BT and AMC have announced that viewers will be able to watch AMC free of charge from October 28th to November 5th via the Sky digital satellite platform. Viewers can catch a whole host of series marathons as well as the exclusive UK premiere of the new drama series Snatch starring Rupert Grint on October […]
SpaceX has this week readied and test-fired one of its ‘pre-flown’ and ‘flight-tested’ Falcon 9 rockets in preparation for a launch currently scheduled for October 7th at 6.35pm Florida-time. SpaceX’s brief is to launch a satellite for its joint-venture clients, SES and Echostar. Described as a ‘condo-sat’, the satellite will operate from a single orbital […]
Sky Ireland has warned it will not carry RTÉ content on its platform if the State broadcaster decides to charge a fee for its channels. Findings in a report commissioned by RTÉ indicated that the broadcaster could earn up to €19 million by charging Sky alone for using its bouquet of channels. However, David Wheeldon , […]
With Netflix planning to spend some $7 billion on content next year, HBO CEO Richard Plepler has indicated they are in no hurry to match the streaming giant’s spending power. “More is not better, only better is better,” Plepler said, speaking on CNBC’s Power Lunch. “It is very hard to create outstanding content, and we […]
September 2nd saw Intelsat say that, with Intel, it had applied to the FCC for some key changes in use of its C-band frequencies. Intelsat says that it could release certain regional C-band frequencies in order to help spur 5G usage. Intelsat would auction access to these frequencies. SES of Luxembourg says – in effect […]
YouTube and Major League Baseball have agree a multi-faceted partnership to drive fan excitement for the 2017 World Series, as well as showcase another way for baseball fans to watch the national pastime with a new cable-free, live TV service – YouTube TV. As part of the partnership, YouTube TV will serve as the presenting […]
Formula One and ESPN have agreed a multi-year linear and digital partnership to broadcast every race live in the US from the start of the 2018 season. NBC Sports Group has held the F1 rights since 2013, but said it “chose not to enter into a new agreement in which the rights holder itself competes […]
The pilot run of the Infringing Website List (IWL) Scheme established by the Hong Kong Creative Industries Association (HKCIA) has resulted in the removal of advertisements on infringing websites by 50 brands in Hong Kong and reduced traffic of a number of infringing websites by 14 per cent on average. Launched in December 2016, the […]
Journalists, both print and TV/radio, in Greece are on strike. The action started on the morning of September 3rd and will continue until 6am on October 4th. All radio and TV news broadcasts were pulled, and morning newspapers were not expected to be printed. The main complaint from journalists is that there has been under-funding […]
Viewers watched on average for 3 hours and 48 minutes per day per person in the first half of 2017 in the top 5 countries in Europe (France, Germany, UK, Spain and Italy), with TV unquestionably remaining the preferred screen, states the mid-year review from Eurodata TV Worldwide and TAPE Consultancy. However, the trend to […]