According to French daily Le Figaro, the French National Cinema Institute is to slightly trim the special tax levied on broadcasters to support French cinema. The tax could drop from 5.65 per cent of a broadcaster’s advertising revenue to 5.15 per cent. However, OTT services such as Netflix, will see their tax rate rise from […]
The outlook for TV ad revenues in Spain this year and next paints a gloomy picture. A report from Zenith Media reveals that TV advertising on commercial TV channels will fall by 2.5 per cent this year, and by another 2.8 per cent in 2020. TV ads in pay TV, however, will grow by 3.5 […]
In the latest issue of Euromedia we look at the dawning of the era of D2C. It is, I suppose, the natural evolution of the stunning success of the era of SVoD as exemplified by the ‘world domination’ of Netflix. Netflix has achieved much: it has disintermediated traditional gatekeepers, it has changed viewing habits and […]
Discovery and FreeWheel, a Comcast company, have announced a multi-year agreement under which FreeWheel will provide their unified decisioning platform to enable holistic advertising management for Discovery’s full roster of cable networks. “As we are building the advertising solutions of the future, the industry needs to accelerate the innovation around technology, measurement and targeting. There […]
A survey of 1,500 visitors to UK comparison site Broadband Genie set out to discover how people felt about the splintering of streaming services, and whether they might turn to piracy. Amazon Prime and Netflix are by far the most popular services for UK streaming subscribers. Both boast extensive libraries at a relatively low cost. […]
hayu, the SVoD reality TV service from NBCUniversal International, has launched in The Philippines and simultaneously expanded into Hong Kong and Singapore meaning it is now available to subscribers in 14 countries. The service is available direct-to-consumer on a full array of devices: mobile, tablet and online via hayu.com. The South East Asia launch also […]
Foxtel and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) have announced an expansion of their long-standing relationship, with ABC iview to join the suite of on demand services available through Foxtel’s IQ3 and IQ4 set top boxes. Foxtel CEO Patrick Delany said: “We are very pleased to be expanding our relationship with the ABC. It will see […]
VOD365, a provider of branded OTT TV channels via Freeview, YouView, Freesat, mobile and smart TV devices, has acquired exclusive AVoD rights to the new Beatrix Potter series’ The Brompton Tales for its kids’channel, Ketchup. As part of the agreement, the Company has also picked up exclusive worldwide YouTube rights to the programme, which will […]
BritBox, the SVoD service created by UK PSBs the BBC and ITV, has agreed distribution deals bringing the service to Samsung TVs, Freeview Play and YouView, reaching millions of homes across the UK. A partnership has been confirmed with Samsung, which will see the BritBox app hosted on Samsung Tizen TVs from launch onwards. “We […]
Netflix will reveal its Q3 results on October 16th and most analysts expect disappointments in its subscriber numbers and revenues. Indeed, one investment bank (Credit Suisse) in a note to clients sounded alarm bells on September 25th after slashing its forecasts to a potential “below guidance”. The bank’s note said: “While July and the first […]