OTT TV and video revenues in EEMEA [19 countries] will reach $2.6 billion (€2.4bn) in 2020; up from only $52 million recorded in 2010 and the $616 million expected in 2015, according to Digital TV Research’s Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa OTT TV & Video Forecasts report. From the $2.21 billion in revenues to […]
Virgin Media has been warned that customers can rightly assume that prices during the minimum term of contracts are fixed after the Advertising Standards Authority upheld complaints about its “misleading” broadband ads. Customers has complained that they had signed up to the operator’s 12-month broadband contracts only to be told that their monthly charges would […]
Italian pay-TV operator Sky Italia has teamed up with Discovery Italia to launch a pop-up channel to mark 30 years since Discovery Channel made its debut. Discovery 30, which will be on air until August 2nd, is dedicated to programmes that have made the history of the channel. Each day will be dedicated to a […]
Data from the June Application Strategies’ Monthly iPhone Entertainment App Tracker – covering 150 individual countries – indicates that established entertainment brands are being outshone by less well known applications potentially creating new media powerhouses across the globe. Of the top ten most popular free and grossing apps – based on number of appearances globally […]
Research conducted by the Australian and UK Governments shows Australia has high levels of online copyright infringement and reinforces the need for international and industry cooperation to address piracy. Both countries conducted surveys between March and May this year to
UK quad-play provider TalkTalk, providing the first trading update for the three months to June, said the overall broadband market had been softer than previous quarters due to a quiet consumer environment. First-quarter revenue was up 3.5 per cent year-on-year, marking a slowdown from the 6 per cent recorded in the previous three months. In […]
According to research by global analyst firm Ovum, China Mobile is ranked in first place, Vodafone in second, and India’s Bharti Airtel in third as the three largest mobile operating groups in the world in terms of proportionate subscriptions. Mai Barakat, Senior Analyst, Middle East and Africa, Telecoms says “based on the rankings in late […]
BBC Worldwide has announced the launch of new premium factual channel, BBC Earth, in Asia. From the smallest creature under the microscope to the limitless expanses of space, BBC Earth says it will “bring viewers face to face with heart pounding action, mind blowing ideas and the wonders of being human”. BBC Earth is part […]
ESPN Player will deliver the 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games – starting on July 25th in Los Angeles, California – as a free channel available to all in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The 2015 Games will feature competitions in aquatics, gymnastics, track and field, basketball, football and many other summer sports involving […]
Research carried out by Alcatel-Lucent has revealed that consumers are increasingly looking to service providers to offer them high-definition voice and video calling services over LTE and Wi-Fi. In a study of 5,500 smartphone owners in the US, UK, Japan and Brazil, Alcatel-Lucent also identified how new technologies such as wearables, connected homes and cars, […]