Hulu and Viacom have extended their content deal to bring more shows to the online streaming platform. The expansion of the deal, which began in 2011, will bring more library episodes of shows from Comedy Central, MTV, VH1, BET, Logo, Spike, TVLand and others, and will add a selection of Latino kids’ programming in Spanish […]
Telenor’s Q3 results show that its satellite broadcasting division suffered reduced revenues (year-on-year) falling from 2013’s NOK 241 million (€28.4m) to NOK 238 million. Telenor said revenues and EBITDA decreased partly due to lower revenues from TV distribution and offset by higher revenues from data communications. This translated into EBITDA revenues falling from NOK 171 […]
The CBC recently lost the broadcast rights to NHL hockey, but has held on to the Olympic Games through2020. The International Olympic Committee has confirmed that the CBC has won the Canadian rights to air the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, and the 2020 Games in Tokyo. CBC was already the rights-holder for […]
Tata Communications, the global comms provider, has launched IZO, a global network platform for enhanced hybrid cloud enablement. IZO brings a new way of tackling the challenges that businesses face in realising the potential of the cloud. A single provider offers access to a full ecosystem of network, cloud and data centre connectivity making it […]
MTV’s biggest international music awards show, the 2014 MTV EMA, is to be broadcast ‘live’ simultaneously on both Channel 5 and MTV in the UK for the first time this year. The show will be broadcast with a one-hour time delay at 9pm GMT on both MTV UK and Channel 5. It means the awards […]
Yahlive, Alef Technology and SVS Satellite Systems announced their collaboration by which SVS will design and integrate a new DTH platform based in Kabul, Afghanistan. The DTH platform will be operated by Alef Technology and will consist of a BSS RF and baseband system, supporting the transmission of SD and HD television channels over the […]
YouTube chief executive Susan Wojcicki, has said that YouTube is considering new ways to charge viewers for watching, as an alternative to seeing the advertising that has been YouTube’s main business model until now. “YouTube right now is ad-supported, which is great because it has enabled us to scale to a billion users; but there’s […]
A giant Russian Antonov aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing around 3am (GMT) October 28th at a remote airfield with a failed engine. The aircraft was carrying Astra 2G, a satellite due for launch next month from the Baikonur launch site in Kazakhstan. Initial Russian reports say that the landing was “smooth” and […]
The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing an open standard for the delivery of broadcast and broadband services through connected TVs and set-top boxes, is achieving strong global momentum with new members, contributions and deployments, it reports. Within the last 12 months, the Association has achieved membership growth of 25 per cent, has […]
While residential broadband penetration will soon top 100 million US households, legacy pay-TV subscription services have peaked and are in decline. According to The Diffusion Group (TDG), during the next few months, and for the first time in history, the number of home broadband subscriptions will surpass the number of home pay-TV subscriptions. While asserting […]