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Top Gear spin-off on iPlayer

BBC Three and BBC Worldwide have co-commissioned Extra Gear, a new Top Gear show presented by new co-host Rory Reid. Each week Extra Gear will bring fans exclusive new footage, interviews, specially-recorded films and behind-the-scenes access to Top Gear. Extra Gear, which will be available to view on BBC Three’s live page and BBC Three […]

April 28, 2016

Airtel Digital-TV adds 619,000 subs in Q1

India’s Airtel Digital TV pay-TV operator has broken two sets of records. First, it has moved into positive EBIT territory for the first time. Second, its net subscriber additions for the 3 months to March 31st were the highest in the past 20 quarters. In the quarter to March 31st Airtel Digital TV added 619,000 […]

April 28, 2016By Chris Forrester

SABC to launch 5 digital channels

South Africa’s public broadcaster, SABC, is to launch 5 new channels. Four will serve the country’s different linguistic audiences (including Afrikaans, Tsonga and Venda), and the 5th will be an all-sport channel. Some years ago SABC attempted to launch SABC4 and SABC5 as regional channels for the northern portion of country and southern regions, but […]

April 28, 2016By Chris Forrester

SES wins Rio Olympics order from Eurovision

Eurovision is to lease “several transponders” on a SES satellite, NSS-806, which orbits above Brazil for the upcoming Rio Olympic Games.  The agreement covers the two core months of the Games, July and August. NSS-806 orbits at 47.5 degrees West and Eurovision will use the satellite to distribute signals from Rio to its broadcasting clients […]

April 28, 2016By Chris Forrester

Telesat orders LEO satellites

Canada’s Telesat is ordering two LEO (Low Earth Orbiting) satellites. Space Systems Loral will supply one and the UK’s Surrey Satellite Technology (part of the Airbus Group) the other. Both should be in orbit by mid-to-late 2017. Telesat describes the spacecraft as ‘prototypes’. “By drawing on the advanced technologies and expertise of these leading manufacturers, […]

April 28, 2016By Chris Forrester

Thaicom distribution deal with SLNTV

Thaicom, one of Asia’s leading satellite operators, has entered into a multi-year agreement with Somaliland National Television (SLNTV), Somaliland’s national broadcaster. Thaicom currently broadcasts 15 TV channels in East Africa on its broadcast platform at 78.5 degrees east. Under the terms of the agreement, Thaicom will provide SLNTV with C-band capacity on the Thaicom 5 […]

April 28, 2016

Turner to launch FilmStruck SVoD service

Turner is launching FilmStruck the company’s first direct-to-consumer product in the US. The subscription video on-demand service for film aficionados, developed and managed by Turner Classic Movies (TCM) in collaboration with the Criterion Collection, will feature a library of films comprised of an eclectic mix of contemporary and classic art house, indie, foreign and cult […]

April 27, 2016

Sky, DHL global advertising partnership

Sky has announced its first ever global advertising partnership as it continues to take advantage of the growth opportunities created by the successful acquisition of Sky Deutschland and Sky Italia. The new agreement with DHL, the world’s largest logistics company, is the first major deal agreed by Sky Media, the advertising sales division of Sky, […]

April 27, 2016

Consumers now taking multiple SVoD services

Findings from Futuresource Consulting suggest that the relationship between SVoD and pay-TV is relatively complementary in most countries, with pay-TV households more likely to take SVoD services than free-to-air only households, although as SVoD becomes more established, this is less apparent. The eleventh edition of the firm’s twice yearly consumer research programme – Living with […]

April 27, 2016

Digital over 50% of UK media consumption in 2016

The amount of time UK adults spend consuming digital content continues to rise with consumers spending an extra 25 minutes a day on digital devices in 2016 compared to last year, according to an eMarketer forecast. This means that in 2016, UK adults are expected to spend 9 hours and 47 minutes consuming media compared […]

April 27, 2016