A major 150-page research report from equity analysts at investment bank Exane/BNP-Paribas does not make good reading for Europe’s traditional FTA broadcasters, both commercial and public and even for established pay-TV operators. The study says that many broadcasters believe that European TV is different from those in the US, and that there is no way […]
Sky Sports says it has strengthened its position as the home of English football with a new deal to show live coverage of the EFL – which covers the second, third and fourth tiers of the professional game – until 2024, offering Sky customers more matches and more ways to watch than ever before. The […]
In 2017, for the first time, smartphones will be the preferred method to access the Internet among adults in the UK, according to research firm eMarketer’s latest time spent forecast. Adults in the UK will spend 1 hour 59 minutes a day on their smartphone, eclipsing their daily time spent on desktops and laptops by […]
Netflix has released highlights from the August data from its ISP Speed Index, its monthly update on which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) provide the best primetime Netflix streaming experience. South Korea rose ten spots to 40th in our country rankings, with an average speed of 2.82 Megabits per second (Mbps). The rise was bolstered by […]
French TV sales are in decline: less than 2 million TV sets were sold over the first six months of 2017 against 3.9 million in the same period last year. This represents a 46 per cent decrease according to GfK. The research company forecasts around 4.9 million units will be sold this year, around 150,000 […]
India’s Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB) cancelled 19 television licences in the 5-week period between August 1st and September 5th. The cancellations take this year’s total to 216, AS AT September 5th. Most of the cancelled channels were for services that were not taken up by the licence-holders and were non-operational. Typical were 3 […]
The Digital Production Partnership (DPP) has entered into a formal partnership with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to drive the development of technical standards and the adoption of interoperability across the media industry. “The DPP and the EBU both deeply understand the value of collaboration in driving change,” said DPP Managing Director, Mark Harrison. “The […]
Despite major growth in the number and range of legal online content choices available to them, recent studies have found Singaporeans to be among the top consumers of pirated online content around the world. A new consumer research study from research company Sycamore, revealed at an event sponsored by digital multichannel TV trade body CASBAA, […]
Streamroot, pioneer in distributed OTT video delivery solutions, has secured an additional $3.2 million in funding, bringing the company’s total financing to $6 million. Contributions in this round came from premier international firms including Partech Ventures, Techstars Venture Capital Fund, Verizon Ventures and R/GA. Founded in early 2014, Streamroot developed the first webRTC-based peer-to-peer delivery […]
Skyline Communications, a specialist in end-to-end multi-vendor network management, orchestration and OSS software solutions, has announced that Sky is in the process of deploying Skyline’s DataMiner solution for the operational end-to-end service management in its playout departments in the UK. Thomas Gunkel, Market Director Broadcast at Skyline Communications, said, “We have delivered a solution for […]