The CEO of Mediaset Spain, Paolo Vasile, has accused telco operators – Telefónica, Vodafone and Orange- of distorting the TV market by inflating the prices for football TV rights. At a conference in Madrid, he expressed concern about the fact that pay-TV is controlled by telco operators. According to him: “This generates distortion in the […]
James Murdoch will face another showdown with investors at Sky’s AGM next week as shareholders were urged to vote against his re-election as chair because of concerns about his independence. Institutional Shareholder Services, Glass Lewis and Pirc, which between them advise many of the world’s biggest institutions how to vote at annual meetings, called on […]
On October 6th, New-York based start-up We Are TV will launch an augmented reality app that allows TV viewers to interact with live, replay or VoD programming, and enhance their experience either by playing games or by posting views and comments. Touted as the “Pokémon Go of TV”, the app allows virtual 3D elements to […]
Research from Dataxis sheds light on the steady expansion of the pay-TV market in Africa. Following data publication for the second quarter of 2017, the total number of pay-tv subscribers reached approximately 23.7 million. This represents a quarter on quarter growth of +2 per cent, and a year on year growth of +18 per cent, […]
A new study, Measuring Digital Advertising Revenue to Infringing Sites, from The Trustworthy Accountability Group (TAG) – an advertising industry initiative to fight criminal activity in the digital advertising supply chain – has found that anti-piracy steps taken by the digital advertising industry have reduced ad revenue for pirate sites by between 48 and 61 […]
The Intelsat-Intel application to the FCC to permit terrestrial 5G cellular operators to access some of Intelsat’s C-band spectrum over the US has gone down like a proverbial ‘lead balloon’ amongst many of the world’s major satellite operators. On October 4th, SES issued an extremely cautious response to the proposal, and since then Asia Satellite Broadcasting […]
Croatian telecom operator Iskon Internet is prepping to launch a personalised TV service in Croaita at the start of November. The new version of Iskon.TV has been upgraded with a series of algorithms that track the user’s behaviour and consumption of TV content and suggest similar content that might be of interest. Users can access […]
Dubai-based MBC, perhaps the most important commercial broadcaster in the MENA region, says it has no plans for 4K broadcasting. MBC’s CEO Sam Barnett, speaking at Arabsat’s Customer Forum, in Oman, said bluntly that he could see no “Return on investment for 4K. I maintain it is a conspiracy by the engineers,” he told delegates […]
Edge Investments, the specialist investment house focused on the creative industries sector, in particular media and entertainment, has taken a minority stake in Dial Square 86, the holding company for The RightsXchange (TRX). TRX is an online deal-making platform for TV rights licensing. It enables TV programme buyers to search for content, access instant rights […]
Google are partnering have partnered on a virtual reality (VR) travel series spanning all seven continents. The 38-episode series, entitled Discovery TRVLR, will explore the rituals and traditions of cultures in North and South America, Asia, Australia, Africa, Antartica, and Europe. The show will be available on YouTube, DiscoveryVR.com, and on the Discovery VR app […]