Austalian TV audience measurement company OzTAM has named Padraig O’Donovan as its digital strategy director. O’Donovan has joined from Network Ten, where he was head of digital technology, to take the newly-created role. At OzTAM he will be responsible for developing and managing the company’s audience measurement diversification programme as OzTAM moves towards reporting viewing […]
Dailymotion, the online video platform, has signed a deal with FC Barcelona, that will see the football club use the Dailymotion player as its exclusive video solution on its website and the launch of the FC Barcelona channel on Dailymotion. During the 2014/15 season, several hundred videos and live streams will be uploaded monthly by […]
During Intelsat’s investment call with analysts its CFO Mike McDonnell explained that the satellite operator expected to pay down some $475 million this financial year, an improvement of around $75 million over previous expectations. McDonnell aid that the rise was related to overall improvements in the operator’s EBITDA numbers. “We have had very strong margins […]
London-based satellite operator Inmarsat has announced a link-up with British Airways to be their launch client for an EU-wide ‘Aviation Network Programme’. This will see a Europe-wide passenger ‘in seat’ connectivity service using a new satellite being built on a j-v basis with Arabsat-owned HellasSat, now dubbed Europasat. The official statement reads: “Inmarsat and Hellas-Sat […]
Amazon has announced that Fire TV’s app selection has more than doubled, with hundreds of services and games added since launch, including the official Flappy Birds Family—currently a Fire TV exclusive game. New services include WATCH Disney Channel, WATCH Disney Jr, MLB.TV, Animal Planet L!ve, and WWE Network, and more are already on the way—by […]
DISH and A+E Networks have agreed on terms for a multi-year contract renewal that provides DISH customers in the US with access to A+E Networks’ content, and programming from A&E’s entire portfolio. The agreement includes OTT multi-stream rights for live and VoD content. It also expands DISH customers’ access to programming on the satellite service […]
DirecTV and ESPN have entered into an agreement for DirecTV to provide the new SEC Network to US fans and followers of the Southeastern Conference when the network launches August 14th. The first college football game on the new network will air August 28th featuring Texas A&M vs. South Carolina. “The SEC boasts powerhouse athletic […]
PSI Holdings, Thailand’s largest satellite network provider, has revealed it will now aggressively focus on HD set-top boxes and collect subscription fees from customers to survive fierce competition in the broadcasting industry. It is now collaborating with pay TV operator CTH to supply more content and help with the subscription business. PSI chief executive Somporn […]
Morten Solbakken, CEO of Conax – a global technology provider recently acquired by the Kudelski Group, has been announced as a winner of a Finance Monthly CEO Award 2014 About the awards Every year, Finance Monthly magazine identifies and honors the most respected companies and their leaders. The award recognizes an extraordinary individual who has […]
DirecTV‘s CEO Mike White says the broadcaster will be able to supply 4K/Ultra-HD content later this year as ‘on demand’ offerings, and says full 4K transmissions are on track for 2015 or 2016. “I’m certainly excited about [4K]. We expect to be able to do 4K VoD before the end of the year. We’re working […]