French media group Vivendi has filed a civil petition demanding damages from Italian broadcaster Mediaset and Berlusconi family holding company Fininvest. Vivendi is arguing that it was the victim of a defamatory media campaign over its aborted agreement to take over pay-TV unit Mediaset Premium, legal sources told Italian media. The amount of the requested […]
FreeWheel, the premium video ad management company, has published its latest Video Monetisation Report, revealing that 2016 was a pivotal year for premium video consumption. Findings from the report include: Total video content views rose by 26 per cent from the previous year, with ad views up by 24 per cent, making 2016 the sixth consecutive […]
The latest data from SES, based on its Satellite Monitor studies, shows that European consumers are buying into the Ultra HD concept. SES is transmitting 34 UHD channels, of which 21 are fully commercial. While some channels, such as Fashion 4K have a near-global presence, others (such as Sky UK’s UHD transmission) are country-specific. Ricardo […]
UK pay-TV service Sky is adding voice search and new personalisation features to its Sky Q platform, which it says will make it quicker and easier for people to access to the movies, shows and sports they love to watch. With voice search, viewers can find TV by pressing and holding the voice button on […]
TVision Insights, a specialist in measuring eyes on screen attention to every second of programming and advertising on US television, has released its inaugural Quarterly Attention Report. The report showcases attention data across demographics, commercials, and programming, covering October 1st – December 31st 2016. Key among the findings: Geico, Verizon, and Walmart captured the most […]
Satellite operator Yahsat has announced a long-term strategic partnership with UAE communications solutions company X SAT FZE. Under the agreement, X SAT is committed to capacity on Yahsat’s upcoming Ka-band satellite, Al Yah 3, to be launched later in 2017. The two companies signed the agreement during the second day of cable, satellite, broadcast, content […]
As predicted by advanced-television.com on March 16th, Stéphane Richard, Chairman and CEO of French quad-play telco Orange and Richard Plepler, Chairman and CEO of HBO, have renewed their multi-year carriage agreement initiated during the creation of OCS, Orange’s group of dedicated premium movies and TV series channels, which was scheduled to end late 2018. With […]
The major US television networks have secured a favourable appeals court victory in a case centring on alleged illegal online retransmission of their programmes. FOX, ABC, NBC, and CBS have argued against OTT service FilmOn X’s retransmission in the courts for close to five years. FilmOn X contended that it was a cable system under […]
China-backed StarTimes Media says it is ramping up its pay-TV presence in Africa. StarTimes Media’s Kenyan VP Mark Lisboa, speaking at an event in Nairobi where he introduced a range of digital TV sets, said that by the end of this year StarTimes would be active in 20 African countries. Currently the broadcaster is active […]
Ukraine says that the Belarus 24 satellite channel version of public broadcaster Belarus 1 TV channel is in violation of Ukrainian legislation because it persists in showing a map with the Crimea on some of its news programmes. BBC Monitoring, quoting Interfax-Ukraine news agency, says that the National Council for Television and Radio Broadcasting of […]