Intelsat’s Q1 numbers showed some revenue reductions in most of its divisions. The one sector that showed an increase was its ‘media’ business, which saw revenues grow 1 percent to $224.8 million compared with Q1/2014. The reduced revenues in its other key divisions affected the overall fill rate, down to 75 per cent as at […]
French commercial TV group TF1 has posted ad revenues up 2.5 per cent at €363.1 million for the first quarter of 2015, including ad revenues climbing 3.2 per cent at €343.6 million for the four FTA channels (TF1, NT1, TMC, HD1). TF1 Group’s consolidated revenue was up 1.1 per cent to €475.1 million, but the […]
The global market for third party Internet of Things (IoT) platforms will show solid growth in the next few years, according to a research report from the analyst firm Berg Insight. Total IoT platform revenues are forecasted to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 32.2 percent from € 450 million in 2014 […]
Mediaset, Italy’s largest commercial TV broadcaster, is set to name Pier Silvio Berlusconi as CEO as the company weighs an alliance with Vivendi, according to reports. The 46-year-old son of Italy’s former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi will replace Giuliano Adreani who has led Milan-based Mediaset since 2000. Adreani will remain a Mediaset director and chairman […]
Sony expects operating profit to more than quadruple because of higher device sales and cost-cutting measures. The Japenese firm forecasts operating income of 320 billion yen (£1.7bn) for the year ending in March 2016. Sony has cut its profit outlook 15 times in seven years, prompting chief executive Kazuo Hirai to undertake a broad restructuring. […]
A few months ago Charlie Ergen’s Dish Network were successful bidders in the Federal Communications Commission’s auction of AWS-3 wireless spectrum (which overall raised billions of dollars for the US Treasury). Ergen/Dish paid $13.3 billion out of the total $44.9 billion raised by the auction. However, Dish Network received a significant $3.3 billion in financial […]
Maintaining a high level of security is essential for pay-TV operators looking to take their share of the lucrative OTT market, according to Tom Jahr, Conax’s executive vice president, products and partners. Addressing a conference session on ‘Lowering OTT Cost Barriers, without, Sacrificing Security’, Jahr told delegates that many operators struggle to make money in OTT, with high […]
Rovi has announced that Grundig, a supplier of entertainment electronics, has renewed its licensing and product agreement with Rovi. As part of the agreement Grundig will use the latest release of Rovi Guide CE to power enhanced search and recommendations in their LED TVs manufactured in 2015 and distributed across Europe. This arrangement marks the […]
Selevision, a Saudi multi-platform entertainment company serving the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), announced the launch of its ‘game-changing new codec; Nukodec’. Designed to replace the H.264 and H.265/HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding) codecs currently in use by the industry, the new technology will be made available to industry players across the globe, allowing […]
SoftAtHome, a software provider of home operating platforms enabling convergent services for the digital home and Marvell, a specilaist in providing complete silicon solutions, have announced their collaboration for integrating SoftAtHome’s SOP7 software with Marvell’s ARMADA 1500 Ultra SoC Android and Linux SDKs. The combination of the two companies’ technologies enables pay-TV operators to deliver […]