French catch-up TV activity fell by 9.2 per cent last December to 366.8 million views after breaking records in November with 403.8 million views. According to figures by CNC which is compiled from 21 channels, catch-up TV, generated 3.7 billion requests over the whole of 2014. Online TV viewing followed the same pattern with a […]
SES has switched on a 4K demo channel from Astra 4A (operating from 4.8 degrees East) and which serves the Scandinavian and Baltic regions. The demo is already up and running for viewers with suitable Ultra-HD receivers. The channel is a duplicate of the existing 4K channel being transmitted from Astra’s 19.2/19.5 degrees East spot. […]
Ultra-HD TV sets were in 210,000 French households last year, and sales of 800,000 4K units are forecast for the country in 2015. According to GfK figures,
The acquisition of ONO has led Vodafone to increase its revenues by 24.8 per cent to €1.171 billion in the last quarter of 2014. The company has also registered a significant increase in subs to all services. Mobile phone users now number 5,549,000 with the company gaining 70,000 subs in broadband to 2,776,000 customers, 1,595,000 […]
Walt Disney has credited the continuing success of its Frozen brand and an increase in visitors to its theme parks for an “incredibly strong quarter”. Boosted by continued Frozen DVD and merchandise sales, net income rose 19 per cent to $2.2 billion in the quarter, with revenues up 9 per cent to $13.4 billion, both […]
OTT live streaming specialist Simplestream has secured an additional £2 million (€2.68m) in equity funding from a consortium including Beringea, a leading growth capital firm with a focus on media and technology companies, and YOLO Leisure and Technology, an AIM listed investment company. The investment will accelerate the expansion of Simplestream’s video streaming platform in […]
Fox International Channels (FIC) has confirmed the appointment of Jeff Ford as Managing Director (MD) of FIC UK starting April 2015. Fordwill be responsible for the growth and development of the UK channel business which encompasses pay-TV brands Fox, National Geographic Channel, Nat Geo WILD and Baby TV. As MD for FIC UK, Ford will […]
Vobile, a specialist in content protection, measurement and monetisation services, has acquired the Pay-Per-Transaction (PPT) business from Rentrak, an expert in measuring movies and TV everywhere. Vobile will hire all Rentrak PPT employees and continue to operate in their current Portland, Oregon office location. The PPT revenue sharing system enables retailers everywhere, regardless of size, […]
Reuters, the global news organisation, has launched Reuters TV, its new mobile TV news service available exclusively on Apple devices. Editorial content within Reuters TV is produced exclusively for the service and draws upon Reuters reach from 2,500 journalists in over 160 countries. To deliver the service’s variable programme lengths, all content is produced in […]
Akamai Technologies, a provider of cloud services for delivering, optimising and securing online content and business applications, today announced that Sky Italia has selected Akamai’s Aura Managed Content Delivery Network (MCDN) solution for its online content including live and on-demand video. With the Aura MCDN, which provides Sky with dedicated CDN capabilities that are maintained […]