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Crozier to exit ITV

UK commercial broadcaster ITV has revealed that Adam Crozier, Chief Executive, is stepping down from the Board and his role after seven years. Ian Griffiths will step up to a newly created combined role of Chief Operating Officer and Group Finance Director. Griffiths will also lead the executive team for an interim period, with Sir […]

May 3, 2017By Nik Roseveare

Germany: Amazon leads OTT market

Netflix has tapped into 5 million subscribers in Germany, taking a 20 per cent share of the OTT market, although Amazon Prime Video is still the market leader with a 47 per cent share. Netflix launched in the country in September 2014, where as Amazon Prime Video became available in February of the same year […]

May 3, 2017By Chris Forrester

AOL: “Shorter videos = bigger audiences”

The results from a AOL’s latest global research study reveal the consumer behaviours and industry trends driving the evolution of digital video, and point the way for advertisers and publishers looking to make the most of digital video in 2017. There are many challenges, but with consumers making digital video a habit – 92 per […]

May 3, 2017

Report: Mobile operators must embrace ad market

Mobile operators should be doing more to leverage subscriber data in mobile advertising, particularly in the face of stalling service revenue. A Strategy Analytics report concludes that the majority of operators are failing to take advantage of strong demand for transparent, precise and verifiable audience data from media buyers despite being perceived as providing “gold […]

May 3, 2017

Indian satellite scandals probed

India’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is demanding action over alleged malpractice by the country’s Department of Space (DoS) in how transponder satellite capacity was awarded to private direct-to-home broadcasters. The PAC state that decisions going back more than 10 years need to be fully investigated. The 22-member PAC is made up of Indian parliamentarians in […]

May 3, 2017

Finland: DNA switching completely to DVB-T2

Finnish telco DNA has announced that its remaining DVB-T format pay-TV channels will switch to DVB-T2 technology on May 17th. The majority of terrestrial-network pay-TV channels and all HD channels are already being broadcast with the new technology. The greater efficiency of DVB-T2 technology increases broadcasting capacity and enables the transmission of HD-quality broadcasts over […]

May 3, 2017

Western Europe tops 100m pay-TV subs

Western Europe will avoid the curse of cord-cutting – at least for the next five years, according to the Western Europe Pay TV Forecasts report from Digital TV Research. The Western European pay TV market is mature, but, unlike North America, it will still gain subscribers between 2016 and 2022. Although this only represents a […]

May 2, 2017

Spain: Pay-TV in over 6m homes, but income falls

Pay-TV is Spain has captured more subscribers to convergent packages (up to five services). The latest report from the CNMC reveals that the operators are doing well in terms of subscribers, but not so well as far as revenues are concerned. In the third quarter of 2016, pay-TV reached 6,010,000 subscribers, up 140,000 over the previous […]

May 2, 2017From David Del Valle in Madrid

Next-gen mobile OTT from ProSiebenSat.1, Discovery

German media company ProSiebenSat.1 and Discovery Communications are to expand Germany’s mobile video and OTT marketplace through an enhanced streaming joint venture partnership for their brands in Germany. They say the 50/50 JV will bring German viewers more options and better quality to enjoy their favourite content and shows from ProSiebenSat.1, Discovery and eventually other content […]

May 2, 2017

Dish sheds 143,000 TV customers

US satellite pay-TV broadcaster Dish Network has reported revenue totaling $3.68 billion (€3.37bn) for the quarter ending March 31st 2017, compared to $3.83 billion for the corresponding period in 2016. Subscriber-related revenue for the quarter totaled $3.64 billion, compared to $3.78 billion in subscriber-related revenue for the year-ago period. DISH includes all of its Sling […]

May 2, 2017