Italian newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore is reporting that Sky and Mediaset are in “advanced talks” over the sale of Mediaset’s Premium pay-TV business. The news prompted a flash report from equity analysts at Exane/BNP-Paribas, reminding investors that over the past five years much the same story has run. Nevertheless, the bank also says it is […]
Three suppliers of pre-loaded IPTV boxes that facilitate mass piracy of Premier League football broadcasts have been ordered to pay a total of £267,000 (€311,230) by the Courts for infringing copyright. The three sellers of pre-loaded IPTV boxes ordered to pay costs are: Football for Pubs Limited (based in Liverpool) was ordered by the High […]
BBC iPlayer is about to become more personal for connected TV viewers. People who sign-in to their BBC account on connected TVs will start to benefit from a growing number of personalised features such as the ability to resume watching an episode or series started on another device. Initially available to viewers with YouView devices, […]
Following Privy Council approval, Sir David Clementi has been appointed as Chair to the new BBC Board for four years from February 16th 2017 to February 15th 2021. In September 2015, he was asked by the Secretary of State at the Department of Culture, Media & Sport to review the governance and regulatory arrangements for […]
BT Media & Broadcast has announced its association with Viacom18, one of India’s fastest growing entertainment network, to bring its flagship Hindi general entertainment channel, Colors, to Sky subscribers in UK in HD format. BT will manage the channel’s distribution into London’s BT Tower via its dedicated, high capacity Global Media Network (GMN), and fully […]
International Launch Services (ILS) which markets the use of Russia’s Proton rocket system to ‘western’ satellite operators, says it “cautiously” expects to return to normal flight operations by April or May. ILS’ president Kirk Pysher, in an interview with trade mag Space Intel Report, said the engine quality problems which had grounded the Proton rockets […]
VTR, a subsidiary of Liberty Global and the largest cable operator in Chile, has reported strong growth in the number of customers using its VoD service. Since the enhanced service was implemented in October, the VoD platform has been more popular than ever. The number of views of VTR’s on demand service has increased by […]
Motorvision TV’s branded SVoD service is now available on Amazon Channels in the US, thus bringing its automotive content to American motor enthusiasts for the very first time. Amazon Prime members can subscribe to the newly conceived on-demand service for $2.99 a month after a 7-day free trial. New episodes and shows from the Motorvision […]
Following advanced-television.com’s disclosure that Discovery Communications was to launch a second free-to-air service in the UK, the broadcaster has revealed further details of the channel – Quest Red – set to launch on March 15th. Quest Red will be the home of ‘irresistibly real TV’ with programmes genres spanning big personalities, extraordinary worlds, gritty reality, […]
Originally thought of as a social network mostly geared toward teenagers, now millennials are engaging with Snapchat. In fact, businesses are quickly taking notice of the fastest growing social media site and the many benefits it offers. Snaplytics, the SaaS company offering Snapchat marketing insights, has released the most comprehensive survey of Snapchat data ever […]