Johannesburg-based Econet Media says it will invest around $1.19 billion over the next five years on acquiring exclusive TV content for its Kwese TV pay-TV platform. The news emerged via an application to Lesotho’s Communications Authority where Kwese TV is seeking a licence to operate. Kwese TV is already on air in Ghana, Zambia, Rwanda, […]
TiVo has announced that Frontier Communications, a US service provider, has signed a multi-year product licence agreement and renewal of its entertainment discovery intellectual property licence agreement. This deal names TiVo as the exclusive provider of advertising for national advertising campaigns in Frontier Communications’ interactive programming guides’ programme listings grid and provides Frontier with a […]
Verizon Digital Media Services today announced that it has been selected by Gravity Point TV, a specialist in the worldwide virtual reality (VR) services space, is to exclusively power the all-new VR viewing hub, Gravity Point VR. Already a user of Verizon’s Uplynk Video Streaming service, Gravity Point TV will now also utilise the Edgecast […]
Opera, the developer of the most popular mobile browser in Africa, announced its plan to invest $100 million over the next two years to facilitate the growth of African digital economy. The company will use the investment to speed up internet adoption in Africa and strengthen the internet ecosystem with local partners. Africa is on […]
Rubicon Project has been selected by the digital advertising team at BT to extend its digital advertising proposition to thousands of potential advertisers via Rubicon Project’s exchange. BT Digital Advertising is the online advertising and creative solutions team within BT’s Consumer business and works with advertisers to create and deliver data-driven, engaging campaigns to over […]
castLabs, a global partner in digital video technology, has announced a partnership with Molotov, modernising how France consumes television, to provide quick implementation, and simplified DRM management for their streaming platform curating content from more than 90+ television channels through a ‘freemium’ model. “DRMtoday enables Molotov to support leading DRM technologies through Molotov’s custom built […]
Sorenson Media, a specialist next generation television, has opened a new office in Seoul, Korea. The office will allow Sorenson Media to have greater access and connectivity with notable TV manufacturers in the region as it aims to enhance and scale its OEM partnerships. “Strengthening our relationships with manufacturers and rolling out services in Asia […]
Global pay-TV revenues will peak in 2017 at $202 billion (€184bn), according to analysis firm Digital TV Research. However, no rapid decline will take place after 2017 as revenues will still be as high as $200 billion in 2022. The Global Pay-TV Revenue Forecasts report [covering 138 countries] concludes
According to Mike Fries, CEO of International TV and broadband company Liberty Global, the improvement in subscriber additions, led by its operations in the UK and Germany, contributed to its best first quarter video performance in the last ten years, with a “robust” take-up of the new 4K-enabled Virgin TV V6 set-top box and customer […]
According to Hub Research, virtual MVPDs (multichannel video programming distributors) – including the just-launched Hulu Live TV service – were developed as a less-expensive alternative to traditional MVPD subscriptions. But over the time these services have been available, there’s been no appreciable drop in the number of viewers who subscribe to pay-TV. Why haven’t Virtual […]