On January 7th, a Falcon 9 rocket from SpaceX apparently failed to launch a top-secret US government ‘Zuma’ spy satellite. However, SpaceX’s president Gwynne Shotwell firmly denies the loss was a Falcon 9 problem. In a Tweet on January 9th she said: “For clarity, after a review of all data to date, Falcon 9 did […]
The US Supreme Court has refused an appeal by Dish Network which objected to plans by Florida to implement a ‘satellite tax’ on users of DTH services from Dish and DirecTV. The State law can now be implemented. Cable users already have to pay a 4.92 per cent tax on their subscriptions. However, the satellite […]
To progress its global multichannel strategy, TF1 Group is rebranding its French DTT channels NT1 and HD1 to TFX and TF1 Séries Films respectively, with the new design going live on January 29th and 30th. TFX targets the 15-34 demographic with entertainment shows while TF1 Séries Films is specifically aimed at 25 to 59 year-old […]
Steve Bannon, formerly Donald Trump’s chief strategist, didn’t have the best of days on January 9th. He lost his job as executive chairman of the controversial Breitbart News when its backers pulled their funding, reportedly extremely unhappy at his disparaging comments about the president and his family. Then, pay-radio operator SiriusXM dropped him from their […]
BT Sport will be broadcasting the NBA London Game between the Philadelphia 76ers and Boston Celtics via Facebook, the BT Sport app, on TV or on BTSport.com. The NBA London Game 2018, featuring the Philadelphia 76ers and Boston Celtics, will be available live to fans across the UK on BT Sport’s Facebook page. Coverage of […]
Intelsat will use Arianespace for a pair of high-profile satellite launches. One of the satellites, the snappily named Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV-2) is the so-called ‘Space Tug’ being developed by builders Orbital-ATK and its Space Logistics subsidiary. MEV-2 will be owned by Space Logistics, and its first customer will be Intelsat. Intelsat will use MEV-2 […]
Video ad serving platform SpotX has announced interoperability with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to power server-side insertion for streaming video advertisements with the AWS Elemental MediaTailor service. The SpotX cloud-based ad serving platform works with AWS Elemental MediaTailor, providing secure, scalable, reliable solutions for monetisation of live and on-demand video workflows for multiscreen applications. SpotX […]
Viaccess-Orca, a provider of content protection and advanced data solutions, has announced that Orange Moldova has launched a new convergent TV offering (TV, Internet, mobile) using Viaccess-Orca’s Adaptive Sentinel Conditional Access System (CAS) along with STBs from Hi-Global Technology and CI+ modules from Neotion. Following the recent acquisition of Moldova’s leading cable operator, Sun Communications, […]
The Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board (BARB) has published a white paper revealing Netflix has almost twice the number of subscribers than Amazon Prime Video in the UK. Netflix boasts 7.5 million subscribers in the UK, whilst Amazon Prime Video has just 3.8 million. The report, entitled The SVOD Report: Charting The Growth In SVOD Services […]
According to findings from entertainment technology and audience insights specialist TiVo, the average global viewer spends 4.4 hours each day watching video. Coupled with the global average of 28 minutes spent each day searching for content to watch, that is nearly five hours per day of video engagement, which amounts to 20 per cent of […]