Matthias Kurth, Executive Chairman of trade body Cable Europe, has suggested that the cable industry is well positioned to play a role in the delivery of OTT services and would continue to work to make the connected TV an important part of the cable experience. Speaking to the Cable Congress blog in the run-up to […]
HellasSat, part of Greece’s OTE telecoms company, is being bought by Saudi Arabia-based Arabsat. The Arab satellite company is paying $157 million for HellasSat plus a payment of $53.4 million for the cash reserves held by HellasSat. The total of $208 million will give Arabsat 99.05 per cent of the Greek business. The remaining 0.95 […]
Mediaset-owned TV channel Tele 5 will have to pay a €15.6 million fine imposed by the competition watchdog CNC for a serious violation of the conditions imposed in 2010 over its merger with Cuatro. The CNC has determined that Mediaset did not comply with the obligation of separating the two advertising companies Publiespaña and Publimedia […]
Up to 40 hours of BBC programming will be premiered on the BBC iPlayer this year prior to its first TV broadcast. The BBC Trust approved the plans to premier TV shows on the iPlayer late last year but the BBC has not yet decided what the shows will be or when experiment will begin. […]
KPN is launching a new pay TV service for Belgium. Snow, will combine a TV, Internet and telephony bundle competing with existing providers Telenet and Belgacom. Snow will be marketed separately from KPN Belgium’s existing mobile offering Base, it will offer 33 channels including public broadcast channels from France and the UK. Snow includes French […]
Research from analysis firm Leichtman Research Group (LRG) has revealed found that 75 per cent of households in the US have at least one high definition television (HDTV) set – up from 23 per cent five years ago. Over the past five years, 52 per cent of US households adopted HDTV. In addition, 51 per […]
Greek Billionaire Alki David, founder of Internet-based content streaming provider FilmOn, is suing rival service Aereo’s founder Barry Diller in the next stage of the battle between the pair, at the same time bemoaning the involvement of the legal fraternity. FilmOn offers all the major US network television networks in seven major cities, as well […]
Ofcom has awarded the licence to run the local TV service in Manchester on digital terrestrial TV to YourTV Manchester. The award follows legislation enabling Ofcom to issue local TV licences. The channels will broadcast on a specific ‘multiplex’, a discrete amount of spectrum reserved for local TV broadcasting on DTT. Licences are awarded for […]
Eutelsat is beginning to make progress with its giant Ka-Sat broadband satellites. It says it now has 72,000 ‘active’ Tooway terminals as at December 31st, up from 52,450 in June last year. Eutelsat modified and simplified its pricing structure for Tooway last month. The increased subscriber levels on broadband means that iEutelsat’s Value-Added Services division […]
Scripps Networks Interactive suffered a four per cent slide in its share price after failing to meet Wall Street expectations. Earnings and other key metrics were up, but slower ad-revenue growth affected the stock, as did guidance that expenses would rise faster than earlier guidance. The company said that for the full year 2013, it […]