France’s broadcast regulator the Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel (CSA) has issued a new call for bids to offer nationwide services in HD on the country’s DTT platform. The move is part of the evolution of France’s DTT platform announced in April 2016 by the Government, following the transfer of the 700 MHz frequency band to […]
Indian DTH satellite pay-TV operator Videocon d2h has reinforced its investment in over-the-top (OTT) services with the launch of a mobile TV app. The new app – Direct to Mobile TV – will make it possible for Videocon d2h subscribers to watch television anytime, anywhere on their mobile phones. Downloadable from the App Store (for […]
Findings gleaned by two US lawmakers suggest that consumers have little choice in their pay-TV set-top boxes, with the average household spending $231 (€254) a year on STB rental fees. With some 99 per cent of customers renting their set-top box directly from their pay-TV provider, the set-top box rental market may be worth more […]
Civolution, the specialist provider of technology and solutions for identifying, managing and monetising content, has sold its TV Analytics and TV Synced Ads business Teletrax to data science company 4C, enabling company management and its R&D resources to focus entirely on content protection through its NexGuard forensic watermarking business The acquisition of the Teletrax business […]
SES Platform Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of satellite operator SES confirmed that StarTimes, the fastest-growing digital TV operator in Africa, will distribute TV channels for irs direct-to-home (DTH) subscribers across Sub-Saharan Africa via SES Platform Services’ broadcast facility in Germany. Under the new multi-year agreement, SES Platform Services will be providing signal turnaround, video processing, […]
The five countries of the East African Community (EAC) had a total population of 146.89 million end-2014, with 33.61 million households and a TV household penetration rate of 23 per cent, acccording to research firm Dataxis. Kenya is the most developed market in the region with 12.04 million households and a TV household penetration rate […]
The UK Intellectual Property Minister Baroness Neville-Rolfe has become the first public user of The Copyright Hub and the Digital Catapult’s new copyright technology at an event in London. Using a single mouse-click, the Minister was able to secure permission to use a copyrighted image provided by project partner 4Corners Images. The event marked the […]
According to the worldwide TV market report from Futuresource Consulting, 4K TV shipments are expected to grow by 147 per cent in 2015, despite an overall 2 per cent fall in TV sales. Global TV sales rose in 2014 by 3 per cent to reach 235 million units, with trade value up to $94 billion. […]
Discovery Communications has agreed to form a strategic relationship with Doğuş Media Group, one of the leading media groups in Turkey, to increase its portfolio to 13 channels and strengthen its ad sales offer, reinforcing the company’s position as a leading international media company in Turkey. This announcement follows a period of growth for Discovery […]
Former Top Gear presenters Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May have signed a deal for a motoring show on Amazon Prime Video. UK commercial broadcaster ITV and Amazon’s rival entertainment streaming service Netflix had been considered more likely destinations for the show after May and Hammond declined to accept new contracts with the BBC […]