The European Commission has made pay-tv contract concessions offered by Hollywood studio Paramount legally binding under EU antitrust rules. The concessions address the Commission’s concerns regarding clauses in film licensing contracts for pay-TV between Paramount and Sky UK that forbad Sky from letting EU citizens outside UK view the content and made Paramount responsible for preventing any […]
French media group Vivendi has clarified that its CEO Arnaud de Puyfontaine, in a letter dated June 21st, informed Mediaset Management of significant differences in the analysis of its subsidiary, Mediaset Premium’s results, for which the two companies are currently in negotiations. In addition, the Group made a proposal to Mediaset on July 25th to […]
Media analysts at Deutsche Bank now caution that investors must consider Italy’s Mediaset as a “take-out” candidate, and – in the bank’s view – is now the leading M&A prospect in the Media sector. Events this week, not least Vivendi completely altering the ‘agreement’ it had to acquire 100 per cent of Mediaset Premium, have […]
Portugal Telecom’s pay-TV unit Meo has joined the sports content sharing agreement, signed earlier this month by Portuguese operators Cabovisão, Nos and Vodafone. Under this partnership, customers of the four pay-TV operators will get access to TV broadcasting rights for matches and club channels – already acquired or to be acquired in the future by […]
Advanced Television’s annual update on the challenges of content security and the latest techniques and developments in the this crucial sector. Watch as industry experts from Cisco, Irdeto, Microsoft and Nagra take on: content sharing, compliance and common approaches, risk assessment, data centre challenges and security in the cloud, IoT and frictionless 360 security, working […]
A new global survey from digital platform security specialist Irdeto and global analyst firm SNL Kagan has found that video service providers, including pay-TV and OTT operators, and content producers around the world believe that one of the key drivers for operators’ implementation of 4K ultra high definition (UHD) is the expectation that consumers will […]
There remain “significant differences” as far as Vivendi is concerned over its proposed agreement with Mediaset. Vivendi, in a statement June 26th, said it still wanted to come to an agreement, but “under different terms”. Mediaset’s comments are tougher, and suggesting the deal with Vivendi has derailed, “out of the blue”, when Vivendi a month […]
IHS Markit has published findings from its study on TV viewing times across the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. The report examined changes in television viewing behaviour across broadcast and digital platforms. Key points: Italians watch more TV than any other country in Western Europe (more than four hours per-person per-day in 2015); Non-linear […]
They may only be little people, but kids – and particularly young kids – have a huge impact on in-home entertainment decisions. Across Europe and the US, their presence in a household means more non-linear TV, SVoD, apps and streaming sites are viewed, and more ‘baby-sitting electronics’ are owned. In this latest research, produced exclusively […]
AMC Networks International (AMCNI) will launch five channels with beIN, one of the leading pay-TV and entertainment platforms in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) on August 1st in 21 countries. The partnership will see entertainment channel AMC become exclusively available to beIN subscribers in the region in HD. Four other, newly localised premium […]