Mike Darcey, who was Sky’s COO for 14 years until departing in 2012 for a job on Murdoch’s newspaper division, has said he believes that both Sky and BT Sport will be considerably less aggressive when bidding for new sports rights. In a blog post, Darcey explains that BT Sport now knows that simply adding […]
Most of the main pay-TV operators in Sub-Saharan Africa lowered their prices during 2016 to ward off competitors. The knock-on effect was that other platforms lowered their fees, according to findings from Digital TV Research’s Sub-Saharan Africa Pay-TV Forecasts report. “With a limited number of DTT licences on offer,
SpaceX enjoyed a textbook success with the launch of a 10-satellite cargo for telco Iridium on January 14th. The launch was the first since a catastrophic explosion back on September 1st 2016. Thales Alenia was the prime contractor for Iridium with ATK as the sub-contractor. The Elon Musk-backed rocket company then successfully landed the Falcon […]
The contentious auction of TV broadcast licences must be re-held as soon as possible, according to Greece’s Council of State, in a statement on January 13th. The previous auction, held in September, and which reduced from eight to four the number of channels permitted to transmit (and which had raised €246 million) was declared null […]
ISBA, The Voice of British Advertisers, welcomes the findings of the new Deloitte Report, The economic contribution of advertising in Europe. This study, for the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA), of which ISBA is the UK member, demonstrates the value of Advertising to the European GDP and puts a figure on it. Every advertising Euro […]
CASBAA, the Association of Asia’s pay-TV Industry, has applauded the judicial review now underway in India of proposed extension and tightening of India’s pay-TV rate regulations. The Madras High Court is currently reviewing the clash between the rights of copyright owners around the world and new tariff regulations proposed by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of […]
Eutelsat’s 117 West B all-electric satellite, launched last June by SpaceX is now on position, fully tested and working to support clients, says Eutelsat. The long gap between launch and service introduction is because E-117WB, once launched, used its own on-board electric propulsion to raise itself to its correct orbital position. This is now a […]
In a broadcasting first, Cancer Research UK and Channel 4 will air a live colonoscopy during an ad break on January 18th. The 90 second advert, titled ‘Live from the Inside’, will be shown at approximately 3.25pm and represents the first time this procedure has been performed live in an ad break. It will provide […]
TRT has signed a new agreement to launch its international news platform TRT World on 10 additional satellites and expand its reach and viewership. This multi-year agreement was signed with Globecast, the global solutions provider for media, and Türksat, Turkey’s first and unique satellite operator. TRT World will be able to be viewed all over […]
4KUniverse, the 24/7 Ultra HD general entertainment channel launched in North America by Matthew Mancinelli, has signed a 10-year agreement with tech company DiaDem Technologies to distribute the channel throughout China. The wide-ranging agreement gives DiaDem Technologies exclusive distribution rights to 4KUniverse in China, grants them authority to secure content approval with the Chinese government […]