Sales and profitability across the broadcast and media (B&MT) sector continue to grow according to the latest IABM Industry Index. The positive findings are echoed in the separate IABM Benchmark report, which reinforces the results of the Index concerning profitability, and the updated Confidence Ratio, contained in the last Industry Trends Survey. The IABM Industry […]
India’s Dish TV and MSO operator Siti Cable are already partners via their shared ownership by Subhash Chandra’s giant conglomerate Essel Group. They have also just set up a new joint venture in the shape of ‘Comnet’, which they want to act a unified programme and channel buying operation. Dish TV’s CEO RC Venkateish has […]
Following weekend reports that the BBC was set to take on the cost of providing free television licences for over-75s and subsequent confirmation in the House of Commons by Culture Secretary John Whittingdale, the Government has revealed further details of the agreement, Having inherited a challenging fiscal position, the Government says it is pleased that […]
TF1 Group, which has spent €45 million to acquire the exclusive rights to the upcoming Rugby World Cup taking place in the UK (September 18th – October 31st), is aiming to maximise the potential audience by pushing the digital experience ahead of the competition. Viewers, who will be able to follow the 21 best matches […]
Media and communications sector financial intelligence specialist SNL Kagan has updated its industry retransmission (retrans) fee projections and now expects US TV station owners’ retrans fees to reach $10.3 billion (€9.4bn) by 2021, versus the projected level of $6.3 billion this year. US TV station owners have continued to secure higher retrans fees in recent […]
The WWE Network is now available for $9.99 (€9.15) per month in Italy, offering all 12 annual WWE pay-per-view events live, including WWE Battleground on July 19th where Brock Lesnar will face Seth Rollins for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. New subscribers to WWE Network receive their first month of service for free. WWE Network […]
The United States’ 5-2 win over Japan to capture its third Women’s World Cup title drew 25.4 million viewers to Fox on Sunday night, according to Nielsen. That makes it the most-watched football game in US history, surpassing the previous record set during last summer’s men’s World Cup. Viewership was up 89 per cent from […]
The BBC and partners have unveiled the BBC micro:bit – a pocket-sized, codeable computer that allows children to get creative with technology. In the BBC’s most ambitious education initiative for 30 years, up to 1 million devices will be given to every 11 or 12 year old child in year 7 or equivalent across the […]
Data from Juniper Research has shown that mobile and online messaging traffic will reach 160 trillion per annum by 2019, up from 94.2 trillion this year – equating to approximately 438 billion messages sent and received by users on a daily basis by 2019. These figures incorporate SMS, MMS, IM (Instant Messaging), social media and […]
Totalplay, a Grupo Salinas company that provides tripleplay services though DTH fibre optics in Mexico, has formed an alliance with Netflix to integrate the streaming app directly into Totalplay set-top boxes. This is the first time in Mexico that the Netflix app is included in a pay-TV platform. Totalplay clients can access their Netflix accounts […]