Adobe and comScore have formed a global strategic partnership to provide new insights into the media consumption behaviours of digital audiences. This new partnership will deliver consistent, cross-device audience measurement of video and ad content, providing advanced insight into consumer viewing behaviours for better media planning and buying. “With the world’s largest brands, including ten […]
Canal+ and beIN SPORTS have confirmed they are in detailed talks to establish a partnership in the form of an exclusive distribution agreement. Under this agreement, all beIN SPORTS channels in France would be available through CANAL+ offers exclusively. It would cover a five-year period. Canal+ notes that the media sector in France has seen […]
After months of ‘on-off’ speculation and recent confirmation that possible merger talks had recommenced, Liberty Global and Vodafone have confirmed they are to merge their Dutch operations in a 50-50 joint venture they say will create a national unified communications provider in the Netherlands with complementary strengths across video, broadband, mobile and B2B services. They […]
Mediaset Spain and US content provider Discovery Communications are reportedly negotiating to create a joint venture to jointly operate a new DTT channel. The operation will have to face the share restrictions imposed by the Government which limit the participation of non-European companies in TV enterprises to a maximum of 25 per cent of the […]
February 9th saw a major announcement from Eutelsat and California-based ViaSat which sees the two satellite operators coming together in a strategic partnership designed to promote and develop satellite-delivered broadband over Europe. One well-placed analyst thinks it could be the harbinger of even greater co-operation between the two, and even mentions the possibility of a […]
ViaSat of California is the hugely successful high-speed satellite broadband service with some 660,000 paying subscribers. It owns and operates the Exide Internet service provider. It has linked with Paris-based satellite operator Eutelsat in a partnership which will combine Eutelsat’s current European broadband business with ViaSat’s broadband technologies and consumer Internet Service Provider (ISP) business […]
Responding to heightened media speculation, Vodafone has confirmed it is in discussions with cable MSO Liberty Global (LG) regarding the creation of a joint venture in the Netherlands that would incorporate both companies’ local operating businesses. The telco says discussions are ongoing and do not extend beyond the creation of a joint venture in the […]
Movie digital destination Fandango, a unit of NBCUniversal, is to acquire OTT service M-GO, a joint venture between Technicolor and DreamWorks Animation. The acquisition – the terms of which were not disclosed – comes on the heels of Fandango’s record-breaking 2015, when the company experienced 81 per cent growth in ticketing dollars year-over-year and added […]
Both Siti Cable, one of India’s largest MSOs and DTH operator Dish TV are backed by Subhash Chandra’s Essel Group. They are forming a joint-venture to act as a buyer and distributor of programming and other channels. The new company, C&S Medianet, will see Siti Cable holding 48 per cent of the new business and […]
Expanding a relationship made public in April 2015, media and entertainment industry technology solutions provider Imagine Communications is working with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) to enable communications service providers (CSPs) and other broadcast and media companies to construct video production, playout and distribution facilities that deliver unprecedented scale, flexibility, performance and reliability. The strengthened relationship […]