According to media analysis firm Ampere Research, with the outcome of the Premier League rights auction unknown, there’s no doubt that Sky is facing the greatest competitive challenge in the tournament’s 23-year history. “Based on analysis of past inflation rates, a three-season deal could hit the £5 billion mark for the first time as BT […]
Sky UK is working hard behind the scenes to secure broadcasting rights to the English Premier League for the 2016-2019 seasons, and according to Guy Bisson from media analysis firm Ampere, likely to be paying around a 64 per cent increase in costs. The auction results could be known within hours. But this might just […]
Atresmedia, operator of Antena 3 TV and La Sexta among other channels in Spain, is seeking to expand into Latin America and the US through the acquisition of TV channels or TV licences. CEO Silvio Gonzalez told El Economista: “We are open to any type of investment in the Audio Visual Latin American world. We […]
Following the initiative of the President of the Committee on Culture, Education and Communication, Catherine Morin-Desailly, and the Chairman of the Committee on Economic Affairs, Jean -Claude Lenoir, the French Senate’s Culture and Economic Affairs Commissions have held hearings with Sébastien Soriano, President of telecoms regulator Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques et des postes […]
UK media company UKTV has launched its TV application UKTV Play on Android. UKTV’s on demand service, which is already available on iOS, PC and YouView, gives viewers easy access to watch their favourite programmes from UKTV’s popular free-to-air channels, whenever and wherever they are. The free UKTV Play app offers a catalogue of hit […]
Samsung is warning its customers to avoid discussing personal information in front of their smart TVs. The cautionary note is for viewers who control their Samsung Smart TV using its voice activation feature. Such TV sets ‘listen’ to every conversation held in front of them and may share any details they hear with Samsung or […]
Time-Warner’s SportsNet has been testing 4K/UHD ‘proof of concept’ transmissions. Two broadcasts have been tested, a high-school football game and a regular NBA match held at the Los Angeles Staples Centre just before Christmas. Both events were wholly 4K, from “soup to nuts” according to Robby Greene, president of IMS Productions, the Indianapolis-based mobile production […]
According to Andrew Wajs, CTO at multiscreen, revenue assurance and media protection solutions specialist Irdeto, tackling next-generation content distribution, protection and monetisation challenges requires more than just technology, with operators needing to take a more holistic, end-to-end approach to thrive. Speaking to the Cable Congress Blog in advance of the event March 11th – 13th […]
Former Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie is looking to launch new national sports radio station a decade after he sold TalkSport. Sports Radio is one of a proposed lineup of services for the second wave of national commercial digital stations due to be licensed by media regulator Ofcom later this year. The station, which is part […]
The US Chamber of Commerce’s Global Intellectual Property Center (GIPC) has released its third annual International IP Index, UP: Unlimited Potential, which found that 20 of the 30 economies examined in the Index improved their scores from last year. Thailand received the lowest ranking, while the US received the highest. The 2015 edition of the […]