The number of SVoD homes is forecast to reach 306 million across 200 countries by 2020, up massively from 28 million in 2010 and an expected 197 million by end-2015, according to a report from Digital TV Research. The total will grow by 42 million in 2015 alone. The Global SVoD Forecasts report estimates that […]
The BBC has divulged details of how it plans to save £150 million (€214m) to address a shortfall in funding. It blames the shortfall largely on more people use BBC iPlayer catch-up TV without a licence. The Corporation says it has welcomed the Government’s firm commitment to close this loophole, and will continue to urge Ministers to legislate as […]
Tom Rogers, CEO of TiVo, is to relinquish his position after nearly 11 years on January 31st 2016, the end of the company’s fiscal year. Rogers will continue with TiVo as non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors as of February 1, 2016. TiVo’s Board of Directors has formed a search committee to identify the […]
YouTube has launched its YouTube Kids app in the UK and Ireland, nine months after ithe service went live in the US whre it ahs been downloaded over 10 million times. The app provides a filtered selection of videos and channels that are suitable for children and also removes social features like the comments section […]
CNMC, the Spanish competition watchdog, has fined Atresmedia €2.8 million for failing to meet the government-imposed conditions approved in 2012 on the merger between Antena 3 and La Sexta. According to the CNMC, Atresmedia has broken the merger conditions concerning the advertising market between October 2012 and February 2014 and the acquisition of TV content […]
Research firm Parks Associates has revealed the top ten subscription OTT video services based on number of subscribers, with Netflix as the top subscriber service and three of the ten services on the list focused on sports content, including the WWE, the NFL, and MLB. The research firm shows over 25 per cent of OTT […]
France’s auction of spectrum in the 700MHz band has closed after two days and 11 rounds of bidding. Proceeds totalled €466 million for each block of 5MHz duplex, for a total of €2.796 billion euros. The results are as follows: Bouygues Telecom was awarded 1 block; Free Mobile was awarded 2 blocks; Orange was awarded […]
Satellite share prices are not quite flavour of the month at the moment, and each of the ‘big three’ operators (Intelsat, SES and Eutelsat) have suffered significant share price falls over the past few weeks. However, London-based Avanti is suffering more than most. The past month has seen Avanti Communications fall back from 256.7p on […]
It is being reported that the planned SpaceX launch of a clutch of 11 smaller satellites for Orbcomm by one of SpaceX’s Falcon-9 rockets, scheduled for December 1st, has slipped to nearer December 15th. The delay is significant, and worrying, for those traditional satellite operators which have been waiting patiently for their satellites to be […]
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a number of BT Sport ads for making misleading price claims. The campaign referred to the telco’s Champions League coverage and said BT Sport was “free” for those signing up to or renewing broadband and TV packages. But the ads drew 26 complaints, almost all from members of […]