US DTH broadcaster DISH Network has reported revenue totalling $3.46 billion for the quarter ending March 31st 2018, compared to $3.68 billion for the corresponding period in 2017. Subscriber-related revenue for the quarter totalled $3.42 billion, compared to $3.64 billion in subscriber-related revenue for the year-ago period. The company closed
In recent years, TV networks have started to position ad inventory more like digital: highly targeted and performance accountable. But advanced targeting inventory likely “accounts for 3 per cent or less of all national TV ad volume, most of which is transacted on the basis of age/gender audience segments”, said Gerard Broussard, author of an […]
Uganda’s Communications Commission (UCC) wants to significantly raise the costs of the annual licence fee to the country’s pay-TV operators. Currently, operators have their operating licences issued for an annual payment of 540 million Ugandan shillings (€122,600). UCC is complaining that this is a tiny proportion of the estimated $81 million a year now being […]
A Nigerian court in Lagos has heard of an alleged fraud against MultiChoice and its DStv and GOTV pay-TV systems in the country. A sum of Naira 200 million (about €471,000) is claimed in the Court papers. The alleged fraudsters are said to have hacked into the pay-TV operator’s computer system in Nigeria. The alleged […]
London-based satellite operator Inmarsat has suffered a 60 per cent shareholder rebellion over its CEO’s pay. Rupert Pearce received £1.9 million in total compensation last year, and shareholders were complaining that the reward was hardly commensurate with a tumbling share price and profits under pressure. Today’s share price is around £3.78, but a year ago […]
Responding to what they describe as the arrival of new international players in the drama market, in particular the SVoD market, and its disruptive effect on the European audiovisual landscape, European public service broadcasters France Télévisions, Germany’s ZDF and Italy’s RAI are taking what they say is a new era in their collaboration. In an […]
Amazon Prime Video was the fastest-growing VoD service in the UK last year according to figures from UK ratings body Barb. New series of
Two Indian DTH broadcasting giants, Dish TV and Videocon, d2h wrapped their merger on March 22nd. Now, barely 5 weeks later, they have announced a joint initiative to launch an OTT service which will allow subscribers to access TV content while on the move, onto handhelds and portable devices. Videocon d2h already has a mobile […]
Dolby Laboratories, LG Electronics and Rakuten TV have confirmed that Rakuten TV will be the first VoD service in Europe to roll out Dolby Vision High Dynamic Range (HDR) imaging and Dolby Atmos sound technologies for selected movie titles across LG OLED and SUHD connected TVs. The first slate of movies is available in the […]
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 […]