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Asia Pacific boosts pay-TV revenues

Global pay-TV revenues for 138 countries will only grow by $99 million (€87.5m) between 2015 and 2021 to $205.92 billion; having peaked in 2018. This follows 19.5 per cent growth between 2010 and 2015, according to the Digital TV Revenue Forecasts report. North American pay-TV revenues will fall by $13.5 billion between 2015 and 2021. […]

April 27, 2016

MTG to launch Viafree across Scandinavia

MTG is to launch a new digital window for all of its advertising funded video content in Sweden, Norway and Denmark. The new video streaming service will feature thousands of hours of entertainment, including what is currently available on MTG’s free-TV Play services and original productions exclusive to Viafree. Viafree will complement MTG’s subscription streaming […]

April 27, 2016

Montenegro public tender for 2nd DTT multiplex

Montenegro’s Agency for Electronic Media has announced a public tender for granting rights to provide audio-visual media services on demand via the second national DVB-T2 multiplex. Mux 2 will transmit from three locations – Bjelasica (channel 25), Lovcen (27) and Tvrdas (22) – in SFN mode. Applications for participation on the public auction can be […]

April 27, 2016By Branislav Pekic in Rome

KIPCO revenues up 13%

Kuwait’s KIPCO conglomerate, which amongst other investments owns a major (60.5 million) stake in Dubai’s pay-TV operator OSN, saw its Q1 profits jump 13 per cent, with a net profit of $44.7 million ($40 million same period last year). KIPCO’s published quarterly statements do not break out its divisional performances, but its 2015 Annual Report, […]

April 27, 2016By Chris Forrester

Doordarshan to ‘sell’ primetime slots

India’s public broadcaster Doordarshan (DD) is trying a new strategy to win viewers on its DD National channel. According to India’s Minister of State at the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, the broadcaster will open up key primetime slots for sale to outside content producers. The Minister said that the current pattern […]

April 27, 2016By Chris Forrester

A+E expands Japanese links

A+E Networks is increasing its stake in its existing Japanese joint-venture with Super Network/Tohokushisha (TFC) and restructuring the ownership of its joint venture with Super Network and The History Channel Japan (THCJ). A+E is to increase its stake in the j-v from 50 per cent to 80 per cent. “The new investment marks a significant […]

April 27, 2016By Chris Forrester

4C Insights multiscreen measurement

4C Insights has introduced its new Advertising Analytics product designed to empower brands with in-flight campaign insights for TV ads. Armed with this intelligence, marketers can improve target audience delivery and lower effective CPM rates, says the company. 4C Advertising Analytics makes the media planning process more comprehensive and speeds up the measurement process with […]

April 27, 2016

UK ad market up 7.5% in 2015

The UK ad market grew 7.5 per cent to £20.1 billion (€25.9bn) last year, the fastest rate of growth seen since the end of the advertising recession in 2010, according to a report by the Advertising Association/Warc expenditure. It was a solid year for TV advertising, which rose 7.3 per cent to £5.2 billion, with […]

April 26, 2016

Game of Thrones sets Sky record

The season 6 premiere of Game of Thrones has set viewing records for Sky drama with a total of 2.2 million watching the opening episode of HBO’s fantasy epic on Sky Atlantic. About 60,000 viewing tuned in to

April 26, 2016

Spain: Orange grows revenues and subs

Orange Spain has reversed 27-months of declining revenues and has significantly increased its subscribers. In the first quarter of the year, the company managed gained 1.8 per cent in revenues to €1.189 billion. By comparison, in the last quarter of 2015, Orange had a 0.7 per cent decline in revenues and a fall of 1.7 […]

April 26, 2016From David Del Valle in Madrid