Raycom’s 53 local stations that it either owns or manages have been dark on DirecTV’s DTH service for the past 7 days, but with the all-important NFL kick-off start-time of 1pm Sunday looming, the two protagonists reached a – literally – 11th hour deal “in principle”. The important local stations went dark on September 1 […]
Interactive TV and associated technologies specialist Strategy & Technology (S&T) and multi-platform live streaming and catch-up TV service provider Simplestream have reconstructed their two joint ventures – Synapse TV Ltd and VuTV Ltd – to be wholly owned by S&T, who will continue to run and develop the businesses, both of which are currently focused […]
Home input devices and interaction mechanisms specialist ruwido has unveiled the ‘leaf’ remote control, which it says combines the essence of design and technology. The ‘leaf’ input device was created as a direct result of ruwido’s design and development approach: ‘thinsizing’. By launching ‘leaf’, ruwido is demonstrating its passion for the most precise technology and […]
Verimatrix, the specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for multi-network, multi-screen digital TV services around the globe, has unveiled the profile of VCAS Ultra, its next-generation Video Content Authority System (VCAS) architecture. Capitalising on the clear trend towards IP- and software-based technologies as the foundation of future of pay-TV service delivery, VCAS Ultra is designed […]
Findings from the 2014 Communications Monitoring Report released by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) suggest that with Canadians watching television programming across multiple platforms there has been a modest increase in the overall average number of weekly television viewing hours, but the time spent watching traditional television each week decreased slightly across all […]
Telecommunications operator NOS retained its leadership position on the Portuguese pay-TV market in the second quarter, with a 45.3 per cent market share, down from 46.4 per cent in the first quarter, according to data published by the National Communications Authority (Anacom). Portugal Telecom’s Meo was second, but saw its share rise from 41.6 per […]
Australian pay-TV service Foxtel is slashing the cost of a basic cable package to $25 and launching a new on-demand BoxSets channel for pay-TV and digital users. The move is seen a pre-emptive strike before the anticipated launch of Internet streaming service Netflix in the local market, as well as an attempt to attract new […]
BSkyB has made its formal offer of €6.75 per share to acquire the outstanding shares in Sky Deutschland. It is already assured of 21st Century Fox’s 57.4 per cent holding in the broadcaster. But it is now fair to say that the fun might begin. A number of other shareholders have very publicly stated that […]
Consumer research from Leichtman Research Group (LRG) finds that about 84 per cent of US households subscribe to some form of pay-TV service. While the reported number of pay-TV subscribers has been fairly flat over the past four years, occupied housing in the US has grown. Consequently, penetration of pay-TV among residential households has waned […]
The acquisition by Telefonica of Canal Plus will be scrutinised by the Spanish Competition Authorities since the EC has returned the case to Spain on the grounds that it does not have a European dimension. The National Market and Competition Commission (CNMC) will investigate whether the Telefonica’s deal with Canal Plus and Mediaset to acquire […]