Global youth brand Vice has unveiled an expansive slate of international deals designed to cement further its status as the world’s leading youth media brand, while making its multi-screen programming available to audiences across 51 territories. Vice Founder and CEO Shane Smith announced a series of digital, mobile and linear deals with a roster of […]
Portugal will get two more public TV channels on DTT, to be followed by another two private TV channels. The news was announced by Portugal’s Minister of Culture, Luís Filipe Castro Mendes, during a Parliamentary audition. Next week, the Parliament is expected to approve the expansion of the DTT offer with more channels beyond the […]
Millions of people use free live-streaming websites to watch sports and other live events online, but this comes with a considerable security risk. Researchers from KU Leuven-iMinds and Stony Brook University have found that viewers are often exposed to malware infections, personal data theft, and scams. As much as 50 per cent of the video […]
SES held its annual ‘Capital Markets Day’ on June 21st, talking to analysts about the company’s current state of business and prospects for the future. Evidently it went reasonably well. One equity analyst from investment bank Jefferies followed up the meeting with a ‘BUY’ note to investors. Giles Thorne said SES was “wrestling back the […]
It might seem churlish to argue over a $15,000 fee for landing a barge (and its cargo of a returned rocket’s 1st stage) at Port Canaveral in Florida, especially when launching the rocket costs clients about $61 million a time. Port Canaveral is proposing a new fee structure for ‘returning rockets’ under a tariff for […]
Iran Space Organisation, according to the local MEHR news agency, says it will place its own satellites into geostationary orbit by 2025. Mohammad Homayoun Sadr, deputy director of Iran Space Organization, said that the country was targeting two projects. The first would be high-resolution imaging, and the second would be for satellite tele-communications. Currently there […]
Bang & Olufsen has announced a collaboration with Google that brings Google Cast to Bang & Olufsen’s all-in-one wireless music system: BeoSound 35 and BeoSound Essence (2nd generation), a one touch music control. The Wi-Fi based Google Cast technology lets users enjoy entertainment streaming services such as Spotify, Deezer and TuneIn directly casted to the […]
As the subscriber base of SVoD services continues to grow (9 million subscriptions in the UK, 91 million subscriptions in the US), social video platform YouTube still enjoys the biggest share of viewers in the UK, whilst subscription service Netflix takes the top slot in the US. Across the 10 countries in the research, 46 […]
Portuguese commercial broadcasters SIC and TVI have launched legal proceedings, challenging the decision of the regulator regarding the prices charged for channel distribution by DTT network operator Meo (Portugal Telecom). Last November, Portugal’s National Communications Authority (Anacom) ruled that the prices charged by Meo (about €3.5 million per year per channel) were not excessive. According […]
Mediapro-owned new DTT channel Gol has reached an agreement with La Liga to broadcast free-to-air one football match from the Primera División and four from the Segunda División, along with highlights, every weekend over the next three years. The deal is valued at €55 million. Last December, Mediapro also reached an agreement with La Liga […]