Sky has announced the next stage in the development of its Sky Q home entertainment platform. Beginning in March 2018, Sky will progressively roll out product features that it says will make the Sky Q experience even better. At the same time, Sky Group is announcing a new partnership with the music subscription service Spotify. […]
Findings from The Best Bundle: Consumer Preferences in a Peak TV World from Hub Entertainment Research point to increasing consumer frustration with the rapid expansion of TV viewing options. Highlights from the study
Discovery Communications has reported financial results for the full year and fourth quarter ended December 31st 2017. “2017 was an historic year for Discovery. We took significant steps to position ourselves for success in a changing industry, while driving growth from our traditional linear business and accelerating our investments in new growth areas like digital and […]
Intelsat’s results are not that different from its two giant competitors, SES and Eutelsat. Each of the three are in for a tough year ahead with – at best – flat prospects, and bandwidth contract renewal prices under pressure. However, Intelsat’s stock price is always highly volatile and its February 26th results disappointed the market […]
While trust in media as a whole may be at an all-time low, a new study by the EBU has shown the public’s trust in traditional media (broadcast and the written press) is actually on the rise. However, people’s trust in new media continues to fall. Sixty-one per cent of European countries distrust the Internet […]
With the closing of the 2018 Olympic Winter Games, Discovery says it has delivered on its commitment to engage more people, on more screens than ever before across Europe. Viewers embraced Discovery’s production of the Olympic Games in record numbers, including the most immersive coverage, every minute live on digital, and the best experts analysing […]
IABM, the international trade association for suppliers of broadcast and media technology, has released the first of its new format Supply Trends Reports. Covering the six months to December 2017, the Supply Trends Report combines actual financial data on the broadcast and media supply sector drawn from public and private sources with survey evidence from […]
Satellite operator Measat is to distribute six channels from Canada’s Blue Ant Media across the Asia-Pacific region. As part of a new carriage deal, Blue Ant Entertainment HD, Blue Ant Extreme HD, Blue Ant Entertainment Philippines SD, ZooMoo HD, Love Nature 4K and Love Nature HD have all begun transmission and are available to pay-TV […]
Globecast, the global solutions provider for media, has deployed the DataMiner solution from Skyline Communications, a global supplier of end-to-end multi-vendor network management and OSS software solutions for the broadcast, satellite, cable, telco and mobile industry. This allows Globecast Asia to automatically check subtitles as well as to monitor uplinks and multiple satellite transponders, enhancing […]
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, wrapping up a visit to India, said the country could generate 100 million users to its online streaming service. Speaking at a conference in New Delhi on February 23rd, Hastings said: “It definitely helps to have confidence on the growth of the Internet. Even we couldn’t predict the last two years […]