Alsbridge, a global outsourcing consultancy, has strengthened its UK team with the appointment of Elesh Khakar, as a Managing Director in the UK office. “Elesh Khakhar brings a new level of depth and breadth of experience and expertise to our UK and European operations,” said Chip Wagner, CEO of Alsbridge. “His demonstrated success in planning, negotiating […]
Telecoms operators now provide around one-fifth of the world’s pay-TV subscriptions. Operations owned or controlled by telcos accounted for 140 million retail pay-TV customer connections globally at the end of 2014 and this total soared to 177 million during 2015 – equivalent to 19 per cent of the total pay-TV subscriber base (up from 14 […]
Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset ended the first nine months of 2015 with pay-TV revenues of €406.1 million, compared to the €402.5 million in the same period in 2014. During a conference call with analysts, the president of pay-TV unit Mediaset Premium, Marco Giordano, said the number of subscribers reached 1.81 million at end-September. He added […]
Charter Communications is in the process of buying Time Warner Cable, but the deal has provoked a number of objections from some of the USA’s smaller cable operators who are fearful that the influence of ‘cable guy’ John Malone in US broadcasting and cable is not necessarily healthy. One way or another John Malone has […]
US pay-TV giant Dish Network has seen an increase in subscriber churn in its Q3 period. Dish Network said that while its profits topped Wall Street expectations, it lost 23,000 net pay-TV subscribers in the quarter, compared with a loss of 12,000 a year earlier. Dish does not break apart its core DTH subscriber numbers […]
Canal+’s performance in the first nine months of 2015 was boosted by strong performances in Africa and Vietnam and by the Canalplay SVoD service in France, but the French pay-TV provider saw a decline in its French subscribers. Canal+ added 619,000 subscribers in the year to September 30th, taking its total to 15.4 million, while […]
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) has announced the studio’s first releases in the next-generation Ultra-HD Disc format, which will arrive in early 2016. “By some estimates, consumers will own over 100 million Ultra-HD television sets by 2019. Sony Pictures’ 4K Ultra-HD Discs will deliver consumers the ultimate home theatre experience, with stunning picture and sound […]
As part of its ongoing efforts to advocate and promote entertainment platforms, products and distribution channels, industry association DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group has developed new artwork and other design elements for the package for Ultra-HD Blu-ray content. The package, which was developed in cooperation with Anchor Bay Entertainment, HBO Home Entertainment, Lionsgate, Paramount Home […]
Sony’s Betamax, recognised by many as the superior recording tape mechanism, is about to be discontinued. Betamax was formally introduced by Sony in 1975 and its tape formula inherited many of the design characteristics of the higher-end U-matic format. VHS was introduced by Japan’s JVC the following year, and quickly gained popular consumer acceptance in […]
TalkTalk has announced free upgrades for every TalkTalk home in recognition of the uncertainty caused by the cyber-attack last month. From December 1st, all customers will be able to add a selection of the following to their package at no extra cost and with no additional commitment: – TV content including movies, kids entertainment and […]