Sky has confirmed that Sky Q, its next generation home entertainment system, is now available to buy. Following Sky Q’s unveiling in November 2015, now both existing Sky customers and those new to Sky can buy it online or over the phone from today. They’ll also be able to purchase through one of Sky’s 250 […]
According to consultancy service The Diffusion Group, US multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs) will rapidly move to make recommendation-based programme guides the centrepiece of their updated TV interfaces. Within the next decade, the use of these recommendation-driven guides will flourish, ultimately driving 75 per cent of all TV viewing, according to TDG’s report, Recommendation Revolution […]
Viacom and Snapchat have extended a deal that will allow Viacom to sell advertising on the social media app’s behalf. Under the terms of the deal, Viacom will have the right to sell against its own content on Snapchat as well as Snapchat’s US owned and operated advertising inventory, according to reports. That includes ads […]
French private group M6’s cabsat service Paris Première is to apply for FTA DTT channel 23, M6 CEO Nicolas de Tavernost has confirmed. But this will be only in case the channel, currently occupied by Numéro 23 until June, isn’t pre-empted by French State ahead of the September launch of France Télévisions upcoming news channel. […]
The take-up of pay-TV in Spain is slowing down with the number of subscribers dropping in the second quarter of 2015 by 43,900 to a total of 5.36 million clients. A report from the CNMC reveals that the fall in subscribers to satellite pay-TV and pay DTT are the reasons behind the downward trend with […]
Parrots, microwave ovens and the King of Scotland feature in the list of implausible excuses for not having a TV Licence given over the last year. Many from the list have been turned into animations by five of the UK’s leading animation universities in a bid to win a national competition. All areas of the […]
Netflix has released its monthly update on which ISPs provide the best prime-time Netflix streaming experience. In the US, Bright House fell five spots in the rankings to 9th place with an average speed of 3.53 Megabits per second (Mbps) and Time Warner Cable fell two to 10th with an average speed of 3.39 Mbps. […]
Vuclip, the mobile VoD service for emerging markets, has released its Global Video Insights Report for the year 2015, comparing developing markets such as UAE with developed markets in terms of video consumption behaviour of users. The insights are a result of a comprehensive online survey of 4600 users across six developing (India, Malaysia, Thailand, […]
Members of the Commercial Broadcasters Association (COBA) – the UK industry body for digital, cable and satellite broadcasters and on-demand services – have signed up to a Statement of Practice for Video-on-Demand (VoD) services, committing to make child protection a priority. The Statement, launched on Safer Internet Day, pledges to provide on-demand viewers with a […]
It seems a deal between Vincent Bolloré’s Canal Plus Group and Qatari-controlled beIN SPORTS looks more certain than ever. French financial newspaper Les Echos is reporting that Bolloré met with France’s leading football club owners and managers to reassure them that an “alliance” between beIN and Canal Plus would not be a threat. Equity analysts […]