The week has been full of Netflix news: Impressive results and revenues up 30 per cent, an extra $1 billion in acquisition spend and plans from Nielsen that it will start measuring some Netflix viewing patterns. Of course, Netflix (and its rivals) know only too well what their actual consumption numbers are. As well as […]
Mediaset, owner of Tele 5 and Cuatro among other channels, and Atresmedia, owner of Antena 3 and La Sexta, among others, made a combined €250 million for the year to September 30th, controlling 85.7 per cent of the Spanish TV ad market. In the first nine months, Mediaset made a profit of €146.1 million, up […]
Jazztel, owned by Orange, has launched a new à la carte offer enabling subscribers to choose the speed of the Internet connection, the amount of mobile data and the number of TV channels. Subscribers can select their services through the website. For fixed telephony, they will be able to choose between paying per call or […]
Madrid-based satellite operator Hispasat is still very much a potential take-over target. The name now most-frequently mentioned as being the buyer is Red Electrica De Espana (REE), the nation’s state-backed (but publicly-quoted) operator of the national electrical grid. It also has investments in Portugal, Peru and Bolivia. Currently, infrastructure conglomerate Abertis controls Hispasat. In May […]
Confidence in London-based specialist satellite operator Avanti Communications has again been dented. October 17th and 18th saw significant movement in its share (1.46 million on 17th and 790,000 on 18th, when the normal trading would be 40,000-60,000 per day). October 19th saw Avanti’s share price hit an all-time low of just 6.51 pence (£0.0651) and […]
The new series of acclaimed drama Doctor Foster topped a strong month for BBC iPlayer to kick off the autumn schedule. The returning show was the most popular programme of the month, with the first episode seeing three million requests, and the four episodes shown in September seeing nine million requests in total. All five […]
The diplomatic problems between Saudi Arabia, Egypt and other Gulf states and Qatar has escalated and now threatens the TV output from Qatar-based beIN Sports. October 18th saw Egypt’s prosecutor-general name and refer Nasser Al-Khelaifi, beIN Media Group’s CEO (and president of football club Paris Saint Germain) to Egypt’s Commercial Court and alleging “monopolistic practices” […]
BBC Research & Development has announced a five-year research partnership with eight UK Universities to unlock the potential of data in the media. The Data Science Research Partnership will be at the forefront of machine learning in the media industry, helping create a more personal BBC that can inform, educate and entertain in new ways. […]
Performance management company Nielsen is now offering the broadcast industry a syndicated solution to measure independently subscription-based streaming content. With the commercial release of Nielsen Subscription Video On Demand (SVoD) Content Ratings, eight major television networks and production studios, including A&E Networks, Disney-ABC, Lionsgate, NBCUniversal, Warner Brothers and others, have already signed on to subscribe […]
NFL Football has the most enthusiastic fan base by far, according to a study by Adobe and TDG. Using a 10-point scale, where 1 means “definitely not a fan” and 10 means “you’re a super fan”, respondents in the US were asked to rank their enthusiasm on a list of 15 sports. For NFL Football, […]