Despite weekend suggestions that rival pay-TV provider BT TV had been successful in wresting the rights, Sky Sports will remain the home of La Liga for another three seasons. Sky says the deal strengthens its position as the first choice for sport across the UK and Ireland and ensures La Liga remains a key part […]
OTT TV platform Magine TV has launched its beta service in the UK, offering ‘TV For Me’: a subscription-based, personalised live TV experience, streamed directly with no cables, hardware or contracts. Its launch follows that of TVPlayer, Simplestream’s OTT streaming platform, which in addition to a range of free-to-air services, recently announced the launch of […]
AMC Global, the international AMC-branded television network, and BT have confirmed that AMC will launch in the UK for the first time on August 28th exclusively to BT customers. AMC from BT will premiere the highly anticipated new series, Fear the Walking Dead, on August 31st and acclaimed drama Rectify on September 1st. “We’re delighted […]
With the start of Spain’s La Liga less than three weeks away, a price war has broken out among pay-TV operators, resulting in low cost offers aimed at capturing new subscribers. Orange is the first with a promotion of €9.95 a month to watch all matches from La Liga and the Copa del Rey throughout […]
Just over a week after it closed its acquisition of pay-TV provider DirecTV following regulatory clearance, US telco AT&T has announced what it says is the first-ever nationwide package of TV and wireless services – all from a single provider on one bill, with special discounts – beginning August 10. The offer includes HD and […]
Italian pay-TV operator Sky Italia has signed an agreement with Viacom International Media Networks for the acquisition of Nuova Società Televisiva Italiana, a company that operates the MTV Italia channel. Financial aspects of the transaction were not disclosed. The free-to-air TV channel is available on position 8 on the national DTT netork in Italy. The […]
Further to Viacom International Media Networks’ (VIMN) deal with Sky Italia for the sale of its MTV Italia DTT channel to the pay-TV operator, it has extended its partnership with Sky, further enriching its offering of TV channels and multimedia content for Italian audiences. As part of a new multi-year arrangement with Sky Italia, Viacom […]
UK quad play operator TalkTalk has launched a ‘Sky Sports Season Ticket’ which it claims offers the best value for sports fans, covering six Sky Sports channels for £11 (€15.64) a month for duration of the forthcoming football season. At £99 for nine months, with access to 108 Premier League matches, the package works out […]
Civolution, the specialist provider of technology and solutions for identifying, managing and monetising content, has sold its TV Analytics and TV Synced Ads business Teletrax to data science company 4C, enabling company management and its R&D resources to focus entirely on content protection through its NexGuard forensic watermarking business The acquisition of the Teletrax business […]
The five countries of the East African Community (EAC) had a total population of 146.89 million end-2014, with 33.61 million households and a TV household penetration rate of 23 per cent, acccording to research firm Dataxis. Kenya is the most developed market in the region with 12.04 million households and a TV household penetration rate […]