The strong growth of IPTV and the increasing popularity of the convergent packages with up to 5 different services (fixed and mobile telephony, broadband Internet access and pay-TV) are significantly boosting the pay-TV take-up in Spain. Figures from the CNMC
In 2015, the TV market in Italy showed the first signs of recovery after a long period of recession according to a report by ITMedia Consulting. Total earnings have risen 0.6 per cent from the previous year. The diffusion of platforms, after years of stagnation, is starting to change: Broadband TV will triple its accesses […]
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group and the Walt Disney Co. have revealed a multi-year licensing agreement to bring digital subscription service DisneyLife to China. The news follows the November 2015 launch of the service in the UK. “Launched today, DisneyLife provides Alibaba customers in China with an all-encompassing and immersive family friendly digital experience,” the […]
A major 65-page report on the satellite industry, and in particular Europe’s two major players, SES and Eutelsat, says – happily – that “reports of the death of satellite TV look exaggerated”. That’s the welcome good news, but the report from equity analysts at Exane/BNP-Paribas also states that the number of channels carried has declined […]
Humax has announced that Freesat with Freetime set-top boxes will be the first in its product range to roll out Netflix. Netflix will be available on the Humax Freesat with Freetime HDR-1000S 500GB, HDR-1010S 1TB, HB-1000S, as well as the more recently launched HDR-1100S (available with 500GB, 1TB and 2TB hard drives). Graham North, Commercial […]
Howard Stern has renewed his deal with SiriusXM, the US satellite radio company, for five more years. “I’m very, very proud of this business and what has been accomplished,” Stern said on his show. In addition to extending production of the show, Stern and SiriusXM announced on Tuesday a 12-year deal for further content related […]
Videology, the video advertising technology company, has announced the certification of their integration of Nielsen Digital Ad Ratings (DAR), which enables audience measurement across mobile apps in Europe. Available to Videology’s clients in the UK and France – and soon, in Italy and Germany – the expanded integration will now allow Videology to provide audience […]
At the annual MRS Awards ceremony, BBC Worldwide, the BBC’s main commercial arm, and global panel provider, Lightspeed GMI, were awarded the MRS Award for Advertising & Media Research for their audience research project, conducted by emotion intelligence platform CrowdEmotion. Awarded to projects that prove the power that can be found in research, the MRS […]
AOL Platforms and video platform Dailymotion have announced a strategic reinforcement of their partnership. The move allows advertisers from around the world to purchase Dailymotion’s in-stream inventory directly through ONE by AOL, the first cross-screen programmatic advertising platform optimising campaigns from web to TV. Dailymotion Exchange (DMX), Dailymotion Advertising’s global and premium video marketplace, has […]
O3b Networks Limited – the developer of a global, high-speed, low-latency satellite-based network for telecommunications operators, ISPs, enterprises and governments – has signed a contract with Arianespace for a fourth Soyuz launch to support the expansion of the O3b Networks’ satellite constellation. The launch will take place from the Guiana Space Center (CSG) in early […]