SES held its annual ‘investors day’ in London, June 28th, although some investors seemingly took a less than optimistic view of the satellite operator’s prospects. Some negative comments prompted a fall in SES’ share price of some 3 per cent, down from €21.88 to €21.50 on the day. But it might be that the market […]
The TV market in Africa/the Middle East will grow by 30 per cent between 2016 and 2021, going from €10.3 billion to €13.3 billion, according to a report from IDATE. This momentum, which is driven largely by sub-Saharan Africa, represents the world’s fastest-growing TV market, not only today but also for the five years to […]
Following on the success of the FreeWheel Council for Premium Video (FWC) in North America, the FWC is launching in Europe, extending its remit to champion the premium video industry on an international level. The FreeWheel Council for Premium Video Europe (FWCE) is an advocacy group consisting, at launch, of 13 members, including major European […]
AMC and Comcast are to offer a new $4.99-a-month upgrade option, branded ‘AMC Premiere’, that will allow US viewers to watch the latest episode of AMC shows without any commercials. The service will also include bonus scenes and interviews with casts and writers. It will not, however, have past seasons of many of AMC’s shows. […]
With a new season of Game of Thrones less than three weeks away, research from comparison site Finder.com.au suggests that Australians are once again likely to become the world’s most prolific pirates of the show. The only legal way to watch the show at the same time as the rest of the world will be […]
Barely 10 days ago pay-radio operator SiriusXM invested $480 million into US streaming service Pandora. On June 27th Pandora confirmed what the industry had rumoured for a few days, that its CEO – and co-founder – Tim Westergren, had “stepped down”. The senior-level changes are far from over. SiriusXM now owns 19 per cent of […]
Eighty consecutive successes for rocket launch company Arianespace is a unique record, and the June 28th launch of two satellites helped cement that achievement with a flawless launch (Flight 238). The two satellites included GSAT-17, a communications satellite for India, and a so-called condominium joint-venture satellite for the Arabsat-owned HellasSat-3 which shares a satellite with […]
ESPN has won the exclusive rights to broadcast the English Premier League in Brazil for the three seasons 2019/20 to 2021/22. One season into the current three-year cycle, the new deal will see ESPN Brazil hosting Premier League football on its channels for at least the next five seasons. Financial terms of the deal have not […]
In the past decade, the pay-TV landscape has undergone a radical transformation, propelled by the introduction of Netflix’s on-demand streaming service in 2007 and the critical mass adoption of streaming ever since. Today, 70 per cent of TV viewers 18 and over – and 90 per cent of 18-34 year-old viewers – stream at least […]
Research from the Pay-TV Innovation Forum 2017 – a global research programme for senior pay-TV executives that examines the state of pay-TV innovations and strategies that will drive the next phase of growth for pay-TV operators developed by content protection and TV solutions specialist NAGRA, in partnership with MTM, an international research and strategy consultancy […]