The Paramount Network has joined the Freesat entertainment channel line-up. The channel, on freesat channel slot 54, offers viewers a mix of movies and US dramas. TV titles include Designated Survivor, Agent Carter and the US version of The Office; whilst featured movies include Mean Girls, Moulin Rouge, The Breakfast Club and Easy A. Angie […]
Channel 5 has acquired two new drama series from Sony Pictures Television for its VoD streaming service My5. The Oath and Bloom will both air on My5 as first-run exclusives in the UK, strengthening the platforms growing slate of scripted drama. The deals reflect My5’s strategy to complement its catch-up programming from both Channel 5 […]
‘Shock jock’ radio broadcaster Howard Stern says he is going to retire from pay-radio operator SiriusXM when his contract concludes next year. Stern is a hugely popular shock jock and helped SiriusXM grow dramatically when he joined in 2006, and generated much media buzz over the cash that he has reportedly been earning – at […]
The Egyptian National Media Authority (ENMA) has selected Rohde & Schwarz’ R&S THU9evo transmitters for a multi-million dollar contract to support their DVB-T2 network. To be installed at nine sites across the country to provide DVB-T2 coverage, the contract comes with strict timescales. All equipment will be installed and commissioned by mid-June 2019 so that […]
Netflix has reported its biggest increase in subscriber numbers since it launched 12 years ago, adding 9.6 million in the first quarter. Some 1.74 million new customers signed-up in the US and 7.86 million elsewhere – both above the average analyst estimates. The streaming giant said the gains were better than expected and left them […]
Following the European Parliament’s vote on the ‘Platform-to-Business’ (P2B) Regulation on April 17th, broadcaster associations in Europe have issued the following statement: “We welcome the adoption of the Regulation on promoting fairness and transparency for business users of online intermediation services, also known as P2B Regulation. This outcome is a first step towards balancing online […]
Launched by the European Commission with the European Audiovisual Observatory who is managing the project, Lumiere VOD, a new directory of European films, will help professionals, the public authorities and citizens to find information about European films and their availability online in VoD services throughout the European Union. Access is free. Lumiere VOD was launched at […]
Spanish pay-TV has maintained strong growth with 6.8 million pay-TV subscribers at the end of 2018, according to the latest data from CNMC. In the last quarter of 2018, pay-TV services gained 87,000 customers on the previous quarter. Some 91.8 per cent of all pay-TV subscribers are subscribed to a convergent package. In terms of […]
The number of SVoD subscriptions in North America will climb by 110 million from 160 million in 2018 to 270 million in 2024. These figures are gross – many homes take more than one SVoD platform. Digital TV Research forecasts that 77.8 per cent of TV households (94 million) will subscribe to at least one […]
A survey of consumers conducted by Hub Entertainment Research and Dynata reveals widespread password sharing among viewers who watched the April 14th Game of Thrones (GoT) premiere from an online platform. Highlights from the study include: