According to data from Dataxis for the year ending 2016, Africa pay-TV subscribers stand at approximately 18.7 million subscribers which represent an increase of approximately 2 million subscribers compared to the previous year. Out of the 18.7 million subscribers, 14 million are DTH subscribers and the remaining represent mostly pay DTT with limited cable and […]
Fresh analysis by Thinkbox – the marketing body for commercial TV in the UK – of 2016 video consumption in the UK shows how total video viewing – and viewing of video advertising – breaks down. The video analysis combined 2016 data from The Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board (BARB), comScore, the IPA’s Touchpoints 2016 study, […]
UK free-to-air sports channel Front Runner is to broadcast live, season-long and free-to-air coverage of the prestigious British GT championship, marking the first time that all UK rounds will be shown live for the first time. The arrangement also the MINI Challenge support category. Launched in October 2016, Front Runner is the UK’s first and […]
Legislation in EU member states should not state that broadcast copyright is not infringed when it is immediately retransmitted by cable where it was initially broadcast, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled in the latest move in a dispute between UK free-to-air commercial broadcasters ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5, […]
UK free-to-air digital terrestrial television platform Freeview has confirmed that sales of its connected TV service Freeview Play TVs and set-top boxes have surpassed one million. Launched in late 2015, Freeview Play brings UK consumers a seamless combination of live, catch-up and on demand content all in one place for no monthly cost. Freeview Play […]
A grouping of Europe’s commercial broadcasters has warned that proposed changes to the AVMS Directive are a step backwards that risks damaging growth, audience choice and investment in European content, instead of delivering the Commission’s stated aim of fostering Europe’s digital economy. When the European Commission embarked on the current review, vice president Andrus Ansip […]
Suggesting that a move to upgraded technology would foster innovation in the broadcast TV marketplace, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is seeking comment on a proposal that would allow television broadcasters in the US to use the ATSC 3.0 ‘Next Generation’ broadcast television transmission standard on a voluntary, market-driven basis. According to the FCC, ATSC […]
Canal+ shed 492,000 subscribers in its home market cutting revenues 4.7 per cent to €5.25 billion despite an uplift in the final quarter from the new partnership with Orange and Free. Canal+ now has 5.25 million subs in France. Internationally, Canal+ added 692,000 subscribers in Africa over the course of the year, taking its total […]
The FTA TV duopoly of Mediaset and Atresmedia remains strong in Spain, with the groups controlling a combined 85.4 per cent of the TV ad share. The latest figures from Infoadex reveal both took €1.811 billion out of the total €2.122 billion TV ad revenues in 2016, up 5.5 per cent. Only €100 million went […]
Champions League football could soon be returning to UK terrestrial television, with Channel 4 emerging as an unlikely destination. According to a report in The Daily Telegraph, the broadcaster is “exploring the prospect of buying one fixture per matchweek” from Europe’s top club competition when the new three year UK television contract goes up for […]