Vodafone is launching a new convergent package branded ‘Vodafone One Total,’ with fixed and mobile telephony (3 mobile lines), broadband and all the 120 TV channels and football. The package will cost from €112 with FTTH distribution and up to 50 Megabytes (€120 with 300 Megabytes). The convergent offer is marketed through two types of […]
The head of one of Germany’s important regions, Bavaria, is suggesting that the nation’s two publicly-funded broadcasters, ARD and ZDF, should merge. The proposal comes from Horst Seehofer who is Minister-President of the Bavarian regional government, and also acting head of the German Federal Republic, and head of Germany’s CSU parliamentary party. As equity analysts […]
A California man has sentenced by a US Federal Court for criminal copyright infringement for illegally posting screener versions of two movies – The Revenant and The Peanuts Movie – to a publicly accessible website. As a result of the illegal upload, The Revenant was available for download six days before its limited release in […]
Vodafone Romania has agreed a deal with Netflix to provide access to the streaming service via its new OTT TV offer. Vodafone is rolling out its 4GTV+ service throughout Romania, making a number of channels and on-demand content available on mobile devices and smart TVs. Effective immediately, users who sign up to the service will […]
Beleaguered French pay-TV operator Canal+ is extending its reach with the agreement of a carriage deal that sees a range of its channels now included in the Freebox Revolution offering from multiplay operator Iliad. Free has launched a new package: Freebox Revolution with TV by Canal Panorama and including access to the myCanal app. Thanks […]
Gogo, which is one of the world’s top 3 satellite-based in-flight entertainment (IFE) providers, says that it expects ‘per-aircraft’ (ARPA – Average Revenue per Aircraft) revenues to double within 5 years. It also says that it is not worried about threats from Ka-band systems provided by Viasat (of California) or Inmarsart. Gogo says that by […]
Paris-based Eutelsat is being caught up in Turkey’s political problems. Last week Turkish media authorities ruled that some 20 TV and radio stations be taken off air because of their opposition to the government. The now banned broadcasters favour Kurdish and other opposition groups in Turkey. Eutelsat reportedly received a formal letter instructing the satellite […]
The September 1st explosion of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket also destroyed the Amos-6 satellite which was sat on top of the rocket. As well as losing the valuable satellite, the catastrophe has also placed at risk a potential sale of Spacecom, which owns the Amos fleet of satellites. Amos-6 was Israel’s most sophisticated communications […]
As the number of global households with SVoD services continues to grow, the latest research from Ampere Analysis shows that the proportion of households that only have an SVoD subscription is also increasing as are the number of SVoD services taken in each SVoD homes.