Portugal’s premium sports platform Sport TV saw a 40 per cent drop in annual profits during 2018 to €2.97 million. According to the financial report of telecom operator NOS, which owns a 25 per cent of Sport TV, revenues were stable at €188.1 million, but costs increased by 2.7 per cent to €185.1 million. In […]
Apple’s new Apple TV+ streaming TV service is debuting later this year into a crowded, and growing, streaming TV market in Australia, according to Roy Morgan Research. The firm says the potential market for Apple TV+ is huge. Over 17 million (83.4 per cent of Australians 14+) currently access streaming video services or own Apple-branded […]
London-based speciality satellite operator Avanti has again managed to upset its small shareholders by announcing yet another round of borrowing. It said on March 28th that it was considering options to re-finance its Senior debt (due for repayment in June next year), as well as adding another $225-$250 million to its overall borrowing in order […]
A survey by the Federation for the Protection of Audiovisual Content (Fapav) estimates that there are 2 million illegal pay-TV subscriptions in Italy and 4.6 million viewers. Fapav claims that that few Italians are aware that their illegal subscription, amounting to €10 to €20 per month, is only the end point of a chain managed […]
Vodafone Spain has revamped its TV offer with new packages, the addition of Starzplay to its line-up, and the elimination of the basic fee. Now subscribers will not have to pay a basic fee of between €12 and €24 to have access to the TV service as the service will be a la carte with […]
A collaborative effort in Phoenix, Arizona that involves a dozen broadcast stations will soon expand beyond a single Next-Gen TV transmission tower to include an additional station with a signal that will be enhanced through the use of a Single Frequency Network (SFN). As part of the Phoenix Model Market project, and with planning and […]
Pay-radio operator SiriusXM, and which also controls on-demand audio service Pandora, has launched Pandora NOW which will be presented as both a SiriusXM channel and Pandora interactive station and playlist for its combined audience of 100 millio listeners. Pandora NOW features today’s ‘’hottest and most listened to new music on Pandora but will be delivered […]
StarTimes, the fast-growing DTH and digital terrestrial pay-TV broadcaster is trimming its subscription fees to its DTT service in Kenya by about 50 per cent. Viewers will now also be able to view on a daily basis on its ‘Nyota’ bouquet, and costing just 25 Kenyan Shillings a day (about €0.22/$0.25). As to more conventional […]
Viacom International Media Networks is expanding distribution of its Paramount branded SVoD service in Poland. The service, which is available in six markets in the Nordics and CEE, has now launched on Cyfrowy Polsat IPLA and will debut on Orange Poland in April, under the name Paramount Play. These two new affiliate deals with leading […]
Arianespace has launched four additional satellites for the SES-owned O3b system, and thus brought the number of O3b craft in orbit to 20 and completing the roll-out of the company’s first-generation of satellites. The O3b fleet is now 26 per cent larger. Arianespace used a Russian Soyuz rocket to deliver the satellites on April 4th […]