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Portugal’s Sport TV launching free 4K channel

Portugal’s pay-TV sports platform Sport TV will start regular broadcasts in 4K from October 1st, when it will air the top-flight football match between Sporting CP and FC Porto. The chairman of the Board of Directors of Sport TV, Joaquim Oliveira, said that 30 games of both Portugal’s NOS League and Spain’s Liga will be […]

September 27, 2017From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Busy launch schedule for SpaceX

Satellite operator SES says it expects to see its SES-11 joint-venture ‘condominium’ satellite launched on October 7th by SpaceX. SES’s satellite partner is EchoStar 105, and the two operators are sharing the same craft which will operate at 105 degrees West. SpaceX will take care of the launch from its Pad 39A at the giant […]

September 27, 2017By Chris Forrester

myCANAL UHD content for Apple TV 4K

The Canal + Group is partnering with Apple to offer 4K Ultra HD content on the Apple TV 4K with: Live events: the best match of every day of Ligue 1 with a new experience 4K Ultra HD Original Canal + productions in 4K Ultra HD A selection of films, series, documentaries in 4K Ultra […]

September 27, 2017By Colin Mann

DStv slashes Zimbabwe pricing structure

Multichoice Zimbabwe has cut the price it charges in cash-strapped Zimbabwe, and introduced a lower-cost bundle ‘DStv Lite’. The new pricing structure came into use on September 26th. Zimbabwe-based subscribers to DStv have to pay in US dollars or an equivalent ‘hard’ currency. The new prices are: Premium: down from $72 to $65 Compact Plus: […]

September 27, 2017By Chris Forrester

GroupM launches Finecast addressable ad unit

GroupM, the media investment arm of multinational advertising and public relations company WPP, has launched Finecast, a company aiming to deliver digital-like precision and accountability to advertising on television. With TV audiences fragmenting across a range of platforms and viewing behaviours evolving, TV advertisers are grappling with how to continue making best use of one of […]

September 27, 2017By Colin Mann

Qualcomm joins LTE-Broadcast Alliance

The LTE-Broadcast (LTE-B) Alliance has announced that Qualcomm Technologies, a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, has become the newest member of the Alliance. The LTE-B Alliance was founded in 2016 by some of the world’s leading mobile network operators to further the evolution and deployment of LTE-B technology. Since the inception of the Alliance a broad […]

September 27, 2017

Global pay-TV subs reached 1.05bn in Q2

According to the latest data published by Dataxis for the second quarter of 2017, the global pay-TV subscribers reached 1.05 billion after crossing the one billion marks for the year ending 2016. Based on Dataxis quarterly pay-TV subscriber data, 60 million pay-TV subscribers were added between the second quarter of 2016 and the second quarter of 2017 reaching […]

September 26, 2017

Ad fraud to cost advertisers $19bn in 2018

A report from Juniper Research has found that advertisers will lose an estimated $19 billion (€16.12bn) to fraudulent activities next year, equivalent to $51 million per day. This figure, representing advertising on online and mobile devices, will continue to rise, reaching $44 billion by 2022. Juniper’s research claims that the ‘Walled Garden’, a closed platform […]

September 26, 2017

Netflix offers bandwidth tech to airlines

Netflix is planning to partner with a number of airlines to provide them with its mobile streaming technology. According to a report in Variety, this partnership service will begin early next year. The streaming giant will offer its low-broadband mobile technology to airline carriers, allowing them to offer cheap (or free) Wi-Fi access to passengers to stream […]

September 26, 2017

iPlayer adds ‘From the Archive’ category

The BBC has added a new category – From the Archive – to its iPlayer streaming service. Some 450 programmes from the BBC’s vast archive are available at launch, including a wide range of programmes from 1946 to present day. It will feature footage which hasn’t been shown since first broadcast, including collections such as […]

September 26, 2017