A senior executive at satellite operator BSkyB has suggested that the occasion of commercial Public Service broadcaster ITV’s latest financial results may see the company give further details of its call for pay-TV platforms to start paying fees to the UK’s PSBs for the right to carry their main channels. In a Blog post, Graham […]
When prospective Republican Presidential nominee Ted Cruz was searching for an insult to describe President Obama’s clear support of the Neutral Netters he spat out “It’s Obamacare for the Internet”. That’s a phrase guaranteed to jar like fingernails down a blackboard over here in Europe. We (in the UK and the US) are two nations […]
New figures from Mediabug – Decipher’s bi-annual UK media consumption tracker – have shown how the increasing popularity of TV connected services such as Now TV is leading to more viewers choosing their TV over laptops and devices for accessing video on demand content. The firm’s Mediabug Wave 5 reports that both PCs and tablets […]
BT is launching a new package that brings together BT Infinity, Netflix, BT TV and a free YouView box, for a monthly fee of £5.99 (€7.63) for the first 6 months. Customers signing up to Netflix with BT TV will see Netflix integrated into their BT bill, a first for Netflix in the UK, enabling […]
Republican politicians are seeking to carry out a major overhaul of the rules governing the US phone, TV and Internet sectors after winning control of Congress in the midterm elections. Updating the Communications Act is understood to be a key priority for Senator John Thune who is expected to take the reins of the influential […]
The latest informitv Multiscreen Index shows that gains by telco providers in the US substantially offset subscriber losses among leading cable and satellite television services. In the third quarter, there was a net loss of
The proliferation of streaming video alternatives, while still posing a long-term competitive challenge for traditional pay-TV providers, may also be producing beneficial results across the service category, as indicated by a recent consumer survey from global research consultancy TNS. As the economic climate has improved, the quantity and diversity of video content entering the home […]
Sky Movies is inviting families to ‘Step into the adventure’ this Christmas with its new campaign promoting the films premiering on the platform this December. Debuting during The X Factor ad-break on November 8th, the advert’s starring family are transformed into a variety of animated versions of themselves and taken on a journey though the […]
The Spanish pay TV market is recovering thanks to Telefonica’s boost with Movistar TV. For the fourth quarter in a row, the pay-TV business has experienced a significant growth ending the second quarter of the year with 4,309,356 subscribers, up from 3,969,823 the previous quarter and 3,771,617 in the same period last year, according to […]
Despite many stories of Sky Deutschland shareholders being disinclined to accept the terms on offer by BSkyB, it seems 87.54 per cent of Sky Deutschland’s shareholders have accepted the BSkyB offer of €6.75 BSkyB, in a regulatory statement issued early on November 6th, said the acceptance period ended as planned on November 3rd and the […]