The global VoD market is expected to reach $263 billion (€ 231.2bn) by 2016, up from $207 billion in 2014 according to Future Market Insights. Rising popularity of on-demand services among consumers and proliferation of internet in emerging nations is expected to fuel the global VoD market. Demand for pay-TV services will continue to remain […]
French media and entertainment group Vivendi has asked the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (French securities regulator) for an inquiry subsequent to the release of what it terms ‘false information’ suggesting there had been a 10 per cent drop in the number of Canal+ subscribers for September 2015, which negatively impacted its share price. Vivendi was […]
Spanish media group Prisa is challenging the government’s award of the six new DTT licences, taking the case to the National Committee of Markets and Competition (CNMC), the Spanish Supreme Court (Tribunal Supremo) and the European Commission (EC). In its appeal before the CNMC, Prisa has urged the competition watchdog to take legal actions against […]
The past week has not been helpful for satellite operator Intelsat. During the week ending October 16th Intelsat’s share price tumbled 14.82 percent (and 30.12 per cent over the past 4 weeks). Not helping matters is that Monday saw its CFO depart unexpectedly, and without a replacement named. Just over a week from now (on […]
Italian public broadcaster RAI is planning to launch HD versions of all of its channels by 2016 on the TivuSat DTH platform. Currently, four channels are available in HD: Rai Uno, Rai Due, Rai Tre and Rai Sport 1. According to head of the satellite unit of RAI, Daniele Rascio, from January 2016, the Rai […]
Canada-based satellite operator Telesat will see its latest satellite, Telstar-12 Vantage, launched from a Japanese site. Telstar-12 has been built by Airbus Defence & Space in Toulouse, and is ready for shipping to Tanegashima, Japan. The satellite is due to be launched in the next few weeks on an H-IIA launch rocket built by Mitsubishi […]
UKTV has confirmed the launch of its on-demand service UKTV Play on Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick. The UKTV Play app on Amazon Fire TV devices includes a new feature which enables users to create their own bespoke collections via ‘My List’. This new function will be rolled out onto other UKTV Play […]
Apple chief executive Tim Cook said the tech giant’s new music streaming service has 6.5 million subscribers. “It is going really well,” Cook said during an on-stage chat on the opening evening of a Wall Street Journal technology forum. “Lots of people are liking it.” More than eight million people are still in the free […]
Following the successful satellite distribution of a string of high-profile news and sporting events using NovelSat NS3, Globecast has decided to use NovelSat spectral efficiency software for global satellite video distribution of some of the major events that it covers. Globecast has built a reputation for quality of service and has a global presence. They […]
By the end of 2019, almost 85 per cent of UK households will have signed up to bundles of at least two telecom and media services from the same provider. According to a multiplay services forecast by CCS Insight, multiplay services will continue to disrupt the market. Telecom and media companies will be forced to […]