The companies responsible for UK free-to-air DTT platform Freeview have called on industry and policy makers to ‘step up’ to meet the profound changes in television being driven by American tech firms. Guy North, Freeview’s Managing Director, and Jonathan Thompson, Digital UK’s CEO, told delegates at the Outside the Box industry event in London that there […]
Pay-TV revenues are overtaking FTA advertising revenues for the first time in Spain, according to the latest report from regulatory body CNMC. Total pay-TV revenues grew by 14.8 per cent to €520 million in the first quarter of the year. Pay-TV fees amounted to €489 million with 18.4 per cent growth. FTA TV revenues totalled […]
UTECA, the largest private TV Association in Spain, has accused the Administration of discrimination against FTA TV to the benefit of pay-TV and new OTT platforms. The president of UTECA, Alejandro Echevarría, has urged the Government to put an end to the “favourable treatment” of pay-TV operators and demanded “legal changes” to make the new […]
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved (in a 3:2 vote) voluntary use by broadcasters of the new ATSC 3.0 advanced TV transmission scheme for the USA. The FCC, in its decision, has opened the starting gate for the USA’s next broadcasting standard for FTA terrestrial stations. In essence, the FCC ruling permits TV stations in […]
The BBC’s commercial division is looking at stumping up £500 million (€560m) to take full control of its UKTV joint-venture with Scripps Networks Interactive, according to a report in The Daily Telegraph citing industry insiders. BBC Worldwide would be the acquirer, and the newspaper says the BBC would seek funding from private investors. The move comes about […]
SES has renewed a valuable distribution agreement with key client ProSiebenSat.1. Part of deal covers all of the broadcasting group’s FTA standard definition transmissions. SES-owned facility and playout division MX1 will continue to handle technical services. What’s important to the deal is that SES holds onto ProSiebenSat.1’s standard definition channels, which means that dual emissions, […]
UK commercial broadcaster ITV said it expects Q4 advertising revenues to be up 1 per cent on last year, compared with a decline of 7 per cent across the first nine months of the year. In Q3, advertising sales were down 4 per cent. Overall revenues for the first nine months were down just 1 […]
German free-to-air broadcasting group ProSiebenSat.1 has issued its third profits warning of the year, and the market has all but abandoned the company’s stock. A note to investors from investment bank Berenberg says that management changes could be the consequence. Just two years ago (on November 20th 2015) Pro7/Sat1 share price topped €50. The decline […]
James and Lachlan Murdoch, speaking on 21st Century Fox’s Q1 2018 Earnings Call, have played down the notion that they were seeking to sell parts of their business to Disney, suggesting instead that Fox had the required scale, with completion of its planned acquisition of Sky likely in 2018. Lachlan Murdoch, co-executive chairman of 21st […]
Canadians are increasingly turning to platforms and devices connected to the Internet for their video and audio content, according to the 2017 Communications Monitoring Report from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). Canadians aged 18-34 years old are leading the trend with 23 per cent watching TV exclusively online. Nationally, 13 per cent of […]