Telecoms, content and advertising group Altice has agreed a multi-year partnership with Netflix which will lead to Netflix’s content being made available to Altice customers into all eligible devices in France, Portugal, Israel and Dominican Republic. According to Altice, the launch of the Netflix service on its platforms will seamlessly bring critically-acclaimed original Netflix series, […]
Last week’s ending of diplomatic relations between Qatar and almost all of the other Gulf States, not least Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates – and which provoked a series of ‘cyber-threats’ to be carried out on Qatar-based news channel Al Jazeera – but it is now clear that there is now far more […]
Karen Bradley has retained her job as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport following UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s reshuffling of portfolios following the UK General Election which saw her Conservative Party secure the most parliamentary seats, but not an overall majority. One of the most significant items requiring Bradley’s attention when she returns […]
The fourth ranked mobile operator in Spain, MasMovil, is reportedly finalising an agreement with China’s Huawei and several TV content providers to launch a pay-TV service this summer. The company aims to compete with the country’s largest operators -Telefónica, Vodafone and Orange – with a similar convergent offer including TV. MasMovil is partnering with Huawei […]
Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1, TF1 Group (France) and Mediaset (Italy and Spain), are establishing in equal shares the European Broadcaster Exchange (EBX) to address the demand for brand-safe environments and high-quality pan-European video campaigns at scale. Initially, the focus will be on programmatic video campaigns, which involves the automated and data-based management of digital advertising purchases and […]
Further to advanced-television.com’s revelation on June 8th that pay-radio operator SiriusXM had renewed its interest in investing in streaming music service Pandora, the pair have announced that SiriusXM will make a $480 million (€430m) strategic cash investment in Pandora. Under the terms of the agreement, a subsidiary of SiriusXM will purchase an aggregate of $480 […]
The number of pay-TV subscribers in Portugal reached 3.7 million in the first quarter of 2017, a growth of 135,000 subscribers (3.8 per cent) year-on-year. According to the National Communications Authority (Anacom), the growth is mainly due to the increased popularity of fibre optic-based offers, which saw subscriber numbers rise by 6.3 per cent on […]
Malaysia’s DTH pay-TV broadcaster Astro is reportedly looking to acquire India’s Reliance Digital TV. The Times of India is quoting sources saying that the plan is part of Anil Ambani’s wish to reduce debt in his Reliance Communications telco. The newspaper is reporting that Astro Malaysia Holdings is currently undertaking due diligence examinations of Reliance […]
Al-Jazeera is said to be fighting a large-scale cyber-attack but remains operational, according to reports. Qatar’s state-run television announced that it had shut down its website temporarily “for security reasons” after hacking attempts. Qatar is in a political standoff with fellow Arab states over alleged ties to terrorism. Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt and Bahrain […]
French telco Orange has launched a new SVoD and mobile data package with Canal Plus affiliate IROKO+. Initially rolling out in Cameroon, the offer gives 24 hours access to the IROKO+ SVoD library and 300Mb of mobile data for 200 FCFA (€0.30). The IROKO+ catalogue of 2,500 titles mostly consists of Nollywood productions, African content […]