SpaceX, which on September 1st lost a valuable satellite in an explosion aboard one of its Falcon 9 rockets, is reportedly ready to return to flight operations. The rocket company said that it had managed to replicate the failure of the pressured Helium storage tank, thought to be the cause of the explosion. A Spacecom-owned […]
Discovery Communications has reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30th 2016. Q3 revenues of $1,556 million (€1,414m) were flat compared to the prior year, as 2 per cent growth at US Networks and 19 per cent growth at its education unit were offset by a 3 per cent decline at International Networks, primarily […]
Kid’s channel Nickelodeon has seen its broadcasts “suspended” by Pakistan’s media regulator. The suspension took place on October 31st, reports BBC Monitoring. Pakistan Electronic Media Regulation Authority (PEMRA) ruled two weeks ago that even those channels which were authorised to be carried by the country’s cable operators had to observe limits on Indian content. Nickelodeon […]
The current Brazilian economic crisis, regulation imbalances for smaller operators, high tax burdens for telecom services, and spectrum and cost limitations for broadband services continue to dampen growth in the Brazilian telecommunications services market, which saw $40.35 billion (€36.6bn) in revenue in 2015. “We did see a 31.4 per cent drop in revenue last year […]
Premium British drama brand BBC First has made its debut in Hong Kong as an SVoD service on the territory’s largest pay-TV provider, Now TV. The premium drama brand has launched successfully in key markets around the world including Australia, South Africa, Benelux and the Middle East and offers viewers the best British drama from […]
A+E Networks UK has extended distribution of its new free-to-air channel Blaze, following a deal with subscription-free satellite TV platform Freesat. Blaze is now available to the 1.9 million Freesat homes on channel number 162. The announcement came six weeks after the global debut of the new entertainment brand in the UK on Freeview (Channel […]
Nigeria is looking to order two Chinese-built satellites, in order to counter the amount of cash being spent with ‘foreign’ satellite operators for broadcasting and data capacity over Nigeria. Nigeria’s government says the project will cost about $550 million (€550m), and the country is in discussions with China’s ExIm Bank to provide the cash. The […]
Mediaset Spain, owner of Tele 5 and Cuatro among other channels, has launched what it claims to be the first multiscreen TV ad offer in the country. The offer includes all distribution platforms such as TV, tablets, PCs, smart TVs, mobile phones and online streaming. The initiative, called Superspot Total allows the simultaneous broadcast of […]
New Zealand’s Commerce Commission has sent a Letter of Unresolved Issues to Vodafone and Sky television in relation to their proposed merger announced in June 2016. The letter outlines that on the basis of information gathered to date, the Commission is currently not satisfied that the proposed merger will not have, or would not be […]
Changes to fixed broadband advertised price claims have come into force after the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) signalled that transparency in broadband price ads must improve if advertisers are to be confident that their ads will not mislead consumers and risk being banned. From now on, in order for broadband providers to ensure they stay […]