A recent webinar conducted by CASBAA and SNL Kagan detailed how “upstart” OTT providers are taking on traditional multichannel providers in the fight for Asia Pacific’s video customers. During the webinar, SNL Kagan analyst Wangxing Zhao examined key trends for OTT subscriber and revenue growth on a global scale, and identified key metrics that signal […]
A problem with the BBC’s iPlayer catch-up service on Thursday October 2 caused frustration for potential viewers of the semi-final stages of the Great British Bake Off. Users attempting to access the service were greeted with a black box reading: “BBC iPlayer is temporarily unavailable due to a technical problem. Please try again later,” it […]
Fox Sports and Star Sports will continue their exclusive broadcast of the FIA F1World Championship for another seven years in Asia, from 2016 till the 2022 season. The multi-territory deal with F1 Management provides Fox Sports with exclusive broadcast rights (cable and satellite and terrestrial) and multi-media rights to more countries in Asia than ever […]
Oil-rich Gulf state Kuwait says it wants to launch an independent television and radio organisation to “compete globally”, and would be free from Kuwaiti government control or influence. This is important in that Kuwait has a record of shutting down locally-based TV stations which criticised the government. The new TV station will be free from […]
International broadcaster Setanta Sports has launched its Setanta Sport Eurasia channel in Estonia on STV, with plans to launch in Lithuania imminently. The expansion into the Baltics builds on Setanta Sports Eurasia’s existing footprint in Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan and Armenia. “With the co-operation with our distribution agent Wide […]
TV technology and services specialist Synapse TV is enabling the re-launch of Vision TV on Freeview in the UK. The new service will be accessed via the Freeview EPG and deliver a number of UK and international free-to-air channels streamed to compatible Freeview HD connected TVs and boxes. Synapse TV utilises proven technology from Strategy […]
The much anticipated third series of critically-acclaimed British drama Ripper Street premières this autumn exclusively on UK movie and TV streaming service Amazon Prime Instant Video. A double bill of the first and second episodes will be available for Amazon Prime Instant Video members at 9pm on November 14th, with a further six episodes to […]
PlaceIQ, specialists in audiences analysis, and Media Storm, the second largest independent media agency in the US, have announced today a unique campaign with a major sports network. The campaign, first to use new PIQ PrimeTime Measurement, was designed to drive viewership of Major League Baseball (MLB) on the network. Leveraging a cross-section of location-based […]
Scripps Networks Interactive has confirmed the launch of Food Network in Brazil – the company’s first channel brand to launch in Latin America later this month. Food Network, the leading culinary lifestyle channel in the US, will be available to customers on the SKY Brazil TV platform. Food Network offers a mix of local original […]
In an update of where Ultra-HD/4K is today, a study by IHS-Consumer Electronics & Video Technology says the technology has “hit the ground running, and is about 10 years ahead of where HD TV was just two years after standards ratification”. But IHS also issues a warning saying that