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 […]
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 […]
Fincons Group, an IT business consultancy with a significant footprint in media and broadcast, has published a new whitepaper to help European broadcasters understand the benefits emerging from the adoption of ATSC 3.0 across the US. The aim of the whitepaper is to serve as a guide to European broadcasters to ensure they are equipped […]
DTT network operator Odašiljači i veze (OiV) has requested a postponement of the DVB-T MPEG-2 switchoff in favour of the DVB-T2 HEVC system from May 25th 2020 to June 5th 2020. In the request submitted to the Croatian Regulatory Agency for Network Activities (HAKOM), OiV said this was in order to avoid any problems that […]
Senator John Kennedy (Rep) is complaining about the Federal Communications Commission’s indications that it could allow the C-Band Alliance (CBA) to auction off its satellite spectrum. Kennedy has instead called for a public auction of the C-band frequencies. “A public auction of c-band spectrum ensures taxpayers reap the benefits of the sale rather than foreign-owned […]
FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly, as previously reported, is firmly in favour of seeking the C-Band Alliance (CBA) freeing up 300 MHz of satellite spectrum for relocation for 5G usage over the US. Speaking at the National Press Club in Washington DC this week he stated that the US needs 300 MHz of C-band spectrum freed […]
In advance of ATSC-3.0 IP-enabled broadcast transmission in 2020, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) has announced NEXTGEN TV as the go-to-market name for the television technology. In coordination with broadcasting companies, device manufacturers and standards engineers at CTA’s Technology & Standards Fall Forum, the association also unveiled the NEXTGEN TV logo for devices meeting newly […]
Comments from investment bank Exane/BNPP are very specific in stating that the long-awaited C-Band Alliances scheme to auction some of its C-band spectrum for 5G deployment over the US looks like being decided on a highly favourable basis to the Alliance. The bank reports on comments made by FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly and helped by […]
Mark Thompson, President/CEO New York Times, has suggested that the BBC, where he was Director General between 2004 and 2012, has suffered at the hands of British policy makers over the last decade or so, limiting its potential to bring British talent and British ideas to the world’s audiences, calling for a fundamental change in […]
French PSB groups France Télévisions, Radio France, France Medias Monde and INA are set to be overseen by a newly-created holding group, France Médias. Arte France and TV5 Monde, which are owned by international shareholders, won’t be included, but will “participate in the new dynamics”. Youth and family channel France 4, as well as overseas […]