Darren Childs, CEO of multi-channel programmer UKTV, has declared the service to be Britain’s fastest-growing broadcaster. Speaking at UKTV Live, its annual showcase event, at the BFI in London, Childs noted that the company had grown impacts by 40 per cent since 2010, and was home to two of the largest non-PSBs. “UKTV is now […]
Telefónica’s Movistar TV has joined the Vodafone and Orange pay TV price war, and is extending to September 30 its Fusion +2 proposal with La Liga, the Champions League and premium cinema and TV series for free during 2 months. With this promotion, subscribers will also be able to enjoy another mobile line with 3 […]
The number of pay-TV subscribers in Portugal reached 3.6 million at the end of the second quarter of 2016, representing a 4.7 per cent growth on the same period in 2015. According to figures presented by the National Communications Authority (Anacom), the growth was fuelled by offers based on fibre-optic technology, whose number of subscribers […]
Vodafone and Orange have entered a new fight for the best value football offer. In an attempt to capture subscribers, both have extended to mid-September the promotion offer of €5 and €6 a month for La Liga and European football competitions. From September 15, subscribers to Orange will pay €19.95 a month (€9.95 for La […]
Sky has invested €4 million in French OTT platform Molotov, which distributes free and pay-TV channels and content to consumers via a freemium model. This investment is part of a larger Molotov financing round and is the latest in a series of Sky investments in innovative start-up companies. Molotov was founded in 2014 by JeanDavid […]
According to the findings of The Pay-TV Innovation Landscape in Latin America, the fourth in a global series of white paper from the Pay-TV Innovation Forum, a global research programme from content protection provider NAGRA, in partnership with international research and strategy consultancy MTM, the region features solid growth potential yet accounts for less than […]
The Swedish State has approved Com Hem’s SEK 1,330 million (€144m) acquisition of pay-TV operator Boxer TV-Access AB, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Teracom Boxer Group AB. Com Hem now awaits the Swedish Competition Authority’s approval before the acquisition can be completed. Boxer is a pay-TV operator in the DTT network in Sweden with approximately 500,000 […]
Indian DTH platform Videocon d2h has selected the Cisco Virtual DCM to provide its subscribers with superior video experiences. The deployment provides Videocon d2h with a flexible infrastructure and simplified operations for advanced video processing functionality taking advantage of virtualisation and orchestration from Cisco’s Virtualized Video Processing (V2P) platform. The Virtual DCM provides Videocon d2h […]
Connected device apps for the monetisation of video services are now the second most used method for consumers subscribing to OTT services, according to a new Parks Associates whitepaper, sponsored by Ooyala. The whitepaper, Connected Apps: The New Battleground for Video Services, shows more than 25 per cent of OTT video service subscriptions were purchased […]
Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) has revealed that SPN and its affiliates have entered into definitive agreements to acquire TEN Sports Network from Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEE) and its subsidiaries for $385 million (€345.4m). Completion of the acquisition is subject to regulatory approval. The acquisition will add South Asia’s leading sports network to SPN’s […]