The Disney Channel has relaunched as the latest entrant in Germany’s FTA TV market that already includes Super RTL and KiKA. The Disney Channel was previously available on pay TV, but The Walt Disney Company decided to make the move 18 months ago after acquiring free TV channel Das Vierte. The channel is now live […]
Poland’s Cyfrowy Polsat has launched its ‘Open Window’ promotion which permits subscribers access to 42 ‘free’ thematic channels, ten of which are in high-definition. In total viewers can now access 37 channels free of charge until March 2. The channels come from the likes of BBC, Viacom, Viasat, Scripps, CBS, AMC, Fox and Turner Broadcasting. […]
Figures from Freeview show that the free to air networks continued to dominate Australian viewing throughout in 2013 FTA TV last year reached a daily audience of 15.2 million Australians. It also once again attracted by far the biggest proportion of overall television viewing, with free to air TV capturing an 83 per cent share […]
MPEG LA has revealed that a group of 25 companies have agreed on HEVC licence terms expected to be issued as part of an HEVC Patent Portfolio License in early 2014. High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC, also known as H.265 and MPEG-H Part 2) is a standard designed to improve video coding efficiency for the […]
The recent Thailand anti-government protests have led to a spate of satellite jamming on the Thaicom satellite. Some channels, especially the pro-government Bluesky TV, to be badly affected. Thaicom says that the interference was made by a mobile upload unit, which attacked the transponder hosting the Bluesky channel both on Thaicom-5 and Thaicom-6 satellites. The […]
TDF has announced that the subsidiaries of its Media Services Division, Cognacq-Jay Image, PSN, Qbrick and SmartJog are regrouped as Arkena under a single entity and brand name, creating one of Europe’s largest media services companies. By merging a wide range of complementary products, services and expertise, Arkena is fully embracing the concept of providing […]
Israeli cable operator HOT has put prices up for its 600,000 subscribers. Everyone will pay another 3 per cent for basic subscription packages. However, the operator says this keeps prices in line with inflation and the local Consumer Price Index. HOT is also increasing charges for its VoD service. HOT currently levies ILS25 per month […]
International broadcaster CBS Chello Zone has announced a channels deal with Polish DTH platform nc+ for its Universe+ package. CBS Drama, CBS Reality & CBS Action are now available to an additional million subscribers as part of the agreement, and leading movie channel, CBS Europa, launches for the first time with the national television provider. […]
Quickflix, the Australian TV streaming service, continued its growth trajectory in the December quarter, adding over 10,000 new customers and experiencing strong demand for its service. Total active customers increased by 10 per cent to 120,800 in the quarter including 18,552 trialists. The number of paying customers grew by 4 per cent during the quarter […]
The 2014 Winter X Games will be broadcast live and on demand in the UK and Europe on streaming service ESPNPlayer.com as the world’s top winter sport athletes gather in Aspen, Colorado. The games, being held for the 18th time, take place just two weeks before the Winter Olympics in Sochi and will feature more […]