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Viaccess-Orca acquires Squadeo

Content services protection and enhancement specialist Viaccess-Orca has acquired Squadeo, a global provider of secure cross-platform OTT premium video solutions for the TV industry. The integration of Squadeo’s multimedia QuickPlayer further strengthens Viaccess-Orca’s Connected Sentinel Player (CSP) offering, enabling an end-to-end solution for delivering live and VoD content to PC, Mac and connected mobile devices, […]

May 24, 2017

Spain: Mediaset leads streaming services

Mediaset Spain, owner of TV channels Tele 5 and Cuatro among others, is the most watched online TV service with 85 million views in April, way ahead of second-placed Atresmedia with 56 million views, according to ComScore. In terms of the amount of online TV consumption, Mediaset also leads the market with 340 million minutes […]

May 24, 2017From David Del Valle in Madrid

Arianespace builds for dual launch

The spaceport at French Guiana is extremely busy catching up on the ‘lost’ 40 days of the May strike throughout the region with preparation for an important dual payload of satellites due for launch next month. An Ariane 5, dubbed Flight VA238, is taking shape for a scheduled June 28th lift-off with a dual-satellite payload: […]

May 24, 2017

Greece limits on commercial TV?

A meeting of Greece’s broadcasting regulator, the National Council for Radio & Television (NCRTV) says that the nation can only support between four and six privately-owned commercial network TV channels. The meeting with the regulator was attended by the recently restructured national public broadcaster (ERT), digital TV transmission system provider Digea, and the National Technical University of […]

May 24, 2017By Chris Forrester

ACT adds new members

The Association of Commercial Television in Europe (ACT) has announced that its General Assembly has unanimously approved four new full members (A+E Networks UK, beIN Sports France, Bonnier Broadcasting, SBS Belgium) as well as a new Observer Member (Digiturk). Commenting on the new memberships, Grégoire Polad, ACT Director General, stated: “We are delighted to welcome […]

May 24, 2017

Older viewers embrace catch-up, but not SVoD

A study of TV viewing habits in 13 countries by Ampere Analysis reveals that people aged 55-64 are yet to embrace SVoD services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime, preferring linear TV channels and their catch-up services. In the US, only two in 10 people aged 55-64 in the viewed Netflix in the past month, […]

May 23, 2017

Wowza: “Low latency crucial for sports streaming apps”

In the past, the only way to catch a big game was to tune in on network TV; for smaller events, cable or satellite television was necessary. But today, many Americans are “cutting the cord” and forgoing traditional television altogether: 24 per cent don’t have a cable or satellite TV subscription. What’s more, 64 per cent […]

May 23, 2017

Research: Broadcast still the most trusted media

Levels of trust in traditional media are increasing across Europe as people question the veracity of what they see and read online. Public trust in traditional media (broadcast media and the press) increased in the last year as trust in the Internet and social networks continued to fall. According to an EBU study – Trust […]

May 23, 2017

CASBAA: “Satellite competition is fierce”

“There have been more dramatic changes in the global satellite industry in the past two years than we have been seen in the last twenty-five,” said Steve Collar, CEO of SES Networks, speaking at the close of the CASBAA Satellite Industry Forum 2017 in Singapore. That comment summarised nine hours of insights, statements and data […]

May 23, 2017