Despite evidently reaching agreement on carriage rates and retransmission fees, the 129 local channels owned or operated by Sinclair Broadcast will still go ‘dark’ on Dish Network. The signals went ‘dark’ late on August 25th. Sinclair owns 121 stations, and manages another 32. Importantly, 87 of the stations are affiliated with one of the ‘big […]
Streaming of TV shows is replacing traditional summer activities such as reading, cinema trips, board games and dozing in the sun according to a study from Miner & Co. Studio. Nearly 9 in 10 revealed to Miner & Co they are binge-watching and/or plan to binge-watch the shows they’re streaming this summer – and that […]
The high-definition television (HDTV) segment in the SAARC region is expected to boom over the next three years, according to a research report published by Dataxis. The report notes that the steady increase in HDTV subscribers and the number of HDTV channels in the region, driven by the digitisation drive, could lead to robust growth […]
Sky Sports has been awarded the rights to the NFL’s Sunday Night Football for the next two years, bringing UK viewers an additional game a week and taking the schedule to more than 100 live matches a season. Sunday Night Football is America’s most watched programme and from week five of the season, the NFL’s […]
Egypt’s giant Radio & Television Union (ERTU) is to be restructured. ERTU has massive debts (reportedly $2.8 billion alone to Egypt’s National Investment Bank) and is notoriously slow to pay other debts and obligations. Worse, perhaps, is that its key Channel 1 public service channel is now the least-watched channel in Egypt, according to the […]
Net Insight, a provider of live, interactive and on-demand media transport, has announced its selection by SIS LIVE, the broadcast connectivity experts, to ensure audiences can experience the highest-quality live coverage of sports events in the UK. With Net Insight, SIS LIVE can guarantee efficient and reliable live content with the unrivalled Quality of Experience […]
The European Commission has launched a public consultation asking whether EU rules which define where and how satellite broadcasters and cable companies should clear copyright are up-to-date. It is also seeking views on the impact of extending these rules to cover broadcasters’ services (including TV and radio) provided over the Internet, This consultation is part […]
Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset has announced it will fully encrypt its free-to-air satellite channels on satellite. Until now, Mediaset’s flagship channels Canale 5, Italia and Rete 4 were available in the clear for viewers in Italy and Europe, via the Eutelsat 13 degrees East orbital position. The only exception were live sports events and some […]
Amazon founder and billionaire Jeff Bezos is backing ‘Blue Origin’ a company which intends to enter the commercial rocket business. Bezos says he will visit Florida in September to make a “significant announcement” in regard to the company’s plans to build rockets in Florida and then launch them from Cape Canaveral. The Bezos scheme, code-named […]
AMC Global, the international AMC-branded television network, and BT have revealed a wide array of TV series and movies to premiere on AMC from BT TV with the channel’s launch in the UK on August 28th. From launch, AMC will be the exclusive home of this summer’s most anticipated new series, Fear the Walking Dead, […]