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FandangoNOW on Movies Anywhere

In a move that strengthens the digital movie ecosystem, on-demand video service FandangoNOW, available on more than 200 million connected devices, has become the digital retailer to join the initiative. Movie lovers can now easily centralise and access their favourite digital movies purchased and redeemed through FandangoNOW alongside their titles from other participating digital retailers. […]

March 13, 2018

Conax secures Canal Digital’s 4K Android TV service

Conax, a Kudelski Group company and specialists in total service protection for pay-TV and digital entertainment services, has announced a collaboration with Nordic DTH operator Canal Digital to secure their new Android TV-based entertainment service, OnePlace. OnePlace is now available to Canal Digital’s DTH customers across their Nordic footprint. The OnePlace set-top box will deliver […]

March 13, 2018

Analyst: US pay-TV revenues to fall by $27bn

US pay-TV revenues peaked in 2015, at $101.71 billion (€82.51bn), according to the eighth edition of the North America Pay TV Forecasts report from Digital TV Research. A $26.58 billion decline (26 per cent) is forecast between 2015 and 2023 to take the total down to $75.13 billion. Cable TV revenues peaked in 2010 at […]

March 12, 2018

AT&T/TW: ‘Merger not anti-competitive’

AT&T and Time Warner have argued in court documents filed on March 9th that competition with online media players would prevent prices from rising if the proposed $85.4 billion (€78.5bn) merger is allowed to proceed. “HBO faces greater competition than ever from other premium channels like Showtime and Starz, and from subscriber video on-demand services […]

March 12, 2018

Canal+ confirms TF1 restoration

Following confirmation by France’s Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel (CSA) and the country’s Culture Minister that the distribution of free-to-air channels should remain free, and that only additional services such as replay and start over could be ‘paid for’, Canal+ Group has decided gradually to resume distribution of the TF1 Group’s free channels. Subscribers to Canal […]

March 12, 2018By Colin Mann

McMafia drives record month for iPlayer

The first episode of crime drama McMafia was streamed 3.4 million times, and three other episodes of the series that aired later in the month also feature in the top ten most-popular BBC iPlayer programmes in January. The first month of the New Year was also the best month on record for BBC iPlayer, building […]

March 12, 2018

YahSat to make 50% insurance claim

An Arianespace rocket launched two satellites into incorrect orbits back on January 25th. In the aftermath, potential insurance claims were reported for what Arianespace described at the time as a “trajectory deviation anomaly”. While there has been no formal word on either the SES-14 satellite or YahSat-3 craft it is now being reported that Abu […]

March 12, 2018By Chris Forrester

Inmarsat trims dividend, boosts IFE investment

Rupert Pearce, CEO of London-based Inmarsat, told investors on March 9th that the satellite operator would cut its dividend from 54 cents (in 2016) to 33.6 cents for the past year, to permit the company to place resources behind its growing In-Flight communications and entertainment business. Inmarsat warned that next year’s dividend (that is for […]

March 12, 2018By Chris Forrester

SES adds 4 satellites to its O3b fleet

Arianespace used a Soyuz rocket to launch four satellites into orbit for the SES Network’s O3b division. SES already has 12 similar satellites in orbit, and will later this year launch a further four into space. The O3b fleet serves small Pacific islands, far-flung nations and even giant cruise ships with their broadband and internet […]

March 12, 2018By Chris Forrester

BT Sport scores new Vanarama National League deal

BT Sport has renewed its exclusive rights to broadcast the Vanarama National League for a further three years, until 2021. BT Sport has been broadcasting live and exclusive coverage of English football’s fifth tier since its launch in August 2013. The new deal will see typically one match broadcast live each match-week, normally in a […]

March 12, 2018By Colin Mann