As Netflix prepares to launch its service in Australia in 2015, Australian TV providers are fighting back. Foxtel this week dropped the cost of their entry level 42-channel package to A$25 per month and now a joint partnership between Nine and Fairfax has been announced for a new streaming service called ‘Stan’. Stan launches with […]
An interesting stat emerged from the recent SES analysts’ conference which followed on from its results announcement on October 31st. Someone at SES has been number-crunching and with help from the Lyngsat web-site, counted the number of satellite TV channels on air around the world. The end result is that – at September 30th – […]
Charlie Ergen will get 60 per cent of new restructured equity in wireless company LightSquared, currently in Chapter 11, according to a deal agreed in the US Bankruptcy Court has announced. LightSquared is the somewhat troubled wireless business looking to develop a US 4G system that’s backed and integrated with satellite coverage. However, back in […]
Initially announced for the end of 2014, Bouygues Telecom new Bbox Miami, powered by Android, has been rescheduled to launch in early 2015. French households already owning a Bbox will be able to request the Miami Box without any additional fee, Bouygues Telecom has said. Bouygues Telecom reports the new STB gives a richer TV […]
Canadian pension fund PSP Investments and its partners have agreed to buy the French operations of telecoms and transmitter masts group TDF in a deal worth about €3.5 billion, reports Reuters. The sale will help TDF’s owners – private equity funds TPG, Charterhouse, Ardian and state bank Bpifrance – to pay down the group’s €3.8 […]
Time Warner raised its full-year profit forecast as its cable channels delivered revenue higher than expected in the third quarter. A 3 per cent rise to $6.24 billion, ahead of Wall Street’s forecasts, reflected growth at HBO and Turner. The company has been cutting staff and restructuring its businesses as it looks to spur profitability […]
Former Fox Chairman Kevin Reilly is joining Turner Broadcasting as President of TNT and TBS and Chief Creative Officer for Turner Entertainment. Starting this autumn, Reilly will report to David Levy, President of Turner Broadcasting. As President of TNT and TBS, Reilly will combine the responsibilities at the two networks of longtime Turner Entertainment Networks […]
US TV channel AMC is breaking into Europe for the first time with its launch in Spain on the main platforms Movistar TV, ONO, Orange and Euskaltel. The TV series and cinema channel is distributed by AMC Networks International Iberia, the largest production company of thematic channels in Spain and Portugal which recently bought Chello […]
The British Film Institute is adding a huge number of classic movies to its VoD ‘BFI Player’ service. It has also revamped its website, with help from design consultancy Ostmodern, to make navigation even easier. “The user interface and experience of the BFI player has been optimised following an in-depth consultation with 1,000 users, to […]
3D technology company RealD says that despite some challenges over the past couple of quarters, and since the success of Hollywood blockbuster Gravity, its 3D licensing revenues have recovered and would be further improved by the upcoming 3D release of Lionsgate’s Insurgent, and to be followed by other high-profile releases including Avengers: Age of Ultron […]