Italian broadcasting group Mediaset posted losses of €116.6 million in the first nine months of 2016, compared to a loss of €36.1 million in the same period in 2015. The results were impacted by €50 million in extraordinary expenses during the period between April 8 and September 30, as a result of “commitments taken on […]
US satellite broadcaster DISH Network has reported revenue totaling $3.75 billion (€3.4bn) for the quarter ending September 30th 2016, compared to $3.73 billion for the corresponding period in 2015. Subscriber-related revenue increased to $3.73 billion from $3.70 billion in the year-ago period. DISH includes all of its Sling TV subscribers in the company’s total pay-TV […]
South Africa’s roadmap to digital adoption for broadcasting has had more than a few pot-holes to slow adoption. However, the country’s Dept. of Communications says that it will take another two full years to wrap the process up. South Africa originally signed up to the ITU’s global ‘analogue switch-off’ target date of June 2015, but […]
EchoStar 23, a high-power satellite built by Space Systems/Loral, and originally due for launch “in the late Q3 period” of this year, is looking for an extremely urgent launch. EchoStar-23 is a Ku-band DTH/DBS satellite. The problem is that SpaceX has a long queue of clients wanting their satellites to be launched. But for EchoStar, […]
A NASA advisory committee has expressed concerns about how SpaceX fuels its rockets. In particular, a letter sent by the special advisory group almost a year ago to NASA said SpaceX’s planned fuelling of its Falcon 9 rocket for manned missions to the International Space Station – with astronauts on board – was “contrary to […]
Constantin Median, a major sports, entertainment and event organiser in Germany, is to link with Tata Communications to create a new media hub in Germany. It will offer content delivery, management, storage and computing services for businesses in media, sports, gaming and music industries across German speaking countries in Europe. “This deal enables Tata Communications […]
Films and TV fiction are clearly the main driver for on-demand services. Pay on-demand services specialising in film and TV fiction account for nearly two-thirds (61 per cent) of all pay on-demand services in Europe, compared with only 14 per cent of TV channels, according to the latest figures from the European Audiovisual Observatory’s database. […]
Scripps Networks Interactive has announced it will not renew its streaming deal with Netflix when it expires at the end of the year. COO Burton Jablin, speaking at the company’s earnings conference call, explained the decsion, commenting: “We assessed the SVoD universe and have made the strategic decision not to extend our SVoD agreement with […]
One in five millennials are more likely to purchase a product or service after watching a video advert, a new report has found. The research, conducted by video production company Groundbreak Productions, which surveyed 1,000 consumers in the UK, also revealed the kinds of video adverts that consumers enjoy. Some 42 per cent of consumers […]
Frédéric Bokobza, Deputy Director General of the Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel (CSA), the French media regulator, says that next year’s June 2017 review of the Canal Plus formal “competition restrictions and regulations” could be modified to benefit C+. The CSA has yet to publish its own recommendations, and Bokobza, in discussion with equity analysts at […]