Telefónica’s IPTV platform Movistar Plus gained 100,000 net TV subscribers in the third quarter, double on the same period from the previous quarter. The rise is largely attributed to the new Fusión packages launched in July. The number of subscribers to the convergent offer Movistar Fusión grew by 2 per cent year-on-year with an 85 […]
Akamai Technologies unveiled its Q3 numbers this week, with co-founder and CEO Tom Leighton telling analysts that there was “strong traffic acceleration” in its Media business ($273 million (€231m) in the quarter-year). “Revenue in Q3 was $621 million, above the high-end of our guidance range and up 6 per cent over Q3 of last year,” […]
LG Display, which makes flat panels for its own use in TV sets and cellular phones and sells panels to other display manufacturers, saw year-on-year operating profits rise impressively by more than 80 per cent to Won 586bn (€519m) for its third-quarter. This continues the improvement achieved in Q2 (Won 804bn). LG Display reported that […]
Apple has hired former Channel 4 creative chief Jay Hunt to head a new programme commissioning team in London. The appointment is part of a $1 billion a year push by the tech giant into original content production to compete with the likes of Netflix and Amazon, Hunt, who is due to start the new […]
According to Javier Tebas, president of Spain’s premier football tournament La Liga, the league is more than just a football competition, and is now a global entertainment company, akin to a Disney or Warner Bros. Speaking at the Sportel Media and Marketing Convention in Monaco, Tebas told delegates that the league had been working on […]
Telenor’s Canal Digital broadcasting division has posted further falls in revenue for its Q3/2017 period. DTH subscribers fell numerically by 3 per cent to 843,000 (down from 851,000 in Q2, and from 865,000 in Q3/2016). However, DTH ARPU grew by 2 per cent to 405 Norwegian Kroner (€43) per month (static since Q2, but up […]
Roger Gastó, Head of Digital Products at FC Barcelona, has admitted that the football club needed to adopt a strategy of diversification and consolidation and develop digital products to achieve its goal of becoming the most loved sporting institution and reach revenue targets. Speaking at the Sportel Media and Marketing Convention in Monaco, Gastó told […]
The CEO of Hulu, Mike Hopkins, is leaving to become chairman of Sony Pictures Television. Randy Freer, a member of the Hulu board, will succeed him. Freer, the Fox Networks Group’s chief operating officer and previously a co-president at Fox Sports, will take over the Hulu job straightaway. The change comes as Hulu’s parent companies […]
Humax has announced that Graham North (pictured), vice president sales, will leave the company at the end of October 2017. Following a period of ill health, North has decided to step down from his position. North joined Humax UK in August 2005 and has been instrumental in numerous business successes in the UK, including steering […]
DVB has endorsed Jon Piesing (TP Vision) as the new Chairman of the Technical Module. He will take over from Kevin Murray who has filled the role since 2015. Commenting on the appointment, Peter MacAvock, DVB Chairman said: “DVB faces exciting challenges as it embraces hybrid services, and broadband delivery, in addition to ensuring that […]