The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has released The OTT Co-Viewing Experience: 2017, a study revealing that 56 per cent of those co-viewing on OTT say that they regularly talk about the brands or products they see while watching content on TV screens. Moreover, brand-related multitasking behaviours are particularly strong among OTT co-viewers, including chatting on […]
Eutelsat Communications has presented the results of its survey on TV trends across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) at the ASBU BroadcastPro Selevision Summit in Dubai. Satellite: the preferred digital video infrastructure across Middle East and North Africa Satellite TV reception in the MENA region has continued to increase its market-share compared to […]
The bidding for Italian DTT multiplex operator Persidera will start on November 20th, when the first non-binding bids should be submitted, according to local reports. In recent days, parties that expressed interest have received a functional information memorandum on the submission of bids. A due diligence will follow in December with the bidders selected by […]
UK commercial broadcaster ITV said it expects Q4 advertising revenues to be up 1 per cent on last year, compared with a decline of 7 per cent across the first nine months of the year. In Q3, advertising sales were down 4 per cent. Overall revenues for the first nine months were down just 1 […]
Vodafone Spain made an EBITDA of €751 million in the first fiscal half of the year (April to September), up 9.6 per cent on the same period last year. The company increased its revenues by 2.4 per cent to €2.512 billion thanks to the new rates and a rise in customers. The number of broadband […]
Netflix has released October data for its Netflix ISP Speed Index, its monthly update on which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) provide the best primetime Netflix streaming experience. Taiwan’s Taiwan Broadband experienced the largest speed gain in October with an increase of 0.62 Megabits per second (Mbps). The gain brought its average monthly speed to 3.32 […]
Now firmly part of the Eutelsat family, Bahrain and Amman-based Noorsat says it is ready to move forward in its next stage of opening and developing relationships in the Middle East. Noorsat, founded in 2004 as a subsidiary of the Mawared/Orbit group of companies, was acquired by Eutelsat in October. General Manager Omar Shoter says […]
As the Christmas season gets underway, Sling TV and video ad serving platform SpotX have opened two new addressable consumer segments focused on holiday shopping demand, named “Holiday Shoppers” and “Luxury Shoppers.” Available exclusively through SpotX, these custom private marketplaces enable advertisers to deliver finely-targeted seasonal campaigns to Sling TV viewers on connected TVs and […]
Digital platform security specialist Irdeto has extended its long-standing security partnership with Foxtel, Australia’s leading pay-TV operator, with the aim of providing Foxtel with a reliable and stable security partner that will ensure premium content is securely delivered across any device, minimising revenue leakage from all forms of piracy. Irdeto Cloaked CA will now securely […]
Amazon has acquired the global television rights to The Lord of the Rings, based on the celebrated fantasy novels by J.R.R. Tolkien, with a multi-season commitment. The upcoming Amazon Prime Original will be produced by Amazon Studios in cooperation with the Tolkien Estate and Trust, HarperCollins and New Line Cinema, a division of Warner Bros […]