In the wake of UK broadcast regulator Ofcom’s publication of its review of public service broadcasting, Stephen van Rooyen, EVP and CEO, UK and Europe, has suggested that the regulator should consider a radical reform of the PSB model. “It’s clear from Ofcom’s report that the UK broadcast landscape has been transformed over the past […]
UK hybrid TV platform Freeview Play is coming to Android TV, thanks to a new agreement between Freeview and Google. Now, even more British viewers will easily find and discover the shows they love. Android TV users will be able to access over 85 live Freeview channels as well as 20,000 hours’ worth of on […]
UK broadcast regulator Ofcom has published a review of how public service broadcasting (PSB) has delivered for UK audiences over a five-year period (2014 – 2018). The Communications Act 2003 sets out the purposes and objectives of PSB and the television services responsible for their delivery. It also requires Ofcom to periodically review the PSB […]
The two largest private FTA TV groups in Spain, Mediaset and Atresmedia, have weathered the ad crisis in the country and achieved profit in 2019. Mediaset ended the year with a profit of €211.7 million, up 5.7 per cent, whereas Atresmedia’s profit amounted to €118 million, up 33.8 per cent. The TV groups saw their […]
Initial insights from Virtual Australia (VOZ) – the foundation of Australia’s new Total TV reporting standard – confirm that to fully evaluate the performance of television content, it’s essential to have a national view of how that content is consumed over time and across devices. In the first stage of a phased rollout, OzTAM, Regional […]
A poll carried out for UK newspaper the Sunday Express has revealed that 61 per cent of respondents want the BBC licence fee abolished. It also found people believe the BBC does not provide value for money and are increasingly switching to rivals. While 63 per cent agree the BBC is “an important part of […]
Eminent academic Patrick Barwise, emeritus professor of management and marketing at London Business School, and a renowned commentator on media and broadcasting, has suggested that moves to replace the BBC licence fee with a form of subscription would result in “a car crash”. Barwise made his comment in a panel discussion on ‘The Future of […]
Visual processing solutions provider Pixelworks is working with semiconductor specialist Qualcomm Technologies on a 5G-based fixed wireless access (FWA) customer-premises equipment platform that integrates over-the-air (OTA) local TV streaming technology from Pixelworks. The joint reference solution will combine Pixelworks’ OTA streaming XCode processor with the Qualcomm Snapdragon X55 5G Modem-RF System, allowing broadband network operators, […]
The UK government under Prime Minister Boris Johnson has reiterated its intention to scrap the television licence fee and make viewers pay a subscription. In plans revealed to the Sunday Times, the Corporation could also be made to downsize and sell off most of its radio stations. The plans would make the BBC to sell […]
“Democracy is the worst way to run a country, except all the others,’” said Winston Churchill. The same may well be true of a licence fee and a PSB national broadcaster. But that doesn’t stop every new Tory government concerning itself with scrapping it, no matter how many much more urgent things they have to […]