WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) has announced its Q2 financial results. For the quarter, the company reported Net income of $5.1 million (€4.35m) compared to Net Income of $0.8 million in the prior year quarter. Operating income increased to $10.7 million from $1.5 million. WWE Network, the company’s SVoD service, averaged more than 1.63 million average […]
The proposed merger between two of India’s DTH pay-TV giants, Dish TV and Videocon d2h is close to being concluded. India’s National Company Law Tribunal has given the plan its approval. The next stages are for the two companies concerned to seek the approval of India’s Ministry of Broadcasting, which while not being a foregone […]
Discovery Communications and the Olympic Channel have unveiled a new partnership to engage a new, younger and wider audience in Europe with the Olympic Movement, bringing to life the inspiring human stories of ambition, sacrifice and achievement all year round across more screens. The agreement covers 50 markets in Europe and will advance the shared […]
Egypt’s giant public broadcaster, the Egyptian Radio & Television Union (ERTU), is reportedly selling its 40.06 per cent stake in Nilesat. Egypt’s National Investment Bank (NIB) has been given permission by the country’s Financial Supervisory Authority to acquire ERTU but without obliging the bank to issue a mandatory tender offer for the holdings of Nilesat’s […]
TiVo has expanded its existing intellectual property (IP) licence agreement with TCL, the fastest-growing TV brand in the US and the third largest TV manufacturer in the world, into North America. The latest IP licensing deal, which extends into the next decade, provides coverage for TCL North America’s television offerings including its line of TCL […]
Eutelsat Communications and Digiturk beIN Media Group have concluded a multi-year multi-transponder agreement on the Eutelsat 7A satellite, extending a collaboration that began in 2000 with the launch of Turkey’s first pay-TV platform that is today the platform of choice for TV homes in Turkey. Digiturk, Turkey’s largest pay-TV operator, has confirmed it will use […]
The new season of the 2nd division Bundesliga (“2. Bundesliga”) kicks off this weekend. Thanks to a deal with Sky, customers of UPC in Switzerland and the 15 distribution partners can watch all 306 matches in the 2. Bundesliga and, from August 18th, 266 Bundesliga matches, including multi-game broadcasts, pre-match reports and analyses. MySports can […]
LiveScale, a technology start-up based in Montreal and Paris, is introducing Livescale.tv, the first Social and VR live streaming platform. LiveScale is a next-generation live video platform, allowing content creators, broadcasters, medias, brands and businesses to reach fragmented audiences, on all their medias properties (web, mobile, social networks) at once. In less than 2 minutes, content […]
UK pay-TV giant Sky has reported a “strong year” and a 10 per cent increase in this year’s revenues, to £12.9 billion (€14.44bn), with Q4 operating profit up 8 per cent to £455 million. Sky says that it has won 686,000 new customers (including Germany and Italy) and takes its subscriber total to 22.5 million, […]
Confirming reports first revealed by advanced-television.com in August 2016 and May 2017, Sky has announced that it plans to launch an OTT service in Spain. Commenting on the company’s Full Year Results, Jeremy Darroch, Group Chief Executive, said it would continue to identify opportunities to reach new customers and intended to launch a “simple and affordable OTT service in […]