In advance of fully-audited global viewing figures for the FIFA World Cup on the night of July 13th, TV broadcasters around the world have joined in celebrating an outstanding set of results from the tournament. The group matches had already set new TV records in a number of markets, from Belgium to the US. Sales […]
Chinese digital pay-TV firm StarTimes Media has confirmed a $80 million investment to set up the group’s Africa headquarters with a completion date set for the end of 2015. Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Sports, Arts and Culture Hassan Wario said the government remains committed to progressively easing the way of doing business in the country, […]
Virgin Media has unveiled its new ‘Season Ticket’ offer. Available to new and existing customers until the close of the transfer widow at the end of August, the Season Ticket gives ten months access to Sky Sports 1, Sky Sports 2, Sky Sports 3, Sky Sports 4 and Sky Sports 5 for a one-off upfront […]
US Senator Al Franken (D-Minn.) has urged key federal regulators to take a close look at AT&T’s proposed acquisition of DirecTV and determine if the deal is in consumers’ best interests. In a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ), Franken asked the regulators to examine AT&T’s commitment to […]
July 25th sees BSkyB unveil its Q4 and end-of-year results. Investment banker Nomura expects modest quarterly growth in net subscribers by about 68,000 (80,000 same period last year) and churn to hold steady at some 11 per cent and close to the previous quarter. Nomura’s media analyst Matthew Walker is forecasting lower broadband growth than […]
Pay-TV groups América Móvil and DirecTV continue to add subscribers in Latin America and to stand apart from the rest. According to Dataxis’s statistics, both companies -together- reached 40.5 per cent of market share in the first quarter and exceeded 40.3 per cent in the previous period. The two companies increased their base by more […]
Sky Sports and BT Sport have revealed their first batch of live fixtures f0r the 2014/2015 Premier League season. Sky Sports’ schedule includes all of last season’s top four at least six times and every club at least three times. Viewers can also enjoy seven live Manchester United fixtures – including Louis van Gaal’s toughest […]
Fox International Channels (FIC), the pay-TV network, has announced that it will air across its key channels in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia more than 25 shows within hours or days of its original première, whether that be in the US, Korea or other country where the content originated. Following the linear broadcast, majority of […]
Research commissioned by NZ On Air – an independent government funding agency whose mission is to champion local content that engages, stimulates, and satisfies intended audiences – confirms the majority of New Zealanders are still consuming traditional broadcast media – linear television and live radio – every day. However music audiences and the young are […]
Italian broadcasters RAI and Mediaset are a ”unique case” in Europe with a presence of TV channels on DTT that has no equal, according to pay-TV operator Sky Italia. Speaking during a Parliamentary hearing in Rome, the executive vice president of Sky Italia, Eric Gerritsen, claimed an “intervention” is necessary in the awarding of frequencies. […]