Global satellite giant Intelsat reported Q4 revenues up $19.4 million, and a slight increase in its net losses for the quarter (from -$3.4 million to -$3.7 million). Translating that into its full year position shows that revenues were $2.6 billion (up marginally from $2.588 billion, although again an improvement in net loss for the year […]
ITU estimates that 2.7 billion people – or 39 per cent of the world’s population – will be using the Internet by end 2013. Internet access, however, will remain limited in the developing world, with only 31 per cent of the population forecast to be online at the end of 2013, compared with 77 per […]
Celador’s long-running legal action with The Walt Disney Company is finally over, with the US’ 9th Circuit Appeal Court denying Disney any prospect of extending its slew of appeals against a previous verdict. That verdict awarded $319 million to Celador International for licensing breaches by Disney concerning Celador’s “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” quiz […]
Five years ago the IMAX giant format cinemas had just 150 screens. That number is now 600, and up 50 or so on last year spread over 53 countries. A year ago it had few screens in China, for example, but the country now has 104 theatres open and another 130 in its ‘backlog’ list, […]
thePlatform, the white-label video publishing company, been selected to provide the back-end video management for Astral Television Networks’ newly launched The Movie Network GO, HBO GO Canada and TMN Encore GO streaming service in Eastern Canada. TMN GO will use thePlatform’s “TV Everywhere” (TVE) solution to enable subscribers to catch-up and watch more of their […]
India’s New Delhi government is to double customs duties on imported set-top boxes in an attempt to promote local production and sales of digital converter boxes. The new tax is set at 10 per cent, and was outlined by India’s finance minister in his budget speech. The problem, however, is that India’s local manufacturing scene […]
Brightcove, a provider of cloud content services, has introduced new native player software development kits (SDKs) for Apple iOS and Google Android devices, integrated with advertising, analytics, audience measurement and digital rights management providers. The software allows video publishers to deliver apps that integrate with the third-party services required for video monetization and harness the […]
On its stand (E68), international broadcast rental, project solutions, systems integration and equipment sales company, Gearhouse Broadcast, has hit the ground running at BVE. Teaming up with specialist broadcast system camera manufacturer – Hitachi Kokusai Electric Europe – the company has unveiled a new mobile exhibition vehicle at the show. Designed to showcase Hitachi’s latest […]
One day after its CEO confirmed its intention to become a full service provider, Vodafone has suspended plans to approach Kabel Deutschland according to reports. It seems not everyone is on board strategy-wise as Bloomberg reports that leaks about an approach to KDG has ‘complicated’ internal discussions. Kabel Deutschland fell as much as 5.4 percent […]
DVR specialist TiVo, helped by further growth in take-up at Virgin Media, is reporting revenues that have risen 33 per cent in its Q4 trading – and “exceeding management guidance”. Revenue rose to $88.9 million (up from $66.5 million a year ago). Subscriber numbers rose from 2.28 million to 3.15 million, but TiVo also reported […]