blinkx, the online advertising company, has reported a fall in annual revenues on but claimed to have made “transformational moves” to turn its business around. In a trading update for the year to the end of March, blinkx said it expected to report revenues of “at least $210 million” — down from $247 million in […]
The penetration of OTT viewing in Australia is set to hit 85 per cent of the total population within the next two years, with smart TVs likely to be the next big thing. Authentic Entertainment, a digital strategy and content creation company, commissioned in-home ethnographic interviews and an online survey
The HBO Now channel has gone live on the Apple TV set-top box, iPhone and iPad, ahead of the series premiere of HBO hit show Game of Thrones Season 5 on April 12th. The new Apple TV channel and iPhone and iPad app allow users to stream all of HBO’s original content, past and present, […]
OSN, the Indian pay-TV network, will bring viewers the live and exclusive broadcast of the 2015 Pepsi Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket from April 8th. This network’s subscribers also have the option of watching the IPL action on-the-go on the online TV platform, OSN Play. OSN Play had over 100,000 viewers during the ICC World […]
The State of Illinois in the US is contemplating levying a 5 per cent tax on satellite dishes as a method to fund more public works. Lisa McCabe, senior director of the national Satellite Broadcasting & Communications Association, said that while they had not yet seen the details of the proposed tax, any tax on […]
The chance to get free two-day Amazon shipping is a bigger driver of Amazon Prime subs in the US than the unlimited streaming of TV, according to a study from Strategy Analytics, which found that 55 per cent of US respondents who had Amazon Prime said free shipping was “very important” to their subscribing, while […]
It seems there are problems ahead for Europe’s planned Ariane-6 rocket, and its development costs. Trade mag Space News is saying that there is a near-€1 billion gap between the ‘contract’ that the European Space Agency has in place with the rocket’s builders Airbus-Safran Launchers. Ariane-6 is on a ‘fast track’ design and build programme […]
E4 will air hit US series Empire in the UK this spring. The hip-hop drama from Fox has become a big ratings success in the US, hitting over 23 million viewers for its final episode, the highest figure for the finale of a show’s debut season since Grey’s Anatomy back in 2005. Channel 4’s chief […]
Football Kenya Federation (FKF) has signed a five-year Sh270 million (€2.7m) television rights deal with Startimes for the national team Harambee Stars. The deal which starts later this year will see Startimes take over all television rights for the team until 2019. The deal was initiated by MP Silva, the broadcast rights partners of the […]
Telemetrics has confirmed the appointment of Chuck Garfield to the newly created position of Director of Marketing and Business Development. “Chuck’s expertise in various areas of the broadcast industry gives him the exceptional ability to approach business operations and marketing from multiple perspectives to reach the best outcome. We are confident that Chuck will add […]