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Zee Entertainment enters Poland

Indian content company, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) has announced its foray into Poland. The company has appointed Pawel Kolasa as Country Manager – Poland and he will report to Neeraj Dhingra, CEO – ZEE Network Europe. The channel will also shortly launch a specially customised version of Zee.One, its dedicated Bollywood film and entertainment […]

April 21, 2017

Televisa selects Ericsson for HD delivery

Ericsson is implementing a new end-to-end primary distribution system for Televisa, Mexico’s leading broadcaster and content provider. The system selected by Televisa features Ericsson’s AVP Encoder with the latest HEVC compression module, the MX8400 Multiplexer and many RX8200 HEVC receivers with integrated DVB-S2X de-modulator. By deploying both DVB-S2X and HEVC, Televisa can increase the number […]

April 21, 2017

Keepixo, Yospace teaming up

Keepixo, a provider of software-based head-end solutions for IPTV and OTT, and Yospace, a provider of Dynamic Ad Insertion solutions, have announced their systems have been pre-integrated to offer a full end-to-end monetisation solution for live TV channels when viewed online. “Now that OTT services are becoming widely deployed, broadcasters and operators are looking for […]

April 21, 2017

Sky Q3: ‘Delivering’ as football costs drag

Jeremy Darroch, Group Chief Executive, has described Q3 as another strong quarter for Sky, despite it being the broadcaster’s seasonally quietest period. “We continue to perform well, attracting another 106,000 customers across the Group in the quarter, taking growth to 769,000 over the last 12 months.  We have delivered strong revenue growth of 11 per […]

April 20, 2017

Mediaset suffers record losses

Italian media group Mediaset posted its worst-ever loss in 2016, amounting to €294.5 million, largely due to the dispute with Vivendi over Mediaset Premium. This is in contrast to a profit of €3.8 million in 2015. Net revenues were slightly up at €3.66 billion, of which €2.67 billion (+4.8 per cent) were achieved in Italy […]

April 20, 2017From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Study: OTT to overtake linear TV within 5 years

Within the next five years, viewership hours of live-linear streaming OTT video will surpass those of traditional broadcast TV, according to close to 70 per cent of respondents in the 2017 OTT Video Services Study by Level 3 Communications, Streaming Media and Unisphere Research. The third annual survey on OTT trends was based on responses […]

April 20, 2017

Sky Italia launches Now TV Mobile service

Sky Italia has launched Now TV Mobile, a service that enables customers to watch TV programmes on smartphones and tablets, including on demand. Subscribers can select from three “tickets” – Cinema (over 500 movies on demand), TV Series (including House of Cards, Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead plus boxed sets) and Entertainment (shows, documentaries, […]

April 20, 2017From Branislav Pekic in Rome

UKTV reports record year

Multi-channel broadcaster UKTV has reported a record year for revenue, profit and viewership, with results for the year ending December 31st 2016 showing EBITDA growth of 11.3 per cent to £91.3 million (€108.9m), and revenue growth of 8 per cent to £344.8 million. “UKTV is delivering well against its strategy, with record profit, revenue, and […]

April 20, 2017

Atresmedia revenues up 4.5%

Spanish TV operator Atresmedia, owner of Antena 3 TV and La Sexta, has ended the first quarter of 2017 with a profit of €28.4 million, up 4.5 per cent. Total revenues reached €259 million to March 31st, up 5.3 per cent on the previous quarter largely due to the rise in TV revenues (to €230.6 […]

April 20, 2017From David Del Valle in Madrid

Kantar: Ad industry at risk without measurement standards

Research released by Kantar Media warns that, if the advertising industry doesn’t find a way to measure performance accurately and consistently, Proctor & Gamble’s threat to pull spend from digital advertising will be just the tip of the iceberg. Dimension, a new international study

April 20, 2017