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Al Jazeera increases Spanish reach

International news channel Al Jazeera English has struck a carriage deal with Spain’s leading cable operator, ONO, widening its current availability in the country to another one million subscribers. The deal will see Al Jazeera English (AJE) made available on channel 146 in ONO’s TV Esencial package. The channel is already available in Spain on […]

April 15, 2011

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April 15, 2011

Global pay TV subs up 6% in 2010

The total number of pay TV subscribers at year-end 2010 were up by a little over 6 per cent on 2009, according to In-Stat. “Nearly every region showed gains or held their own in 2010. However, cable providers were impacted, to at least some degree, by a migration to satellite and/or IPTV in virtually every […]

April 14, 2011

TV advertising worries re-surface

There are signs that the resurgence of commercial TV’s advertising may be much weaker than anticipated. A report from analysts at investment bank Morgan Stanley says that while the media sector continues to outperform, and the bank continues to rate Media as ‘attractive’, European advertising is looking most likely to be squeezed. “Southern Europe, particularly […]

April 14, 2011By Chris Forrester

Online ads up 15% in 2010

Internet advertising revenue continues to rise, according to a report by the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Advertising revenue for the full year reached a record high of $26 billion, a 15 per cent increase over 2009. Revenue for the fourth quarter increased 16 per cent to $7.45 billion from the same period last year […]

April 14, 2011

Sky mobile apps will have ads

Sky’s mobile apps are to include video advertising slots following a deal with US video server company FreeWheel. Sky will use FreeWheel’s Monetisation Rights Management product to serve video advertising across a number of its platforms and services, including mobile. Tim Hussain, Sky’s head of platform development and partnerships said that the deal was struck […]

April 14, 2011

Glass-to-glass from Grass Valley and Irdeto

Broadcast and professional video specialist Grass Valley has partnered with global software security and media technology company Irdeto to enable broadcasters and other owners of live and pre-recorded content to more easily and efficiently manage and distribute that content to any Internet-connected device. By combining the power of Grass Valley’s MediaFUSE automated content repurposing and […]

April 14, 2011By Colin Mann

Spain pay TV blacked out by strike

1,772,856 subscribers to Digital Plus are suffering pay-TV blackouts as a result of the general strike by workers at Prisa TV, owner of the platform, to protest against job cuts. Several channels produced by Prisa TV such as Infometeo, Viajar or some of the Canal Plus family are being affected by the strike with partial […]

April 13, 2011From David Del Valle in Madrid

US cinemas threaten boycott for VOD studios

The main cinema chains in the US are threatening to not show films if the studios proceed with plans to show movies “on-demand” less than two months after release. Warner Brothers and 20th Century Fox are working on a new premium video-on-demand scheme with DirecTV which would see films available in the home between 30 […]

April 13, 2011

Pakistan hits GEO with sanctions

Geo News and Geo Super have seemingly upset Pakistan’s regulator, and not for the first time. Now Pakistan’s media regulator (PEMRA) having taken note of what they say are “perpetual violations” committed by the two channels for “airing false news reports” has issued formal notices and is now blocking the channels distribution in the country. […]

April 13, 2011By Chris Forrester