RealNetworks has announced the launch of RealTimes, an innovative new app and service. RealTimes is the fastest and easiest way to get the most out of all of your personal photos and videos. It finds the best photos and videos you’ve taken and automatically turns them into RealTimes Stories that can be easily saved and […]
Ofcom has published research into UK audience attitudes to content on TV and radio. This covers what people find offensive on TV and radio, their awareness of and attitudes towards regulation and their understanding of advertising and product placement. The report also includes research on consumers’ access to and views on connected devices. The research shows
Content thieves are making millions from malicious advertising on sites sharing stolen movies and television shows while placing Internet users at increasing risk, according to new findings from Internet safety education body Digital Citizens Alliance and strategic advisory firm MediaLink. The report found that the largest content theft sites generated more than $200 million dollars […]
For the first time, an association will combine the biggest broadcast networks, cable networks, and distributors to advance the power of video advertising. The Video Advertising Bureau (VAB) will replace the longstanding Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau (CAB). The VAB’s goal in uniting nearly all broadcast and cable networks with MVPDs is to raise the bar on […]
Veteran investor Carl Icahn says he expects Apple to bring a UHD TV to market in 2016, this despite the firm apparently shelving plans to make a set more than a year ago. Apple executives didn’t consider proposed features compelling enough to enter the highly competitive television market, dominated by Samsung and LG. But in […]
Deutsche Telekom is acquiring the 49 per cent stake of Slovak Telekom that it does not already own for a purchase price of €900 million, corresponding to a multiple of 3.8x EV/EBITDA. The shares are currently owned by the National Property Fund of the Slovak Republic. “As the only operator in Slovakia with quad-play capabilities, […]
Commercial broadcaster UKTV’s focus on investment in exclusive and original programming generated record ratings, revenue and profit in 2014. Officially the fastest growing broadcaster in Britain, UKTV’s £123 million investment in content produced strong growth in commercial impacts and in its on demand services. UKTV – an independent commercial joint venture between BBC Worldwide and […]
Vodafone has reported full year group revenue up 10.1 per cent to £42.2 billion (€58.4m); full year like for like service revenue declined 1.6 per cent. Vodafone saw a return to growth in Q4 with organic service revenue up 0.1 per cent. Vittorio Colao, Group Chief Executive, commented: “It has been a year of continued […]
Research has forecast that mobile data traffic, generated by Smartphones, Featurephones and Tablets, will approach almost 197,000 PB (Petabytes) by 2019, equivalent to over 10 billion Blu-ray movies, according to Juniper Research. However, the research found
Eutelsat Americas is looking to double its Latino revenues over the next 3-5 years. The news emerged on the sidelines of a Brazilian media conference and is reported in Mexico’s El Economista newspaper. The report said that Eutlesat plans to orbit three new satellites over the next few years and partly in readiness for next […]