Hearst Corp has acquired a 25 per cent stake in Dreamworks’ YouTube teen network, Awesomeness TV, for $81 million. Hearst Corp is a publisher of newspapers such as the San Francisco Chronicle and Houston Chronicle and Hearst magazines. and also operates TV channels. Under the deal, Awesomeness TV, which has a subscriber base of over […]
According to a report from TDG, TV Everywhere Deployment among Top US Operators and Networks, 2014, nearly eight in ten legacy pay-TV subscribers have access to authenticated TVE services from most of the major networks. “Today some 74 million households have access to ‘TV Everywhere’ programmes from the ‘Top 15’ networks that TDG monitors,” said […]
In a survey conducted by OnePoll for Roku, it was found that consumers under 35 years of age are the most likely to take control of their Christmas viewing by using on-demand services with 37 per cent planning to stream their Christmas content. Younger audiences are also more likely to watch Christmas films and programmes […]
Findings from Hub Entertainment Research have uncovered two side effects of the exponential growth of online TV content: consumers who are both more choosy and more in need of guidance. The firm’s research shows that while TV consumers appreciate the greater content choice offered by online viewing options, they also have a strong need for […]
The new Spanish Intelectual Property legislation that requires content aggregators to pay for using publishers content from January has driven Google to close down its News service by December 16th. The search provider will remove Spanish media outlets from the service following a row with the country’s government over new legislation aimed at protecting local […]
The BBC has confirmed that Damian Kavanagh will leave his role as controller of daytime to become the digital controller of the new-look BBC Three ahead of its move online. Kavanagh has overseen the proposals to turn the channel into an online-only service, revealing plans to “re-invent the channel for the digital age and take […]
ITV could generate as much as £6 million (€7.58m) in ad revenue from The X Factor final this weekend. It’s reported ITV is asking brands that wanted to advertise during the two final shows this weekend to pay a premium of up to 40 per cent on its normal prices during the rest of the […]
Investment bank Berenberg, in a 10-page report on satellite operator Eutelsat, says it is increasingly difficult to accurately compare and contrast Eutelsat with its Luxembourg rival SES. The bank’s headline advice is for investors to “HOLD” their positions in Eutelsat despite the operator paying “well over two-times the tax rate of SES” and also having […]
Q3 data from Synergy Research Group shows that Cisco maintains a strong market lead in both video infrastructure software and hardware, with its worldwide share of revenues approaching 20 per cent in both segments. A different group of vendors compete in the two segments, but
BT Sport has signed a deal to broadcast the BDO World Professional Darts Championship live from the Lakeside Country Club in January 2015. BT Sport will be at the Surrey venue to show the global elite take the oche over 35 hours of coverage from the British Darts Organisation (BDO) World Championships between January 3rd […]