According to media news outlet Deadline Hollywood, AT&T is considering selling of some assets after its $85 billion merger with Time Warner closes. One of the possibilities is the disposal of CNN, which Deadline says is under consideration for a sale, with US ‘big three’ network CBS being a potential buyer, although gossip suggests that […]
Sky News is reporting that UK communications giant Arqiva has appointed four investment banks to advise it on either a London stock market listing, or a complete sale. Sky says the banks are Barclays, Goldman Sachs, HSBC and JP Morgan. The news confirms numerous market rumours these past months that the company’s current owners (a […]
The BBC is to continue to broadcast live radio coverage of the so-called Ashes Test Cricket series between Australia and England and including the Women’s Ashes, after renewing its partnership with Cricket Australia. The new five-year agreement includes Test Match Special (TMS) coverage of this winter’s five-Test men’s tour down under, which starts in November. […]
Having recently surpassed the 60 million home mark, David Di Lorenzo, President of Kabillion, announced the kid-focused VoD provider has recently launched its first Spanish-language app, Kabillion en Español, on the Roku platform. The app is a children’s learning and entertainment channel in Spanish, featuring many of Kabillion’s top animated titles, including the popular Dive […]
HD+ subscribers in Germany are now able to watch exclusively live Bundesliga matches as well as Tennis Grand Slams, Cycling highlights and MotoGP, following a partnership with Discovery Networks Germany, Eurosport’s parent company. Under the new agreement with Discovery Networks Germany, SES’s German HD media platform HD+ is delivering a ‘Eurosport package’ offer, which includes […]
Spanish pay-TV operators are now in a fierce battle to gain penetration in bars and restaurants for a business valued at over €500 million a year. Vodafone has reduced its pay-TV package including all football (La Liga, Copa del Rey, Champions League and UEFA League), Formula 1 and Moto GP to €150 (a €10 discount) […]
US home entertainment spending has grown 3 per cent so far in 2017, reaching nearly $4.5 billion (€3.79bn) for the quarter and more than $9 billion in the first half, with consumers continuing to spend more on digital transactions to enjoy movies through electronic purchases and video on demand, according to home entertainment trade association […]
It doesn’t much matter how the numbers are dressed up, the net result of the USA’s second-largest DTH operator, DISH Network, during its second-quarter reported a decline of 196,000 subscribers in its results announcement on August 3rd. DISH Network also had to report Q2 net income also fell a thumping 91 per cent (at $3,64 […]
Aerospace giant Lockheed-Martin (L-M) is to invest $350 million into a factory dedicated to building “futuristic” satellites. The cash is being spent at L-M’s Waterton Canyon campus, near Denver, where L-M says it will now build “next generation” satellites “infused with innovation to provide future missions at reduced cost and cycle time”. The new building […]
The UK has become a nation of binge viewers, Ofcom research reveals, with eight in ten adults now watching multiple episodes of their favourite shows in a single sitting. The findings are part of Ofcom’s annual Communications Market Report 2017, which reveals stark differences in how older and younger people watch television. Eight in ten […]