Eutelsat’s senior management, whilst hosting a dinner for analysts, revealed that its five largest markets are Italy (helped by contracts with public broadcaster RAI), Russia, Poland, Turkey and English-speaking Africa. Analysts from investment bank Exane/BNPP who attended the event said that these five markets account for half of Eutelsat’s Video division revenues, and reported that […]
Bouygues Telecom has signed a deal to bring M6 content to its subscribers in France. The agreement will allow Bouygues to offer the M6 library to subscribers including flagship channel M6, as well as W9, 6ter, Paris Premiere, Teva, M6 Music, M6 Shop, Best of Shopping and Girondins TV. Bouygues subscribers will also be able […]
iflix, the SVoD service for emerging markets, and Econet Media’s pan-African media company, Kwesé have expanded their partnership in sub-Saharan Africa. Kwesé has acquired a significant stake in iflix Africa, which will now form part of Kwesé’s diverse broadcast offering, as the core vehicle to deliver seamless mobile experiences to millions of viewers in Africa. […]
US satellite broadcaster DISH Network has eported revenue totaling $3.48 billion (€2.83bn) for the quarter ending December 31st 2017, compared to $3.75 billion for the corresponding period in 2016. Net income attributable to DISH Network totalled $1.39 billion for the fourth quarter 2017, compared to $355 million from the year-ago quarter. Fourth quarter 2017 net […]
Ring Of Honor, an American professional wrestling promotion, has launched an SVoD offering as an alternative to the WWE Network. The ‘Honor Club’ service gives access to an archived library of TV events, and will live-stream all shows going forward, as well as, in the case of a yearly VIP subscription ($119.99), free streaming access […]
Following the premiere of Gomorrah Season 3 in Italy in November, LA-based TV data analytics firm Parrot Analytics found that the series maintained its dominance into the New Year, ranking #1 in Italy in January 2018. When it premiered, the highest-recorded demand for the series was 25 per cent more than the same period for Season 2. Sky Italia […]
21st Century Fox has strengthened its offer to protect the independence of Sky’s loss-making Sky News channel in a bid to overcome regulatory concerns about the takeover of the parent company. Ofcom has previously said that Fox’s $15.7 billion deal to buy the 61 per cent of Sky it does not already own should be […]
NAGRA, a Kudelski Group company and independent provider of content protection and multiscreen television solutions, has unveiled the top trends it expects to impact the pay-TV industry in 2018. “There are significant opportunities for
The overall US video and pay-TV market continues its healthy overall growth and is set to reach $140 billion (€113.5bn) by the end of 2018, according to a video entertainment report from Futuresource Consulting. This is despite the continuously evolving and challenging landscape. Whilst the US is a global leader in digital adoption, it continues […]
2017 was a flat year for the Spanish TV operators in terms of advertising revenues. The market grew by 1 per cent to €2.1 billion, out of which €1.9 billion (91 per cent) came to FTA TV, according to data from Infoadex. The Mediaset-Atresmedia duopoly took a hefty 84.7 per cent of the TV ad […]