Findings from IHS looking at consumer spend on movies and TV suggest a clear correlation between the launch of Netflix and a decline in video spending. The IHS Technology report – Did Netflix Kill the Physical Video Market? – notes that before Netflix launched its streaming service in the US in 2007, spending on buying […]
The two largest TV groups in Spain, Mediaset and Atresmedia, have managed to multiply by three and two, respectively, their profits in 2015 with the ad revenues significantly increasing. Mediaset, operator of Tele 5 and Cuatro among others, had a profit of €166.2 million, almost 3 times the €59.5 million profit the previous year, with […]
German media group ProSiebenSat.1 has made a strong start to 2016 after reporting slightly better than expected profits and revenues for 2015 and an increased market share in German TV advertising. Recurring earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation, excluding special items, from continuing operations (REBITDA), rose 9 per cent to €925.5 million. Its share […]
India’s Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB) says that its Phase III cable TV analogue-to-digital conversion process is going well, and that 90.44 per cent of homes are now converted. The Ministry says that cable MSOs and local distributors have supplied 12.43 million addressable set-top boxes in the period to February 15th, and up from […]
On February 26th satellite operator SES will unveil its latest results but earlier this week it announced it had entered into a major capacity agreement with In Flight Entertainment (IFE) specialists GOGO. The deal guarantees bandwidth over the Americas with dedicated beams for IFE use on SES-14 and SES-15, and using SES-12 which covers Asia, […]
Describing it as “a key focus going forward” and “an exciting revenue opportunity”, US triple-play operator Frontier Communications has unveiled plans to introduce video service in a number of its existing markets with a minimal capital outlay. It made the announcement during the company Fourth Quarter Earnings Call. Dan McCarthy, President and CEO, said the […]
Rocket company SpaceX was forced to delay the Florida launch of the SES-9 satellite late in the evening of February 24th. It cited the risk of bad weather as the cause. SpaceX will make another launch attempt during the evening of February 25th at 6.49pm (Florida time). “The rocket and satellite remain healthy” said a […]
SES and Panasonic Avionics have agreed two major, multi-year, High Throughput Satellite (HTS) capacity agreements serving aeronautical, maritime, and oil and gas markets across the Americas. Panasonic Avionics is a provider of inflight entertainment and connectivity systems. These contracts, for SES-14 and SES-15, represent their highest bandwidth commitment to date of high-powered HTS spot beam […]
France’s main commercial broadcaster TF1 is making some dramatic changes. Recently appointed CEO/chairman Gilles Pelisson unveiled a new strategy on February 23rd, saying the broadcaster “needs to respond to increased competition, in television and also for its digital offerings”. New ‘heads of department’ have been appointed in Content, News and Advertising & Diversification. Laurie Davison, […]
A Select Committee on Communications of the House of Lords, the UK’s upper legislative chamber, has found no need for fundamental changes to the BBC’s core mission – to ‘inform, educate and entertain’ – which was set out by the BBC’s founder Director General, Lord Reith, around 50 years ago, suggesting in a report – […]