Almost 70 per cent of people would like new build properties to be better equipped for modern living, with people citing a desire for more storage, renewable energy, and pre-wired TV and broadband. Buying a new build remains attractive – more than half of people would opt for a new build because it allows them […]
Following the March launch of NBCUniversal International’s new all-reality SVoD service, hayu, it has now announced that Foxtel residential subscribers, whose subscription package includes the channel E! Entertainment Television, will have access to the new streaming service, as part of their existing Foxtel subscription, at no extra cost. Hendrik McDermott, SVP, Branded On-Demand, NBCUniversal International […]
OTT service Sling TV and pay-TV platform DISH have agreed a long-term renewal deal with Asia TV USA, Ltd., part of the Zee group from India and a leading provider of South Asian programming. In addition to renewing the 10 Zee-branded channels already offered on Sling TV and DISH, the new agreement includes the addition […]
The 92 Premier League and Football League clubs generated more than £4 billion in revenues for the first time in 2014/15, a new record, according to the 25th Annual Review of Football Finance from the Sports Business Group at Deloitte. In addition, clubs’ capital expenditure reached £305 million (€394m), the most ever invested in a […]
OTT TV and video revenues in Latin America [for 18 countries] will reach $3.59 billion in 2021; up from $32 million recorded in 2010 and more than triple the $1.15 billion in 2015, according to the Latin America OTT TV & Video Forecasts report. Simon Murray, Principal Analyst at Digital TV Research, described 2015 and […]
Vodafone Italia and Discovery Italia have signed an agreement for the transmission of the free-to-air TV channels Nove, Real Time, DMax, Giallo, Focus, K2 and Frisbee on the Vodafone TV service. As a result of the partnership, Vodafone TV customers will be able to follow the entire programming Discovery Italia’s seven thematic TV channels at […]
Star TV has filed official complaints against dozens of cable operators with allegations of piracy and signal theft of its pay-TV transmissions. Police have raided certain cable operators and seized re-transmissions equipment. Typical actions, and reported by IndianTelevision.com, is operator RST Digital in Karnataka with around 2500 subscribers which is alleged to have been accessing […]
After two years of declining customer satisfaction, the telecommunications sector has halted the slide, according to new data from the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). The new ACSI results for the telecommunications sector, which includes subscription television service, Internet Service Providers, fixed-line telephone service, wireless telephone service and cell phone manufacturers, show a 1.9-per cent […]
The opening tee shot of The Open will be shown live for the first time as part of Sky Sports’ round-the-clock coverage of golf’s pre-eminent Major. Sky agreed a five-year deal to take over live coverage of the tournament from the BBC starting in 2017, but the BBC withdrew from its coverage deal a year […]
Sky Deutschland is likely to succeed at the upcoming Bundesliga football TV rights auction with three to four of the five packages on offer going to Sky, but is likely to have to pay an extra 60 per cent to 80 per cent for the matches, adding a significant cost to Sky-D which up until […]