As part of its strategy of consolidating a global distribution network in line with its clients’s needs worldwide, THEMA is proud to announce the creation of a new subsidiary in Mumbai, India, in charge of developing business operations across the Indian subcontinent (SAARC), including India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal and Maldives. Manivel Malone is […]
ARRIS International has announced the availability of three advanced set-tops providing the TiVo user experience, that support the NCTC VU-IT! Programme. The NCTC VU-IT! Program is focused on enabling independent operators to deliver integrated OTT services alongside standard cable programming. The next-generation set-top portfolio includes the MG2 Cable Media Gateway, Mi4 IP Client, and Qi3 […]
The return of Game of Thrones last week smashed previous viewing figure records for HBO in the US, where it has been watched more than 16 million times through official channels. However, that figure pales into comparison when compared to the number of people who watched it illegally. According to data from analytics firm MUSO,
July 22nd saw beIN Sports channels return to screens in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. The channels have been dark since the June 5th diplomatic dispute started between the UAE and Saudi Arabia with fellow-Qatari broadcaster Al-Jazeera. “We would like to advise that starting 22 July 2017, the BeIN package will be available to customers and […]
Consumer research from Leichtman Research Group (LRG) finds that 64 per cent of all US households have a subscription video on-Demand (SVoD) service from Netflix, Amazon Prime, and/or Hulu – up from 47 per cent in 2014. Among those who have an SVoD service, 51 per cent have more than one of these services – […]
Intelsat wants US the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to block – at least for the time being – SpaceX’s plan to girdle the Earth with more than 4400 mini-satellites. Intelsat has said to the FCC that the SpaceX scheme needs more study in order to check that its satellites would not interfere with those already […]
Portugal’s National Communications Authority (Anacom) has awarded a contract worth over €160,000 to Leadership Business Consulting for a study on expanding DTT in the country. The contract was signed after a restricted tender and based on prior qualification. According to the document, published on Portugal’s public procurement portal, the study must “take into account the […]
Orange Spain has launched a new set-top-box compatible with 4K and Netflix in Madrid, Valencia and Barcelona. The new STB, branded WHD81, also allows subscribers to access to YouTube, the streaming service Rakuten TV and 4K content. The STB has a new interface with two USB ports to watch TV content with DTT functionality.
With an additional nine TV operators joining SES’s Ultra HD trials, a total of 30 US pay-TV providers, with a combined audience of more than 10 million subscribers, are now testing SES’s 4K content delivery platform across their distribution networks. The latest wave of pay-TV system operators to ink Ultra HD trial agreements with SES […]
The past few days have seen some extraordinary valuations put on Netflix by Wall Street investors and their advisers following on from a surprisingly good set of results from the streaming company on July 17th. Morgan Stanley, for example, is happy to place a target price of $210 per share, while other investment banks talk […]