Responding to parents’ demand for greater consistency across video on demand and online games platforms, the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has launched what it says is an innovative new industry collaboration with Netflix to move towards classifying all content on the service using BBFC age ratings. Netflix will produce BBFC age ratings for […]
A number of US media and technology companies, in collaboration with smart TV company VIZIO, have announced the formation of a consortium dedicated to the development and deployment of a new, open standard for addressable advertising on connected TVs. The effort will open up a direct dynamic ad- management pathway between content owners and TV […]
A Sky Bet advert fronted by Sky Sports presenter Jeff Stelling has been banned by the UK’s advertising watchdog for being socially irresponsible. In the ad for the “request a bet” service, Stelling is seen calling on viewers to “spark your sports brain” and ask “how big is your sports noggin”? The Advertising Standards Authority […]
Despite the difficulties experienced by the entire international media sector, Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset reported a significant increase in consolidated net profit of €471 million, compared with €90 million in 2017. The result was impacted by the IPO of tower unit Ei Towers, generating a capital gain of €498.2 million. The total contribution to profit […]
Vodafone Spain aims to go back to profit in 2020 – the first profits since the acquisition of ONO in 2015. This is the forecast from the company included in the file submitted to the Spanish authorities to justify the 1,000 job cuts in its redundancy plan, according to El Español. Vodafone estimates that the […]
The potential freeing of C-band spectrum by Intelsat and SES over the US for use by 5G has been well covered in recent times. With a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) probably only weeks away, the temperature is rising amongst supporters and objectors. Some Capital Hill lawmakers are advocating the introduction of a special ‘windfall’ tax […]
The operator of a Netherlands-based card sharing piracy network has been convicted and sentenced to a conditional six-month prison sentence, with a probation period of three years, and 240 hours community service, by a court in The Hague. The conviction is the latest in a series of positive results of collaborative investigations led by Dutch […]
M-Three Satcom, the Italian based teleport operator founded in 2004 and acquired by Giglio Group in 2015, is set to be acquired by Vertice 360 – the Spanish media company owned by Squirrel Capital. M-Three Satcom will be main part of a wider agreement including the purchase by Vertice of other media assets of Giglio […]
Italy’s Antitrust Authority launched an investigation into the acquisition of Mediaset Premium’s pay-TV technical platform by Sky Italia and Sky Italian Holdings. The purpose of the procedure is to ascertain the possible competitive effects of the acquisition and to decide whether and how to mitigate its effects by imposing certain constraints. Among other things, the […]
“East Asian satellite video demand remains strong” was the strong message in Hong Kong-based AsiaSat’s full-year results. Revenues were up 6.5 per cent on last year, and represents an extremely positive results when – seemingly – most other major satellite operators reported falling revenues. AsiaSat reported 2018 revenue of 1.442 billion Hong Kong dollars ($184.1 […]