Altice Europe, the multinational telco, has said that it continues to deliver on its three-pillar strategy (to “improve customer experience to drive better KPIs, invest in and own best-in-class proprietary fixed and mobile infrastructure and leverage its unique content assets”) in its Q2 results. The number of Altice Europe’s broadband subscribers grew for the second […]
SpotX, the video advertising and monetisation platform, has announced a new management team to oversee all aspects of SpotX’s business in Europe, including its merger with smartclip. Combining decades of advertising industry experience from global companies including GroupM, IPONWEB, Brightroll, Rubicon Project, and Dentsu Aegis, the leaders have been identified from within smartclip, SpotX and […]
Despite falls in overall revenues (down 1.9 per cent like-for-like) Eutelsat’s CEO Rodolphe Belmer says that the satellite operator is on the mend. “I would highlight the progressive improvement throughout the year for the five operating verticals. Moreover, in terms of financial discipline, we are ahead of plan on the LEAP cost savings programme. Elsewhere, […]
The percentage of Internet users in Europe that occasionally download or stream music, films, series, books or games illegally has decreased between 2014 and 2017, according to the Global Online Piracy Study published by the Institute for Information Law (IViR) of the University of Amsterdam. The decrease is greatest for music, films and series. Meanwhile, […]
India’s government, via its Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB), says it has not set any sort of deadline on a switch by satellite broadcasters from foreign-owned craft and their transponders to India’s own ISRO/Antrix satellites. “The government has not set any deadline for use of foreign transponders by the TV channel owners,” said MIB […]
Apple has announced financial results for its fiscal 2018 third quarter ended June 30th. The tech company posted quarterly revenue of $53.3 billion, an increase of 17 per cent from the year-ago quarter, and quarterly earnings per diluted share of $2.34, up 40 per cent. International sales accounted for 60 per cent of the quarter’s revenue. “We’re thrilled to report Apple’s best June […]
Technetix, a global broadband cable and telecommunications technology provider, has announced the appointment of Sandy Howe as Executive Vice President and President, Americas, reporting to Chief Executive and Founder, Paul Broadhurst. In this role, Howe is responsible for all functions for the US, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean, including sales, customer service, product management, […]
Satellite operator Intelsat’s CEO Steve Spengler spoke of the company’s “great opportunity” and cited the near-completion of the deployment of its new ‘Epic’ fleet of craft and the raising of $633 million in fresh capital. He was speaking during the release of Intelsat’s Q2 results. But Spengler’s main comments were focused on the FCC’s enthusiasm […]
AMC Networks is buying control of RLJ Entertainment, operator of SVoD service Acorn TV and Urban Movie Channel. AMC already owns 30.1 per cent of RLJ and warrants against loans that would give it 50.1 per cent. It will be paying another $65 million (€55.5m) to take RLJ private and value the company at $274 […]
InterDigital, a mobile technology research and development company, has completed the acquisition of the patent licensing business of Technicolor, a global technology player in the media and entertainment sector. The final transaction includes the acquisition by InterDigital of approximately 18,000 patents and applications, across a broad range of technologies, including approximately 3,000 worldwide video coding […]