Greek broadcasting regulator, the National Council for Radio & Television (ESR), has approved a temporary set of licences for five private TV channels that were successful in the recent auction round for bandwidth. The ESR board unanimously concluded that five channels: SKAI, Star, Alpha, ANT1 and Epsilon meet the requirements laid out in the tender […]
London-based speciality satellite operator Avanti Communications has lost a major investor. Prudential PLC has lowered its stake in Avanti from around 17 per cent of the issued share capital to below 5 per cent. News has also emerged that Avanti is involved in a legal action (at the London International Court of Arbitration) seeking $17 […]
A Chinese ‘Long March’ rocket has successfully launched a satellite for APT Satellite Holdings of Hong Kong and Bermuda. Apstar 6C was launched from China’s Xichang Satellite Launch Centre, and was the 13th Chinese launch of the year to date and the fifth from Xichang this year. Apstar 6C is equipped with 45 transponders with […]
According to the State of Digital report from GroupM, the media investment group of WPP, offering intelligence on consumer media consumption and advertising investment trends worldwide, time spent with online media will overtake time spent with linear TV for the first time, globally, in 2018. GroupM tabulated consumers’ time spent with each media format, globally, […]
Pay-TV subscribers in Spain grew by 8.6 per cent in 2017 to a total of 6.6 million, with IPTV leading the market with 4 million subscribers, according to the latest figures from the CNMC. IPTV gained 569,000 subscribers in 2017 against a drop of 109,000 for DTH. Convergent packages are driving IPTV growth with 11.7 […]
French public broadcaster France Télévisions is buying more than 100 Panasonic AK-UC3000 studio cameras over the next two years as it upgrades its facilities to 4K. It’s anticipated that the cameras system will see use within large events and sports, which are increasingly being shot in UHD and HDR. Up to 16 cameras can be […]
International distribution specialist Globecast is carrying seven Arabic-language channels (Alaraby, Dubai TV, Sama Dubai, Kuwait TV, Panorama Films, Panorama Drama and Sky News Arabia) to the US using Hotwire Communications. It means Globecast Americas is now handling 29 international channels. Fort Lauderdale-based Hotwire uses its fibre-optic network to deliver these channels to clients. Jonathan Bullock, […]
Hulu, the US streaming service, has announced that it now has over 20 million subscribers, up from the 17 million back in January. The company said: “total engagement: is up by 60 per cent. That 20 million total is spread across Hulu’s various service tiers including its core ad-supported service, Hulu with No Commercials, and […]
The cord-cutting trend that threatens the future of the global pay-TV industry was not confined solely to the United States in 2017 according to business information provider IHS Markit; total pay-TV subscriptions also declined in 13 other markets. Customers cancelling their TV services in favour of online alternatives has been a key factor in declining […]
According to the latest Market Snapshot: OTT and Pay TV: Partnerships and Competition, from research and consulting firm Parks Associates, which examines competition in the US entertainment marketplace as partnerships between pay-TV and OTT within the video space become more common, over half of broadband households have a combination of pay-TV and at least one […]