Russian Satellite Communications Co (RSCC), which works closely with Paris-based Eutelsat, has reported a 50 per cent increase in revenues for last year. Revenues were helped by a favourable ruling last year by a Paris court that commercial deals between RSCC and Eutelsat were valid and could not be part of any compensation claims made […]
Futuresource Consulting’s annual evaluation of the health and shape of global home video entertainment, detailing the macro trends of 2016, in addition to insights for 2017 and beyond, indicates that households are spending more than ever before on video entertainment, and in 2016, the combined home video and pay-TV market totalled $251.5 billion (€234bn), up […]
The BBC has performed well in collecting the licence fee, having increased the amount of revenue it collects, reduced collection costs and improved its reputation overall. It has, however, performed less well in reducing evasion, according to the National Audit Office (NAO), which it estimates cost the Corporation between £251 million (€294m) and £291 million […]
A report by Italian investment bank Mediobanca has revealed that revenues of the country’s five largest TV broadcasters (RAI, Mediaset, Sky Italia, Discovery Italia and La7) have dropped by 13.5 per cent in the period 2011-2015. The major factor has been a 25 per cent fall in advertising revenues, but TV licence fee (-3.1 per […]
The rapid take-up of FTTH along with the success of new TV services like HBO and Netflix have seen Vodafone significantly increase its subscriber basis in the last quarter of 206. The company captured 115,000 new FTTH customers reaching a total of 2.2 million of users with the highest Internet speed. At the end of […]
According to market research firm Parks Associates’ OTT Video Market Tracker service, the churn rate for OTT video services is 19 per cent of US broadband households, indicating roughly one in five households have cancelled an OTT service in the past 12 months. The company notes
Fox Networks and Viaplay have launched the Fox+ streaming service in the Nordics region. The VoD service offers a raft of content from the Hollywood studio arm of Fox, as well as drama and factual content from the international Fox Networks Group. Current Fox series including American Dad, Family Guy and Bones are available on […]
Global performance management company Nielsen has completed its $560 million (€539.5m) acquisition of media and entertainment metadata provider Gracenote from the Tribune Media Company. The acquisition of Gracenote’s global database and technology solutions – which span across platforms including multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs), smart televisions, streaming music services, connected devices, media players and in-car […]
Advertisers have spent a record £306 million (€356.5m) for a 30 second TV ad slots during the Super Bowl. Almost 112 million people tuned in last year, but 3.96 million live-streamed the game. Dror Ginzberg, Co-Founder & CEO of Wochit said: “Securing a half-time TV ad slot during the Super Bowl is one of the […]
Charlie Ergen, co-founder and majority shareholder in Dish Network and EchoStar, has streamlined the business relationships between the two businesses, and in particular its growing broadband-by-satellite subsidiary Hughes Retail Group. One of the strong benefits is that Dish now has end-to-end control over his Sling TV OTT system. Shareholders liked the moves, and Dish shares […]