Sky Italia has selected Turn as its data management platform (DMP) to deliver more personalised advertising experiences to customers and meet a range of digital marketing needs including real-time bidding. The partnership with Turn is part of a wider move towards programmatic advertising for Sky; 70 per cent of the company’s brand advertising now runs […]
Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of long-serving Angolan president José Eduardo dos Santos, and a major shareholder in Portuguese pay-TV service provider Nos, has bid €1.211 billion for Portugal Telecom SGPS, the holding company that owns a minority stake in the merged Oi-Portugal Telecom. The bid follows Numericable-owner Altice’s €7 billion bid for the Portuguese […]
DHX Media, a key player in the creation of content for families and children, has entered into a cooperation agreement with China National Television (CNTV), the new-media broadcast division of China Central Television (CCTV), China’s state broadcaster, to launch a new streaming service exclusively dedicated to offering DHX’s children’s entertainment content across multiple platforms nationally […]
AMC Networks International Latin America has announced a significant expansion in Mexico on leading pay-TV platforms with the debut of AMC and the first-ever launch of Sundance Channel. The news also follows major expansion of Sundance Channel in recent months throughout Latin America including first-ever launches this past summer in six new territories. Eduardo Zulueta, […]
The MTV EMA (European Music Awards) has celebrated the 20th anniversary of its first ever staging by equalling its highest TV audience in the UK, according to BARB overnight ratings. The two-hour music awards show, broadcast ‘as live’ from the SSE Hydro in Glasgow on Novmber 9th attracted an average audience of 551,000 viewers throughout […]
Amino, a specilaist in IPTV, has secured a new contract from Turkcell Superonline, a Turkish telco and a wholly owned subsidiary of Turkcell, to provide its Live Advanced Media Platform for the rollout of IPTV services. The operator has recently begun rolling out its Turkcell TV+ service as part of an enhanced “tripleplay” multiscreen offering […]
Netfli and Guru Studio are delighted to announce a new, original spin-off series titled Justin Time The New Adventures based on the international preschool hit Justin Time. The new season includes 13 half-hour episodes and will premiere on Netflix around the world in early 2016. “We are excited to be working with some of the […]
Smart TV sales reached 90 million units worldwide in 2013 and will grow at 21 per cent CAGR to reach 228 million in 2018, according to the new Smart TV Report from Futuresource Consulting. “In developed regions 30 per cent of homes will own a smart TV by
The latest informitv Multiscreen Index shows that gains by telco providers in the US substantially offset subscriber losses among leading cable and satellite television services. In the third quarter, there was a net loss of
The Walt Disney Company has delivered quarterly earnings and revenue that were largely in line with expectations – but revenue generated by the company’s media networks disappointed. The company, which operates the ESPN and ABC television networks, said revenue from its cable and broadcasting sectors rose to $5.22 billion – up 5 per cent from […]