Tele Columbus Group, the third largest German cable network operator, started the financial year 2015 with gains in all relevant key figures. Revenues grew by 2.2 per cent year on year to €53.6 million in the first quarter of 2015. Normalised EBITDA grew significantly by 11.7 per cent year on year to €24.4 million in […]
A study by Juniper Research has revealed that annual global advertising spend on mobile devices is expected to reach $105 billion by 2019, up from an estimated $51 billion this year. The research suggests
Altice, the Luxembourg-based telco, has reported a 3.3 per cent drop in pro forma revenues for its first quarter to March 31st, to €3.26 billion. Although turnover from international operations rose 4.9 per cent to €527 million, sales at Altice’s core French business Numericable-SFR dropped 4.7 per cent to €2.74 billion. The French unit is […]
Teletrax, a Civolution company and provider of real time TV analytics and TV synchronised ads in the US, has launched its new TV Audience Sync product, with capabilities to reach specific audience segments powered by Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings. Teletrax’s TV Audience Sync is a cross-screen marketing solution that enables advertisers to reach TV audiences […]
Last week Abu Dhabi scrapped its support for the capital city’s Abu Dhabi Film Festival. Its Media Zone will continue and centre its work of the fast-growing facilities from TwoFour54 and giving tempting 30 per cent cash-rebates to film and programme-makers who create their content in the Emirate. But the Film Festival, which has been […]
Viewster, the online streaming service, has released a new and improved mobile app for iOS and Android. Available immediately, the app enhances user experience to help viewers scroll episodes of their favourite shows on tablets and smartphones. Viewster is free and fully-licensed and enables fans to watch a library of more than ten thousand titles […]
FASTCOM Technology, an expert in standard-based solutions for the pay-TV security market, has announced that FOXTEL, the Australian pay-TV operator, has selected FASTCOM’s MCAS solution for ensuring the licensing authority services of its new iQ3 set-top-box, which is manufactured by PACE and which integrates a BROADCOM chipset. Leveraging the MCAS solution, FOXTEL is able to […]
John Whittingdale – an oft-outspoken critic of the BBC – has been named as the new Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport as Prime Minister David Cameron continues to reshape his Cabinet following the outright Conservative win at the UK General Election. He replaces Sajid Javid, who has moved to Business, Innovation and Skills. […]
UK subscription-free satellite TV service Freesat has announced a positive start to the year, with strong take-up of Freetime, its connected TV service. Freesat says its continuing growth demonstrates the ongoing appeal of the free-to-air connected TV service, giving customers high quality technology and engaging content without any bills. Freesat viewers can access over 200 […]
Global shipments of of OTT STBs sold at retail – including Apple TV, Chromecast and Roku boxes – will overtake shipments of IPTV STBs used for pay-TV services in 2015, according to a new report from information and insight source IHS. In 2015, 31 million retail OTT STBs will be shipped, compared to 30 million […]