Deutsche Telekom has reported core profit rose 8.6 per cent as its US operations compensated for network upgrade investments in Germany. The German telco said adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA), excluding special items, rose to €5.46 billion. Deutsche Telekom added 41,000 customers to its domestic IPTV platform Entertain in Q2 2016, […]
Vodafone Spain’s offer of all National and International football for just €6 a month for subscribing before the end of August (from September at €18) is the latest move in the ongoing battle for subscribers across the country’s pay-TV operators. All three have launched low cost football offers to boost subscriptions. Telefónica’s Movistar is giving […]
A City of London Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) operation has led to the arrest of three people who are suspected to have orchestrated the distribution and transmission of thousands of illegally modified TV set-top boxes to people worldwide. Detectives from PIPCU executed a series of dawn raids on 10 August, at a business […]
UK subscription-free satellite TV service Freesat has launched a live audience measurement service showing viewing behaviour in real time. The service, which runs on an audience attribution platform developed by TVbeat, shows viewer behaviour across channels and programmes to a high level of granularity, giving channel executives and other users new datasets on which to […]
Mike Fries, the chief executive of Virgin Media owner Liberty Global, has said that Netflix has lost its “cool factor” and is no longer a major threat to pay-TV companies. Fries believes that despite its explosive growth Netflix’s model is constrained. “Netflix is now more of a programme provider, like an HBO or a Sky […]
Globosat, the satellite arm of Brazilian media giant Group Globo, is offering around 100 hours of Olympics coverage in Virtual Reality, viewable on a Samsung ‘Gear’ VR headset. Globosat will supply the footage via its SporTV VR service to compatible Galaxy smartphones. Already available are the Opening Ceremony and during the Games clips will be […]
Greece has announced its final shortlist of seven private would-be broadcasters. The Greek government has been running a tendering process for just four 10-year licences. But already there’s exceptional controversy in that MEGA TV, one of the nation’s favourite broadcasters, has not made the final roster. Mega has been involved for some months in a […]
Harmonic, the specialist in video delivery infrastructure, has published its Q2 2016 results. GAAP net revenue for the second quarter of 2016 was $108.8 million (€97.5m), compared with $81.8 million for the first quarter of 2016 and $103.1 million for the second quarter of 2015. Total cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments were $65.3 million […]
travelXP is a Mumbai-based documentary broadcaster and programme-maker. It is already supplying some of its travelogues and factual documentaries in UHD. It is due to start transmitting (in HD for the time being) in HD in a partnership with Telekom Austria. With its direct2home platform, Telekom Austria Group will act as technical contributor for the […]
Danmon Group has announced the completion, for ViaSat Sport, of Scandinavia’s first UHD television channel. Part of Modern Times Group, ViaSat is based at MTG’s headquarters in Stockholm. ViaSat Sport will transmit selected live sport events in UHD to viewers throughout the Nordic region. The new channel commenced with the Rio Olympics, MTG being the […]