At a hearing before the Culture Commission of French Senate about PSB Group France Télévisions and its economic model, president Dephine Ernotte-Cunci, also warned about the risks of blank screens for 7 per cent of viewers next April 5th. Ahead of the DTT switchover to MPEG-4 and the sale of the 700 MHz band to […]
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, speaking at the New York Times DealBook Conference, firmly denied that Netflix would be entering the news business. The denial came about following comments from Netflix’s content chief Ted Sarandos who had seemed to suggest that Netflix would happily compete head-to-head with on-line TV newcomer Vice. Hastings clarified the position, telling […]
Time Warner has reported financial results for its third quarter ended September 30th 2015. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bewkes said: “We had another very good quarter, with Revenues up 5 per cent and strong growth in Adjusted Operating Income, which totaled $1.8 billion. Our revenue growth was led by Warner Bros and Home Box […]
21st Century Fox saw its revenue drop to $6.1 billion (€5.6bn) for its first quarter of 2016, falling six per cent from $6.5 billion for the same period in the prior year. The media giant blamed lower cinema ticket takings as part of the reason behind the results. Revenue for its film division collapsed to $1.8 […]
Data from Juniper Research has found that online eSports services, such as Twitch, will grow to over 310 million by 2020, increasing from 133 million this year and bringing in almost $1 billion in revenues from subscriptions alone. By comparison, 2020 will see eSports audiences surpass the levels of the NFL tournament and approach that […]
Free’s fibre subscribers in France now have access to the country’s first 4K TV channel – Festival 4K – included in the basic offer of their Freebox package. The French telco launched the first 4K box in March 2015 and is now also the first operator to broadcast a 4K channel, marking a new key […]
As the countdown to seasonal specials begins, Brits are gearing up to watch a total of 296 million hours of TV per day over the Christmas period. According to research from programmatic technology experts RadiumOne, Brits over 16 will watch an average of 5.7 hours of TV a day this Christmas across various screens, with a […]
More than 20 per cent of broadband households with Internet-connected CE use streaming media players the most for online video Connected CE research from Parks Associates finds a steadily increasing number of US broadband households are turning to a streaming media player first when looking for online content. Currently, 21 per cent of US broadband households with […]
A study from Northern Sky Research (NSR) states that annual revenues per leased FSS transponder among the 22 operators tracked in NSR’s latest report declined from $2.05 million to $1.94 million during the past year, with pricing pressures coming to fruition through a combination of currency exchange rate fluctuations (for example, JSAT’s typical rental fell […]
Set-Top-Box market in the SAARC (South Asia) region has registered record growth in third quarter of 2015, as rapid digitisation in the phase 3 cities of India is driving the demand for STBs. With the pay-tv industry in all major SAARC countries moving toward digitisation – mandatory or voluntary – STBs of all kind from […]