Starz has confirmed the launch of its Starz app on Amazon Fire TV. Starz subscribers can now watch exclusive Starz Original series including Black Sails, The Missing, American Gods, Outlander and Power, as well as hundreds of movies and first-run films on Amazon’s streaming media devices including Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick. The […]
Hispasat is launching its new communications satellite, Hispasat 36W-1 (H36W-1), from the European Spaceport located in Kourou, French Guiana tonight (January 27th). The launch vehicle responsible for putting H36W-1 into its transfer orbit will be Arianespace’s Soyuz vehicle. From there, the satellite will move towards the geostationary orbit chosen to carry out the tests to […]
Negotiations between Discovery and Sky over a new carriage deal have reached an impasse, according to Discovery, who claim that Sky is refusing to pay a fair price for Discovery’s portfolio of channels, forcing it to go public in what it describes as an “historic move”, suggesting that its “much-loved” channels and programmes could disappear […]
Sky has reported an operating profit of £679 million (€632m) for its half-year, down 9 per cent as a result of the increase in Premier League costs (up £314 million year on year,) which was “substantially” offset by its strong revenue growth and “excellent” progress in operating efficiency. Jeremy Darroch, Group Chief Executive, commented: “We […]
In addition to announcing its half-year results, Sky has revealed plans to launch Sky TV without the need for a satellite dish for the very first time in the UK. The move will see millions of homes, currently unable to install a satellite dish, able to enjoy the best entertainment on Sky. Delivered through a […]
Pay-TV operators can no longer simply rely on the strength of their content offering to maintain subscriber loyalty but must raise their customer relationship management game to gain ground in an increasingly competitive marketplace, according to research from subscription, billing and CRM specialist Paywizard. The survey of more than 6,200
AT&T lost about 27,000 net pay TV subs in Q4 2016 with 262,000 U-verse TV customers leaving while it gained 235,000 DirecTV subs during the period. AT&T, which has been focussing on the lower-cost DirecTV platform, ended 2016 with 21.01 million satellite TV customers and 4.25 million U-verse video subs. It also confirmed that DirecTV […]
Giglio Group, the Italian company in e-commerce 4.0, has signed new national level deals in the broadcasting and telco sector. The first concerns the agreement with RTL 102.5 Network to launch two new channels in HD via satellite through Eutelsat’s Hot Bird satellites at 13 degrees East: the “radiovision” of RTL 102.5 TV HD (ch. […]
MAGNA, the intelligence, investment and innovation unit of IPG Mediabrands, has formed a strategic partnership with Roku to deliver targeted advertising to OTT audiences. Through this partnership, IPG Mediabrands clients will gain accelerated access to the advanced advertising capabilities of the Roku platform, including precision targeting, programmatic workflows, interactivity, and audience measurement. MAGNA’s partnership with […]
VideoAmp, the total video platform for the TV and video ecosystem, and Grapeshot, the technology company that deploys machine learning to unlock value from data, have integrated Grapeshot’s Live Audience pre-bid keyword targeting solution with VideoAmp’s proprietary user graph. Under the terms of the partnership, programmatic buyers in the US can find live audience segments […]