HBO Go has launched HBO Go, its standalone SVoD service, in four new European countries: Slovakia, Czech Republic, Romania and Hungary. The launches mean that viewers in the central European countries will be able to watch current popular shows including Game of Thrones, Westworld, Veep and Silicon Valley as well as locally-sourced titles uncluding Shadows, Silent […]
Pay-TV continues to grow in Spain. A report from PwC predicts that pay TV will reach 7.1 million subscribers in four year’s time, a penetration rate of 46.6 per cent. Currently, it has just over 6 million subscribers with a market penetration of 40.2 per cent. Pay-TV revenues will also grow by 4 per cent […]
GroupM’s latest State of the Video report also reveals that while total video viewing across all formats and devices has likely grown, traditional TV viewing in the US and UK by Millennials has fallen about 4.5 per centannually since 2012, and nearer 9 per cent for Generation Z. That’s not news. What is news is […]
German free-to-air broadcasting group ProSiebenSat.1 has issued its third profits warning of the year, and the market has all but abandoned the company’s stock. A note to investors from investment bank Berenberg says that management changes could be the consequence. Just two years ago (on November 20th 2015) Pro7/Sat1 share price topped €50. The decline […]
The Basque Country cable operator Euskaltel has signed an agreement with the streaming giant Netflix to make its content available to all its subscribers, as well as those who subscribe to R in Galicia and Telecable in Asturias, through its 4K STB. Euskaltel will be the first TV operator in Spain to offer a Netflix […]
Italian DTH platform Tivùsat has added a new entertainment TV channel for kids. POP is produced by Sony Pictures Television Network and is available on channel position 45. The new channel offers a varied mix of entertainment and action programmes focusing on premieres of animated series such as Power Rangers Ninja Steel, Transformers Rescue Bots, […]
Chase Carey, chairman and chief executive of Formula One, has suggested that online and linear broadcasting can enhance each other, with a large number of potential fans not currently connecting with the sport. Speaking to the Sunday Times, Carey said: “We have 400 million to 500 million fans around the world and don’t have a […]
Seven people have been arrested across Spain for the illegal broadcasting of football matches, offering the pirated content in different formats: direct download, streaming and P2P distribution. The arrests were carried out in an operation undertaken by Spain’s Policía Nacional (National Police) in Madrid, Alicante, Albacete, Antequera (Málaga) and in the Valencian cities of Gandía […]
Nearly 45 per cent of Swedes (aged 15-74) watch online video during an average day, a high figure compared to other markets, according to analysis and consultancy firm Mediavision. Among the young, reach is significantly higher, as 60 per cent of 15-24 year olds watch online video during an average day. Young Swedes are primarily […]
Millennials and baby boomers in Australia feel they are represented better by the media than by advertising, according to YouGov Omnibus research. The online survey comparing the opinions of respondents born between the mid-1940s and mid-1960s (baby boomers) and between the early 1980s and mid-1990s (millennials), asked how well represented they feel by the way […]