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Sky Italia, Open Fiber agree OTT deal

In a move designed to boost the take-up of fibre and pay-TV services across Italy, Sky Italia and fibre optic infrastructure provider Open Fiber have agreed a long-term deal to launch a fibre-only service from summer 2019. This fibre-only service will be available alongside Sky’s existing services. The deal will give Sky access to Open […]

March 29, 2018By Colin Mann

BBC Annual Plan prioritises “bringing the nation together”

The BBC has set out its priorities for the year ahead in its newly published Annual Plan. The far reaching plan for the next twelve months, outlines the importance of the BBC’s role in society and in tackling false information and fake news which threaten fact based public debate and trust in journalism. When the country […]

March 29, 2018

US TV ad-spend to decline in 2018

TV ad spending will continue its decline this year, according to eMarketer’s latest US advertising forecast. With cord-cutting accelerating and OTT viewing on the rise, outlays on TV ads will slip 0.5 per cent in 2018 to $69.87 billion (€56.68bn). As a result, TV’s share of total US media ad expenditures will drop from 33.9 […]

March 29, 2018

Italy expands TV offer

The Italian TV market continues to be dynamic, with new national channels continuously being added to the already bountiful offer. Mediaset has confirmed April 3rd as the launch date for its new free-to-air general entertainment channel, called 20 Mediaset, which will be available both via digital terrestrial and on satellite platform TivùSat (only in HD), […]

March 29, 2018From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Abu Dhabi gets tough on satellite dish owners

Abu Dhabi wants to enforce its ban on “illegal” satellite dishes from rooftops and owner’s balconies in the capital city. Warnings are being given to violators, who are told to remove the dish and instead install a ‘legal’ rooftop – and generally invisible from street-level – communal dish system. The problem is compounded because many […]

March 29, 2018By Chris Forrester

Facebook cuts 3rd party data from ad targeting

Facebook is going to limit how much data it makes available to advertisers buying hyper-targeted ads on the social network. It says it will stop using data from third-party data aggregators — like Experian and Acxiom — to help supplement its own data set for ad targeting. Facebook previously let advertisers target people using data […]

March 29, 2018

Australians prefer radio for breakfast; TV after dinner

Overall media consumption in Australia is higher after dinner compared to breakfast time with 88 per cent of Australians consuming media after dinner compared to 75 per cent at breakfast. Findings from Roy Morgan Research investigating the media consumption preferences of Australians highlights some significant differences between which media we choose at breakfast time compared […]

March 29, 2018

New Disney TV shows for Amazon Prime

Amazon has acquired two new television series exclusively for Prime Video as part of a new deal with Disney EMEA. Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger, a story about two teenagers who are awakened to newly acquired superpowers, will be available on Prime Video in UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France and Italy in June, a day […]

March 29, 2018By Nik Roseveare

EU confirms content portability start

Following the May 2017 passing by the European Parliament of legislation allowing EU citizens to use online services such as Netflix, HBO Go, Amazon Prime, Spotify, Deezer while in another EU country for holidays, studies or business, European officials have confirmed that from April 1st 2018 onwards, Europeans will be able to access the online content […]

March 28, 2018By Colin Mann

Serbia’s SBB investigated for abuse of dominant position

Serbia’s Commission for the Protection of Competition has initiated the procedure for alleged abuse of dominant market position against the country’s leading cable TV operator. Serbia Broadband (SBB) is owned by regional DTH and cable TV operator United Group. This follows SBB’s decision to increase the monthly subscription fee by RSD 100 to RSD 1395 […]

March 28, 2018From Branislav Pekic in Rome