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FOTV Channel launches on Roku

FOTV Media Networks has confirmed that the FOTV Channel is now available on Roku players and Roku TVs globally. Roku users will now have access to FOTV’s OTT app, which features both LIVE TV and ON DEMAND sections. FOTV’s On-Demand offerings are available for free and are ad-supported, as are most of the live and […]

October 31, 2016

SSL delivers JCSAT-15 satellite

Space Systems Loral (SSL), a provider of satellites and spacecraft systems, has announced that the JCSAT-15 satellite, which it designed and built for SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation (SKY Perfect JSAT), has arrived at the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, where it will be launched aboard an Ariane 5 launch vehicle by Arianespace. The satellite, […]

October 31, 2016

VoD viewers watch shows 50% longer

Even with the rise of alternate viewing platforms, more than half of on-demand viewing in the US happens through a cable box. People who access VoD from multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs) watch 50 per cent more of any given 30-minute primetime programme than live viewers, and 33 per cent more than time-shifted viewers, according to State of […]

October 28, 2016

Apple unveils Discover & Watch TV app

Apple has introduced the new TV app, offering a unified experience for discovering and accessing TV shows and movies from multiple apps on Apple TV, iPhone and iPad. The TV app provides one place to access TV shows and movies, as well as a place to discover new content to watch. Apple has also introduced […]

October 28, 2016

Eutelsat: €5.4bn backlog; No growth until 2018-19

There’s a new sense of quiet optimism at Paris-based satellite operator Eutelsat, which has told analysts (during its Q1 results to September 30th) that it was confirming its current financial objectives and reiterating its guidance for the next two years. The next two years will continue to be tough, but modest revenue growth should return […]

October 28, 2016By Chris Forrester

SES: €8bn backlog; Video “accelerating”

SES has revealed its Q3 numbers, saying it was now carrying 7,317 TV channels on its fleet, of which 2,434 were in HDTV (33.3 per cent).  SES says the growth of Ultra-HD channels accelerating and that it was now carrying 17 commercial UHD channels (this time last year it was just one). Its recently acquired […]

October 28, 2016By Chris Forrester

South Africa commences DTT migration

October 28th marks the beginning of the Analogue Switch-Off (ASO) in South Africa. This major national milestone forms part of the country’s Broadcasting Digital Migration (BDM) process, and will begin in the Northern Cape within the Square Kilometer Array (SKA). The original target to complete the process had been June 17th 2015. SENTECH, the state-owned […]

October 28, 2016By Colin Mann

WWE Network Q3 subs dip

WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) has reported a total of 1.458 active subscribers to its WWE Network for the third quarter this year, compared to 1.306 million total active subscribers in the same quarter last year. In Q2, WWE announced a total of 1.52 million active subscribers for their OTT service. WWE is rumoured to be […]

October 28, 2016By Nik Roseveare

PlayStation Vue on Sony TVs

Sony Electronics has announced the Internet-based live TV service PlayStation Vue is now available on all Sony’s premium Android TVs. PlayStation Vue lets users watch live TV, movies and sports content without a cable or satellite subscription. PlayStation Vue provides simultaneous streaming on a variety of devices from a single account, and allows viewers to […]

October 28, 2016

SiriusXM to start paying a dividend

US pay-radio operator SiriusXM reported better than expected Q3 subscriber and revenue numbers on October 27th, and said it would shortly start paying a dividend to shareholders. SiriusXM also told analysts that it would start a Howard Stern video service featuring notorious ‘shock-jock’ Stern. SiriusXM, controlled by John Malone’s Liberty Media, added 345,000 net new […]

October 28, 2016By Chris Forrester