The BBC is to continue to broadcast live radio coverage of the so-called Ashes Test Cricket series between Australia and England and including the Women’s Ashes, after renewing its partnership with Cricket Australia. The new five-year agreement includes Test Match Special (TMS) coverage of this winter’s five-Test men’s tour down under, which starts in November. […]
Having recently surpassed the 60 million home mark, David Di Lorenzo, President of Kabillion, announced the kid-focused VoD provider has recently launched its first Spanish-language app, Kabillion en Español, on the Roku platform. The app is a children’s learning and entertainment channel in Spanish, featuring many of Kabillion’s top animated titles, including the popular Dive […]
Kantar Media reveals the integration of Facebook data into its Kantar Twitter TV Ratings tool. The enhanced capabilities of its newly renamed Kantar Social TV Ratings tool will deliver an even more comprehensive picture of social TV engagement. Kantar Media’s collaboration with Facebook now enables clients to see counts of posts, likes, comments and shares […]
Pay-TV group Sky is in talks with Italian wholesale network operator Open Fiber as part of its plans to offer a high-speed broadband service in Italy. A deal could be reached in October and Sky could start offering the new service as early as the first quarter of 2018, sources familiar with the matter told […]
HD+ subscribers in Germany are now able to watch exclusively live Bundesliga matches as well as Tennis Grand Slams, Cycling highlights and MotoGP, following a partnership with Discovery Networks Germany, Eurosport’s parent company. Under the new agreement with Discovery Networks Germany, SES’s German HD media platform HD+ is delivering a ‘Eurosport package’ offer, which includes […]
Spanish pay-TV operators are now in a fierce battle to gain penetration in bars and restaurants for a business valued at over €500 million a year. Vodafone has reduced its pay-TV package including all football (La Liga, Copa del Rey, Champions League and UEFA League), Formula 1 and Moto GP to €150 (a €10 discount) […]
While many of the world’s broadcasters and viewers are investing in 4K, the shift to 8K is also happening – at least in Japan. There, the plan is to capture and broadcast the 2020 Summer Olympics in 8K, and to broadcast the images to special locations and even homes equipped with 8K displays. Indeed, the […]
TiVo has reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30th 2017. “TiVo executed well in the second quarter with strong financial results,” said Tom Carson, President and CEO of TiVo. “We signed deals and launched products in pay-TV, OTT and mobile during the quarter. This included product deals with Millicom, Cable Onda and […]
US home entertainment spending has grown 3 per cent so far in 2017, reaching nearly $4.5 billion (€3.79bn) for the quarter and more than $9 billion in the first half, with consumers continuing to spend more on digital transactions to enjoy movies through electronic purchases and video on demand, according to home entertainment trade association […]
Charlie Ergen, co-founder and chairman/CEO of DISH Network (and the separate Echostar satellite business), talking to equity analysts following on from DISH Network’s quarterly trading results (see separate story), said that DiSH “wanted to become a connectivity company”. Ergen had been asked whether the recent rumours naming DISH along with Softbank and cellular operator Sprint, […]