US pay-TV platform DISH has filed two lawsuits with the aim of ending distribution of Arabic channels and content for which it has the exclusive licences. The complaints against Spider-TV and Tiger Star are similar, alleging that the entities are capturing broadcasts of certain TV channels licensed exclusively to DISH, including MBC and Al Jazeera […]
Premium subscription video programming provider Starz has filed a Petition for Declaratory Ruling, Enforcement Order, and Further Relief on January 8th and an Emergency Petition for Injunctive Relief on January 17th with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in an effort to restore its channels to Altice customers in New York in compliance with FCC rules. […]
Popular Lebanese general entertainment channel ‘mtv’ has switched allegiance and will now broadcast exclusively from Arabsat’s BADR-4 satellite at 26 degrees East. The news confirms a contract between Arabsat and MTV Lebanon signed at the Dubai CabSat show earlier this week. In addition, the new musical channel One TV also started broadcasted over satellite for […]
NAGRA, a Kudelski Group company and independent provider of content protection and multiscreen television solutions, has announced that its content protection solution NAGRA Connect is securing Canal+ Group’s new 4K service. With this solution, NAGRA ensures content protection via satellite broadcast, OTT or within the home in addition to access control for user authorised by […]
AXN, Sony Channel and Animax are now available for the first time as part of the Amazon Channels service in Germany and Austria. In a ‘first of its kind’ deal between Sony Pictures Television Networks (SPTN) and Amazon, the linear pay-TV channels and associated on-demand programming will be available to subscribers on the streaming service. […]
Cross MediaWorks and 605, an advanced data and analytics company focused on the media and entertainment industry, has partnered to provide a measurement standard to help scale the addressable television marketplace. The solution will also create an independent, third-party verification of performance providing a standardisation of an impressions-based television campaigns. In addition to campaign measurement, […]
The Trustworthy Accountability Group (TAG), an advertising industry initiative to fight criminal activity in the digital advertising supply chain, has released updated certification guidelines for its Certified Against Fraud and Certified Against Piracy Seal Programmes. The updated Certified Against Fraud Guidelines now require publishers to adopt and implement the ads.txt specification released by the IAB […]
Netflix has yet to conquer the hearts and minds of the French, according to research from media analyst firm Ampere Analysis. Despite a global march to SVoD viewing on services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime, France solidly bucks the trend with the lowest uptake of SVoD among countries surveyed. This is despite having one […]
Canal+ is launching its Ultra-HD DTH service on a newly-designed set-top box (Le Decodeur) today, January 18th. The UHD signal will be carried by SES from its 19.2 degrees East orbital position. Using their existing satellite dish, all Canal+ French satellite subscribers will be able to enjoy a wide range of premium UHD content, including […]
Analysts at New York-based BH Insights have said they expect Netflix to report net subscriber growth for its December 4th quarter-year of some 7 million, and better than consensus expectations of 6.3 million. Netflix will deliver its numbers on January 22nd. Daniel Ives, GBH Insights’ head of technology research, explained that the numbers would likely […]