The US pay-TV market took another hit in the third quarter of 2015 officially losing 393,000 customers, while a re-report by AT&T took even more customers out of the market. This is an improvement over the previous quarter (decline of 608,000 homes) and while three companies saw positive net additions, there are underlying causes for […]
ITV saw Q3 ad revenues rise 8 per cent as the Rugby World Cup proved a hit with viewers and advertisers, putting the commercial broadcaster on track for another year of record profits. ITV said that for the first nine months of the year, total revenues, including for its online and production arm, were up […]
SFR, a division of the Altice Group and one of France’s largest pay-TV operators, and content protection and multiscreen television solutions specialist NAGRA are working together on the launch of the operator’s new 4K offer under the brand ‘La Box Fibre Zive de SFR’, marking the country’s most advanced Ultra-HD offering. SFR leverages NAGRA’s anyCAST […]
The first week of the ITU World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-15) has given national and regional authorities the opportunity to present their positions on the future allocation of radio spectrum among broadcasting and mobile services. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) is encouraged to note that the overwhelming majority of proposals support a ‘No change’ position for […]
South Africa’s much-promised and long-delayed digital switch over risks being held up again. The problem on this occasion is a Court action by eTV, South Africa’s 5th terrestrial broadcaster. The Pretoria High Court ruled November 6th that eTV could mount an appeal against the government’s DTT policy. The appeal would be before South Africa’s Supreme […]
Following the confirmation at the end of October that it was likely to take a majority stake in production company Newen, French commercial broadcaster TF1 and FLCP, the holding company of the Newen group, have signed an agreement under which TF1 will acquire a 70 per cent equity interest in FLCP, with the existing shareholders […]
Canada’s publicly traded television service providers combined lost almost seven times more TV subscribers in the nine‐month period ended September 30th 2015 compared to the same period in 2014, according to research from consulting firm Boon Dog. The big TV service providers combined lost a record 153,000 TV subscribers in their respective three fiscal 2015 […]
On Digital Media (ODM), the South African pay-TV broadcaster, is being allowed to transfer its transmission licences to Star Times Group. South Africa media regulator ICASA approved the transfer November 9th. ODM traded as TopTV. The transfer is also a major step forward in ending the complex and troubled transfer of the business to StarTimes […]
There are now a handful of ‘Western’ Low Earth and Medium Earth satellite constellations either in use or in the planning and development stage. Russia and China are talking about building their own system. The current constellations include O3b (a MEO system), and LEO systems from the Iridium sat-phone vehicles, and Globalstar, Orbcomm and RapidEye+. […]
Time Warner Cable (TWC) has launched The TWC TV Roku Trial in New York City, its first IP-only video trial. Participants will experience TWC’s video service delivered through its secure and managed network using a Roku Streaming Player rather than leasing a traditional set-top box. As an incentive for participating in the trial, participants will […]