
Harmonic, the global player in video delivery infrastructure, has announced its unaudited results for the first quarter of 2017. GAAP net revenue for the first quarter of 2017 was $82.9 million, compared with $113.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2016 and $81.8 million for the first quarter of 2016. Bookings for the first quarter […]
Netgem had formed a software agreement with ZTE, an international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the Mobile Internet, for the delivery of complete TV solutions to telecoms operators in Latin America. Beginning in the second quarter of 2017 by establishing a partnership in Mexico with fiber operator TotalPlay, ZTE will deliver […]
CSG Systems, a global partner to launch and monetise digital services, has revealed that its Ascendon digital services platform will consolidate and manage a myriad of payment options for approximately three million consumers of iflix, the SVoD service for emerging markets. To enable convenient payment options that are relevant and accessible to iflix customers, the […]
Limelight Networks, a global player in digital content delivery, has launched an offer to reduce online video re-buffer rates for new customers by 10 per cent or more. The limited-time offer is backed by a money-back guarantee and the company will match customers’ existing delivery pricing. “We know how critical performance is for our customers, […]
Finnish telco DNA has announced that its remaining DVB-T format pay-TV channels will switch to DVB-T2 technology on May 17th. The majority of terrestrial-network pay-TV channels and all HD channels are already being broadcast with the new technology. The greater efficiency of DVB-T2 technology increases broadcasting capacity and enables the transmission of HD-quality broadcasts over […]
Western Europe will avoid the curse of cord-cutting – at least for the next five years, according to the Western Europe Pay TV Forecasts report from Digital TV Research. The Western European pay TV market is mature, but, unlike North America, it will still gain subscribers between 2016 and 2022. Although this only represents a […]