Members of the C-Band Alliance (CBA), which is looking to see 200 MHz of C-band capacity reassigned over the US for 5G adoption, have met with FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly and Erin McGrath, legal advisor to Commissioner O’Rielly. It seems that the presentation to Commissioner O’Rielly was polite, but blunt, and covered the “real and […]

Spotify will unveil its Q4 numbers on February 6th, and Vivendi a week later on February 14th. A report from equity analysts at investment bank Deutsche Bank has looked at the streaming sector and found much to commend it to investors. The headline news from the report is that the music industry is fully embracing […]

This week, Viacom paid $340 million in hard cash to buy the US-based free streaming service Pluto TV. Investment analysts from Deutsche Bank say: “this represents another indicator of the potential size of reinvestment required from traditional broadcasters in respond to changing viewing habits.” While Viacom is best known for appealing to younger viewers (whether […]

The proposed realignment of some C-band frequencies over the US in order to boost 5G take-up has seemingly “lost lustre” these past few months as investors saw the FCC withdrawing into its ivory tower as reason to take profits after an electric year of out-performance [by the two main backers of the scheme: Intelsat and […]

There’s been massive coverage of Netflix these past few days, with analysts agonising what impact a price hike might have on its revenues and profits and how quickly the price rises might spread to their International markets. That’s understandable, but a very timely report from the media team at investment bank Berenberg suggests that it […]

A slew of post-results analysis on Netflix’s latest numbers offers considerable guidance for the rest of 2019, and perhaps beyond for the SVoD giant. While the rise in subscription rates for US viewers generated plenty of headlines, the progress internationally was praised. But that doesn’t tell the whole story. For example, international revenues – on […]

Chris Chinnock, a respected figure on the high-resolution scene, and regular contributor to Display Daily, has been appointed to look after the newly-formed 8K Association (8KA). The grouping, which has AUO, Hisense, Panasonic, Samsung and TCL as member, and hopes to expand to include more brands and component suppliers over the next year. Chinnock admits […]

This week, investment bank Exane/BNPP is holding a series of presentations with Spanish industry players, and in a note to clients says that it is now cautiously optimistic on the state of Spanish commercial broadcasters, which it now favours over Italian TV. The bank says: “We like the Spanish TV names and expect them to […]

Equity analysts at investment banker Exane/BNP-Paribas stress that despite generally poor stock market performances last year, Europe’s Media sector actually did well, with losses of only -4 per cent, against the wider state of the depressed market overall which slumped -14 per cent. The bank’s report says: “After a c30 per cent share price decline […]

Arianespace has taken delivery of its next mission’s second satellite (India’s GSAT-31) which will join Saudi Arabia’s HellasSat-4 craft which arrived a few days ago. The Ariane 5 launch is currently scheduled for February 5th (weather permitting). The launch also starts another year of launch campaigns for Arianespace which reported a flat 2018 in terms […]