The rapid take-up of FTTH is changing the face of the telco distribution map in Spain, with FTTH surpassing DSL for the first time with 5.7 million lines versus 5.6 million, according to Spain’s Competition and Markets Authority (Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia [CNMC]). FTTH increased by 107,712 lines in July, with […]
Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset has signed an agreement with AT&T for the distribution of the Mediaset Italia in the US, effective immediately. Mediaset Italia will be available across the US via the DirecTV DTH platform that has over 21 million subscribers. The best-of channel airs a selection of programmes from Mediaset’s flagship terrestrial TV channels […]
Digital services provider Levira sees Estonia as ideal destination for international TV broadcasters to acquire operating licences for the EU market, once Brexit will take effect, with the prospect of UK-based licences becoming void. Martti Kinkar, Development and Project Manager of Levira, suggests that companies currently operating under Ofcom licences to broadcast television channels in […]
The FreeWheel Council for Premium Video Europe (FWCE) has launched a whitepaper providing an overview of viewability standards for premium video and the digital industry as a whole, and explores how current metrics could evolve. The position paper from the advocacy group, Defining a View, The Impact of Evolving Video Dynamics, includes research and insights […]
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) – the organisation that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide – has released Connecting with Music, the 2017 Music Consumer Insight Report. Based on research conducted by Ipsos Connect, the report examines the ways in which fans are engaging with recorded music across 13 of […]
The UK music industry grew by 6 per cent in 2016 to contribute £4.4 billion (€4.95bn) to the economy, according to Measuring Music 2017, a major new report from UK Music, the umbrella body for the music industry and represents artists, musicians, songwriters, composers, record labels, music managers, music publishers, producers, music licensing organisations and […]
Russia’s media and communications watchdog Roskomnadzor (Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Telecom, Information Technologies and Mass Communications) has permanently blocked 234 digital piracy websites, according to Alexander Zharov, head of the body. Zharov declared that the fight against digital piracy is successful. According to Zharov, the Moscow City Court blocked 3,700 websites […]
If there can be a ‘beIN’ sports offering then it could be logical that someone might offer a ‘beOUT’ alternate. The problem is that Saudi Arabian-based ‘beoutQ’ is streaming beIN’s exclusive sports content in Saudi Arabia – and elsewhere – without permission. Qatar-based (and currently not having the best diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia) beIN […]
Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) has completed its acquisition of the Ten Sports channels owned by Zee Entertainment Networks (ZEEL). Sony paid $366.3 million overall and the latest payment obligation concludes the transaction. The final amount paid is also $18.7 million less than first announced. The difference is because a building in Dubai, leased by […]
Zimbabwe may be in a perilous state financially, but local telecoms tycoon Strive Masiyiwa’s new pay television service, Kwese TV, has now debuted in South Africa on Netflix. Kwese TV “launched in South Africa with an OTT service anchored on Netflix” offering a service known as Kwese Play. This allows viewers to stream Netflix and […]