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Brexit “galactic stupidity” for UK space industry

The UK space industry is worth some €12 billion annually, and helps fund 40,000 jobs, according to a report entitled Brexit: Lost in Space,which states bluntly that these jobs are at risk if Brexit happens. “Post Brexit, no CEO would locate a space company [in the UK]. It’s galactic scale stupidity,” says author Will Marshall. […]

March 5, 2019By Chris Forrester

Italy ends 2018 with 421 national TV channels

A total of 421 national TV channels were available in Italy at the end of 2018, owned by 128 media groups, according to research by Confindustria Radio Televisioni. The figure includes DTT, satellite, time-shifted, HD, 3D, 4K, PPV and so-called temporary channels. Italian media groups own 360 TV channels, of which 129 are distributed via […]

March 4, 2019From Branislav Pekic in Rome

French pay-TV revenues drop 2%

The 2017 revenues of 81 French pay-TV channels dropped by 2 per cent over one year to €2.85 billion, following a 1 per cent decrease the previous year. According to the financial round-up established by French regulatory body CSA, which takes into account the global results from three DTT channels and 78 cable, dish and […]

March 4, 2019From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

French FTTH rollouts gaining ground

France’s electronic communications Arcep is publishing has published its scoreboard for the fixed broadband and superfast broadband market (rollouts and subscriptions) in France as of the end of December 2018. This quarter confirms the ongoing progress in FTTH subscription numbers and rollouts. SUBSCRIPTIONS: Annual growth in the number of superfast access subscriptions reaches two million, […]

March 4, 2019

Report: Over 740m SVoD subs by 2023

SVoD uptake is accelerating and in terms of hours viewing per day it will shortly draw level with broadcast TV globally by 2023, according to a report from Rethink TV. The report, The rise in SVoD viewing to swamp traditional TV by 2023, offers a global forecast by region of all SVoD usage to 2023, […]

March 1, 2019

Drama tops iPlayer requests in January

Idris Elba’s return as Luther has helped BBC iPlayer to a dramatic start to the year. The detective’s first episode back on the beat was the best performing programme on BBC iPlayer in January, with 3.7 million requests, and 11 million requests for the four episodes of the latest series in total. Drama dominated the […]

March 1, 2019

Report: Panama’s $1.6bn telecoms market

Panama’s mobile data, fixed broadband, and pay-TV services revenue totalled $1.4 billion in 2018. This is expected to grow to $1.6 billion in 2023, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.8 per cent, according to data and analytics company GlobalData. Cable Onda represented a majority 61.8 per cent of total fixed broadband lines […]

March 1, 2019

Akamai: Media streaming services attacked by 8bn bots

According to the Akamai 2019 State of the Internet / Security: Retail Attacks and API Traffic report, hackers directed credential abuse attempts at retail sites more than 10 billion times from May to December last year, making retail the most targeted segment studied. The report also spotlights two other pressing security concerns, the preponderance of […]

February 28, 2019

WWE YouTube channel hits 40m subs

WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) has hit 40 million subscribers to its official YouTube channel, and exceeded 30 billion overall views, as they continue to expand and grow on the video streaming platform. The WWE Youtube channel is ranked 7th (as of end of Jan 2019) on the channels with the most subscribers, above the likes […]

February 28, 2019By Nik Roseveare

Bohemian Rhapsody UK’s fastest-selling digital movie

Bohemian Rhapsody is the champion on the Official Film Chart, climbing to Number 1 in the same week it picked up four Oscars at the 91st Academy Awards. OfficialCharts.com has also revealed that Bohemian Rhapsody is the UK’s fastest-selling digital download movie of all time, selling nearly 265,000 digital copies in its first eight days. […]

February 27, 2019