With the launch of BritBox, the SVoD service created by UK PSBs the BBC and ITV likely to be within the coming few weeks, Alex Mahon, the CEO of fellow PSB Channel 4, has reiterated comments made earlier in 2019 that the channel is in active discussions regarding participation in the platform. Speaking in a […]
Pay-TV subscribers in Spain watch more free-to-air (FTA) channels than pay-TV on their pay-TV platforms. A report from the consultancy firm Barlovento Comunicación reveals that 67 per cent of TV viewing on pay-TV platforms corresponds to FTA channels. Only 33 per cent watch pay-TV channels on the pay-TV platforms with Movistar La Liga, Fox, AXN […]
AT&T has agreed to the terms of a transaction in which Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. (CME) will be acquired by an affiliate of the Czech investment firm PPF Group N.V. (PPF). CME, which has broadcast operations in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia, announced in early 2019 that it was conducting a […]
UK viewers will be able to experience the BBC’s latest landmark natural history series Seven Worlds, One Planet in Ultra High Definition (UHD) and High Dynamic Range on BBC iPlayer, both live and on-demand. Beginning this Sunday October 27th in Antarctica, the series will explore the stories of each of Earth’s seven spectacular continents and […]
Research by Ampere Analysis reveals that the growth of streaming services has intensified competition across the TV landscape driving an upsurge in content spend. Ampere found that global spend on TV, film and sports content expanded from $100 billion (€89.91bn) to $165 billion between 2008 and 2018 – a 65 per cent increase. Nearly $50 […]
Analysts at investment bank Berenberg suggest that there’s “continued weakness in the German economy”. “We have now had several warnings from Axel Springer, New Work is growing more slowly, and ProSiebenSat.1’s management has also indicated that the advertising market is being negatively affected by the poor economic climate in Germany, even if the consumer has […]
The BBC may not be sustainable in its current form, if it fails to regain younger audiences who are increasingly tuning out of its services, according to UK broadcast regulator Ofcom, which has published its annual report on the Corporation, assessing its performance over the period April 2018 to March 2019. Ofcom finds that the […]
Around the world, streaming video viewing has reached an all-time high of six hours, 48 minutes a week, with 82 per cent of people who watch online video reporting binge-watching, according to the latest State of Online Video research report from edge cloud services provider Limelight Networks. Binge-watching sessions are on the rise worldwide, jumping […]
The Spanish government will finance the transmission of the Tokyo Olympic Games through RTVE’s TV channels with a state subsidy of €60 million. With the funds, RTVE will acquire the TV rights to the Games from rights-holder Discovery, with an estimated cost of between €55 and €60 million. The president of RTVE, Rosa María Mateo, […]
Discovery’s dplay streaming service has gone live in the UK and Ireland. The ad-supported VoD service launches offers content from Discovery’s free-to-air channels; Quest, Quest Red, DMAX, Food Network, Really and Home. Users cab access all content live and on-demand, and at anytime and anywhere. The new service includes popular content from Discovery’s flagship channels, […]