Adding its own findings to the growing evidence of cord-cutting besetting US pay-TV providers, Leichtman Research Group has found that the thirteen largest pay-TV providers in the US – representing about 95 per cent of the market – lost about 470,000 net video subscribers in Q2 2015, compared to
Rona Fairhead, chair of the BBC Trust, has warned that the future of the Corporation under the formal Charter review debate needs to be driven by evidence and fact, not by prejudice and not by vested interest, with the public having the right to play a central role in deciding its future of its BBC, […]
Mexico’s regulator (Ifetel) has determined that OTT operators cannot be regulated in the same fashion as ‘conventional’ pay-TV broadcasters. Ifetel specifically looked at Netflix, Claro Video and Cinepolis Click and decided they were not pay-TV providers. The decision came following an objection from Tabasco-based cable operator Alive Telecommunications which had requested that OTT operators be […]
Cisco is in the process of releasing ‘Thor’, not a new ‘super-hero’ or even a new satellite from Telenor, but what will eventually be a new codec. ‘Thor’ is intended to be a complete replacement for the cluster of complex patents covering the improved compression offered by HEVC and MPEG-LA and HEVC-Advance solutions, which Cisco […]
Charlie Ergen’s Dish Network is in dispute with a major TV broadcaster. Maryland-based Sinclair Broadcast Group is the USA’s biggest local broadcasting combine, owing or operating more than 150 local TV stations, mostly in the South and Midwest of the US. They reach some 30 per cent of US viewers, with 87 of the stations […]
Kenya’s Communication Authority (CAK) has confirmed 7 new, free digital terrestrial broadcast licences for its citizens. The licences go to Zanira Company, Akili Network, The World Music, Namba One TV, Seventh Day Adventist-East Kenya Union Conference, The Entertainment Channel and North Eastern Media & Telecommunications. However, there are a further 72 applications pending for commercial […]
Zee Media Corporation Limited (ZMCL) has confirmed its intention to enter into English news broadcasting with the appointment of Rohit Gandhi as Editor-in-Chief – English News Broadcast and Related Content. Gandhi will be heading the operations of all initiatives in this space, working closely with the Business Head & Revenue Resources. Speaking on the new […]
Cairo-based Nilesat saw net profits leap to $47.9 million (€42.9m) in the first half of this year ($38.1 million last year) to June 30t. Nilesat, which shares its operational slot with Eutelsat, enjoyed net profits during Q1 of $21.1 million, compared with $17.7 million for 2014, a rise of 19.1 per cent. While not stated […]
The BBC Trust has launched its second public consultation on the BBC Executive’s proposals to close BBC Three as a broadcast channel and reinvent it online; launch a +1 channel for BBC One; evolve BBC iPlayer; and extend the hours of CBBC. The Trust published its provisional conclusions on these proposals in June, and gave […]
According to the most recent report from SNL Kagan, the inconclusive movement in US multichannel subscriptions took a more decisive direction in the second quarter, producing the largest loss to date amid growing fears of cord-cutting. SNL Kagan estimates the US cable, DBS and telco platforms collectively shed