Eutelsat Communications is joining the SAT>IP Alliance as a Founding Member to support the development and worldwide adoption of the SAT>IP technology. The SAT>IP Alliance includes leading satellite operators and manufacturers – SES, Eutelsat, Hispasat, Panasonic, NAGRA, ALi Corporation and MaxLinear – and aims to accelerate the adoption of SAT>IP in the satellite industry and […]
NSR’s Global Satellite Capacity Supply & Demand, 12th Edition report, observes a European satellite telecommunications market entering a period of dramatic transition. As European satellite operators see opportunities for traditional FSS capacity expansion run out due to lack of spectrum, hundreds of millions of dollars of CAPEX are being invested into GEO-HTS payloads targeting hybrid […]
Three years after launching, beIN Sports France has surpassed 2.5 million subscribers, CEO Yousef Al-Obaidly told French daily Le Monde. Al-Obaidly said the World Cup 2014 tournament proved to be big draw for subscribers. The pay-TV company predicts it will hit 3 million subscribers during the Euro 2016 tournament next summer.
POST Luxembourg is launching a range of French and German channels – all available on any device – through its newly Cloud-TV platform developed by Netgem. The channels will be offered in addition to the best of VoD, popular catch-up TV services and other Internet Video Apps, regardless of whether the content originates from the […]
In a landmark deal between Tencent and Disney, the creation of a single Star Wars digital hub in China will provide millions of Star Wars fans across the country with unprecedented access to the complete Star Wars saga in the lead up to the much-awaited global release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens in December. […]
Arkena announced a partnership with the Sweden’s Cantemo for the integration of its Media Asset Management (MAM) solution Cantemo Portal to Arkena’s new media workflow orchestration platform Harmony. This partnership aims at significantly simplifying the management of complex media workflows. Arkena is now offering the Media & Entertainment industry futureproof, more agile and efficient SaaS […]
Rovi has released findings from a sponsored survey of pay-TV and OTT content subscribers in the US, Europe, and Asia. The study aimed to uncover trends in viewer behaviour related to discovery, search, and recommendations for entertainment content and programming. But, above all, the survey revealed
Key findings of new qualitative consumer research conducted for Eutelsat by market research firm TNS, and fresh data from GfK on Ultra HD screen sales suggest that consumers in key European TV markets are ready to embrace Ultra HD as a thrilling TV experience and to invest in equipment and content. “Eutelsat has researched
Around 22 per cent of US cable subscribers also pay for an OTT service, according to a study from Millward Brown Digital. While Netflix is the biggest provider, Millward Brown Digital reports
The popularity of OTT SVoD has influenced the increase of connected media devices in consumers’ homes. However, the smart TV is no longer the ‘go to’ connected media device for several consumers. Nowadays, consumers are not just relying on one connected media device per household, but rather, they are turning to multiple devices due to […]