Facebook is preparing to test mid-roll video advertising – in which ads are played midway through a video that a user is watching. The ads would likely first appear in Facebook videos by professional publishers, according to reports. To date, the Facebook has resisted allowing pre-roll ads, that play before a video starts, which are […]
The European Commission is referring Spain to the Court of Justice under Article 108(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). The move follows Spain’s failure to recover subsidies it granted to finance the transition from analogue to digital terrestrial television (DTT) in remote areas of, respectively, Castilla-la-Mancha and the rest […]
BT Sport is to offer a free simulcast of the NBA Global Game between the Denver Nuggets and Indiana Pacers on January 12th to fans across the UK on Facebook, Freeview and Virgin Media. It will be the first time an NBA game will be shown live on Facebook in the UK. Fans will be […]
Norway has become the first country in the world to start digital switchover (DSO) from FM to DAB+. National FM networks will be switched off region by region – starting in Nordland and progressing across the whole country throughout 2017. The final regions, Troms and Finnmark, will complete the process in December. “Today’s digital switchover […]
Music Business Worldwide has conducted an in-depth market share analysis of the US recorded music business last year across audio streaming, video streaming, total album ‘projects’ and more besides – using stats from the annual report of trusted market monitor BuzzAngle. The research found that Universal Music Group dominates the market in most categories. However, […]
Although it is no secret that the major SVoD platforms Amazon and Netflix have rapidly increased their content spend, reaching similar levels to traditional TV groups, research consultancy firm Ampere Analysis notes that Netflix’s content spend is now comparable
France Télévisions has revealed a major strategic plan to boost creation and launch a producer-backed SVoD platform within the next two years. France Télévisions’ CEO Delphine Ernotte-Cunci explained to AFP that “there is a real development issue for the French audiovisual sector in front of growing US actors which do not invest into local creation.” […]
Netflix has released December data from its Netflix ISP Speed Index – its monthly update on which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) provide the best prime-time Netflix streaming experience. In the US, Comcast achieved the No. 1 spot for the first time, increasing its average monthly speed in December to 3.84 Megabits per second (Mbps), up […]
US entertainment trade body DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group has released its year-end 2016 Home Entertainment Report compiled by DEG members, tracking sources and retail input. Preliminary figures suggest
Sony Pictures Television’s portfolio of kids’ channels is launching a catch-up service on UK Internet TV platform YouView from January 10th. Following YouView’s recent announcement of a re-engineering and redesign of the entire platform, Sony Kids is the first player to launch since the roll out of the new software. Sony Kids brings together Sony’s […]