US telco AT&T, which owns DTH operator DirecTV, says it will not be buying any more broadcast satellites. Instead, said AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson, DirecTV would be concentrating on building out fibre and OTT services for its customers. “We’re kind of done,” he told analysts during a Nov 29th presentation and earnings call. As at […]
Online video and paid search are driving the growth in global adspend, as advertisers focus on personalised and targeted communications, according to RoI firm Zenith’s Advertising Expenditure Forecasts. With advertisers now able to use these channels to target with pinpoint accuracy and serve personalised messages, they are increasing both the efficiency and effectiveness of campaigns. […]
There is still widespread piracy of TV broadcasts in the MENA region and the transmission of pirated movies as well as channels promoting the sale of unlicensed “medical treatments” and beauty products and so-called healers. According to Egypt Today, the Chairman of the giant Egyptian Media Production City (EMPC) Osama Heikal says that Egypt’s new […]
Xavier Niel, the CEO of Iliad, owner of Free, has unveiled the awaited new generation Freebox Delta that adds a free of charge access to Netflix, and an option for the Devialet music player. Available from now for €49.99 or €59.99 with Devialet sound, the pyramis shaped box, designed by Jasper Morrisson, converges services and […]
Chinese-backed StarTimes Group has launched an OTT service in Nigeria, branded as ‘ON’. Currently, there are more than 150 channels in over 10 languages available on the StarTimes ON online platform with over 140 channels being available free to subscribers. “More excellent international and local channels will be put online, and diverse and rich contents […]
An estimated 4.5 million Italians aged over 15 illegally watch live sporting events, in a total of about 21 million acts of piracy carried out during 2017. The Fapav-Ipsos data reveals that football remains most pirated, with three out of four pirates watching football matches, followed by Formula 1, MotoGP and tennis. Illegal IPTV services […]
Amazon says Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan and Homecoming are its two most-binged Prime Original series of the year on a worldwide basis. It also revealed that the top three cities that streamed the most hours of Prime Video per capita were Santa Clara in the US, Norderstedt in Germany, and Tokai in Japan. Meantime, early […]
Vodafone Spain has added Amazon’s OTT platform Prime Video to its offer with a one year free promotion to its subscribers. Subscribers to Vodafone One and Red will be able to enjoy this new service for free for a year (saving €36) by registering on turegalovodafone.es With this addition, Vodafone now offers three OTT services, […]
Altice Portugal has criticised the decision of the National Communications Authority (Anacom) to cut the TV channel distribution fees by 15 per cent, considering the decision as “unfair, unfounded and negatively impacting the future of DTT in Portugal”. It points out that the contract was signed between the operator and the State and now the […]
Seventy-five per cent of Spaniards watch TV through FTA DTT, 25.2 per cent via a pay-TV platform. The November figures from the consultancy firm Barlovento Comunicación confirm that DTT is the most used distribution system to watch TV. Within payTV, IPTV leads the market with 12.7 per cent (including Movistar, Vodafone, Orange), followed by cable […]