Italian broadcaster Mediaset is planning to relaunch its TV on-demand online offering in 2018. Mediaset Play will offer free access to all programming aired by the broadcaster’s three flagship TV channels (Canale 5, Italia 1 and Rete 4) with viewers able to pause and restart them to watch from the beginning. Access to the service […]
HBO has struck a deal with Hulu that will see its content and services offered as an add-on for the US streaming service. HBO, along with Cinemax, can now be added to Hulu’s existing subscription. HBO will cost $15 (€13.14) per month and Cinemax will cost $10 per month, on top of Hulu’s subscription fees. […]
UK regulator Ofcom has published its Public Service Broadcasting Annual Research Report for 2017. The report assesses the performance of the designated public service broadcasters – the BBC, ITV, STV, UTV, Channel 4, S4C and Channel 5. While all BBC public service television channels are PSB channels, only the primary channels of each of the […]
Equity analysts at investment bank Exane/BNP-Paribas, in a major 80-page report on the state of Europe’s commercial broadcasting industry, say that commercial TV is under extreme pressure from digital and social media operators. “The TV market is behaving abnormally,” says the bank. The bank’s study is blunt: “We show that Facebook’s and Google’s expansion is […]
John Malone-owned digital commerce business investor Liberty Interactive is to acquire the 62 per cent of interactive multichannel retailer HSNi it does not already own in an all-stock transaction. “We are excited to announce the acquisition of HSNi. The addition of HSN will enhance QVC’s position as the leading global video eCommerce retailer. Every year […]
Streaming music site Pandora is reportedly going to wind down its push for more high-value subscribers, say researchers at Needham & Co. Pandora is now heavily under the influence of Liberty Media, which also controls SiriusXM. Needham & Co’s Laura Martin, in a research note to clients, says with SiriusXM holding three of nine board […]
UPC has secured the distribution rights for the German football Bundesliga for its MySports channel by entering into a partnership with Sky Deutschland. The deal kicks of with the upcoming season. Steffi Buchli, Director of Programming, MySports: “I am thrilled that as a new sports channel we can now also offer our customers this highlight […]
Greece’s Syriza-led government is keen to limit the number of national terrestrial broadcasters to four. The country’s National Council of Radio & Television (ESR) disagrees, and wants to permit a total of 7 terrestrial broadcasters. Syriza wanted to shake up Greece’s established broadcasting sector, although faced controversy and allegations of favoritism in its decisions. ESR, […]
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is seeking views on the potential joint bid for Ten Network by bodies controlled by Lachlan Murdoch and Bruce Gordon, in particular, how it might affect competition in Australian media and advertising, as well as any effects on what TV programming. In an issues letter released on July […]
BBC Monitoring is reporting that Russia’s state-run Channel One TV and China Central Television (CCTV) have signed an agreement to launch the first Russian television channel in China. The deal was sealed at the Russian-Chinese media forum held on July 4th as Chinese President Xi Jinping was visiting Moscow, Russian state-owned news agency TASS reported. […]