Following on from the announcement by Naspers that it will spin off its MultiChoice pay-TV division next month, Naspers has now issued the ‘pre-listing’ prospectus for investors and shareholders. As is usual the document lists all the elements that could go wrong, as well as providing detailed reports of the media division’s recent trading history. […]
Comscore, a currency for planning, transacting and evaluating media across platforms, and NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations (NBC and Telemundo owned stations), a division of NBCUniversal that includes 40 television stations, have formed a multi-year partnership. Effective immediately, all NBC and Telemundo owned stations will use Comscore’s linear TV currency, as well as its local mobile […]
Blackmagic Design has announced that Swansea City Association Football Club (AFC) has developed its own streaming platform, SwansTV Live, with a live workflow featuring the Blackmagic URSA Broadcast and Smart Videohub 12G 40×40 router. Joining the English Football League (EFL) Championship at the start of the 2018-19 season created a new opportunity for the football […]
The emergence of D2C services will be the big event of 2019 and it will impact on the pay-TV market, according to Futuresource Consulting. “Perhaps one of the most significant movements [will be] the emergence of direct to consumer (D2C) services… This will come to
TiVo has released a retooled version of its Video Trends Report, which is now a biannual presentation of findings from consumer opinion surveys of 4,000+ viewers in the US and Canada. Report highlights include: Over 30% aren’t using major monthly OTT services As service clustering increases, it’s
Netflix had 1.4 million paying subscribers in Italy last year and that number is expected to reach 2 million by the end of 2019. The estimates come from Tony Gunnarsson, a media analyst at the consulting firm Ovum, reports daily Italia Oggi. The video streaming platform, which arrived in Italy in November 2015, only provides […]
Simon-Kucher, a pricing strategy firm, fully expects to see Netflix’s US price hike extend to the UK – without suffering a deluge of subscriber cancellations. The firm said it “expects to see price increases rolled out in the UK and elsewhere, with Netflix taking a localised approach based on their learnings in the US”. Netflix’s […]
Freeview has launched its mobile app for iOS devices. Users can stream live shows from the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 and on demand content from BBC iPlayer, ITV Hub, All 4, My5, and UKTV Play whenever and wherever. The Freeview app is available to download from The App Store now. As with all Freeview […]
There’s been massive coverage of Netflix these past few days, with analysts agonising what impact a price hike might have on its revenues and profits and how quickly the price rises might spread to their International markets. That’s understandable, but a very timely report from the media team at investment bank Berenberg suggests that it […]
Brazil is the fifth-largest media market in the world, after China, India, the US and Indonesia. Understanding what’s driving video subscription and consumption behaviours is a crucial step in successfully mapping the future of the country’s content and distribution businesses. Connected consumers in Brazil are interested in viewing content in non-traditional ways, which will put […]