Official statistics published today reveal that the UK’s creative Industries, which includes the film, television and music industries, are now worth £71.4 billion (€85.6bn) per year to the UK economy – generating just over £8 million pounds an hour. The UK creative industries are renowned across the globe driving growth, investment and tourism. The Creative […]
Investment banker Morgan Stanley, in its annual look back and forecast report, cited European media as a strong performer for 2013, and which – excluding Vivendi – outperformed the general market by more than 20 points. “Our top 5 is characterised by selective exposure to continued cyclical upturn but also by structural, corporate and cash […]
Pascal Lamy, the former head of the World Trade Organisation, is to head a new advisory group on future use of UHF spectrum for TV and wireless broadband. Lamy and senior executives from Europe’s broadcasters, network operators, mobile companies and tech associations have been given six months to make proposals to the European Commission on […]
A Harris Poll finds that while roughly two-thirds (68 per cent) of US adults went to the movies at least once in 2013, just about the same per cent (66 per cent) say they’re going to the movies less often now than a few years ago. Americans report going to
The battle between Hong Kong Television Network (HKTV) and its rival Television Broadcasts (TVB) has intensified after TVB launched a pay-to-watch Internet service that allows subscribers to watch a huge back-catalogue dramas it has produced since it was founded in 1967. The launch came as HKTV was preparing for the July launch of its mobile […]
Brazil’s National Telecoms Agency (ANATEL) says that at the end of November the country had a total of 17.92 million pay-TV subscribers. This represents growth of 8.61 per cent this year, with subscribers up from 16.5 million in January 2013. The improved take up means that Brazil now has a pay-TV penetration rate of some […]
Motive Television and its partner Granite Television Corporation are progressing further toward consumer testing and launch of a tablet TV service in the US on behalf of their joint venture, Tablet Television. Motive has confirmed the signing of a binding Memorandum of Understanding with Ecopro ICT of Seoul, Korea, a subsidiary of Ecopro, of Cheongwon-gun, […]
Jack Bauer is returning exclusively to Sky 1 HD. The Emmy award-winning 24 is returning with a brand new series after a four year absence. In addition, Sky customers will be able to revisit the entire 24 series through Sky’s On Demand service. Acquired exclusively in the UK by Sky 1 HD from Twentieth Century […]
SFR has launched its hybrid set-top box powered by Marvell’s ARMADA 1500 Plus system-on-chip (SoC) platform. The ARMADA 1500 Plus is a full HD media processor designed for a wide range of Smart video products. The ARMADA 1500 Plus will power SFR’s hybrid set-top boxes to enable Google services for Smart TV. “I’m very proud […]
BT Sport has signed a deal to show exclusively live coverage of up to 26 stages of the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC), starting with the opening event of the 2014 season, the famous Rallye Monte Carlo, on January 15th. The BT Sport WRC programming will run across BT Sport’s three channels, BT Sport 1 […]