Just days after announcing it will show every minute of every Tour de France until 2023, Eurosport recorded an average viewing number of 785,000 over the 21 stages, a 10 per cent increase versus 2016. Significant year-on-year growth was recorded in Germany (+37 per cent), Spain (+32 per cent), Italy (+17 per cent), Denmark (+8 […]
Air China, the flag carrier and one of the major airlines of the People’s Republic of China, has selected in-flight entertainment and connectivity (IFEC) solutions from Panasonic Avionics for its fleet of Airbus A350 aircraft. Under the terms of the agreement, Panasonic will provide its eX3 in-flight entertainment for 10 Air China A350 aircraft. The […]
In a move that will help it keep track of illegally-shared content on its platform, Facebook has acquired intellectual property start-up Source3. Announcing the deal on its official website, Source3 founders Patrick F Sullivan, Benjamin Cockerham and Scott Sellwood, said: “Today, we wanted to let everyone know that we’ve decided to continue our journey with […]
The overall annual impact of film and TV piracy on the Italian economy is estimated at €1.2 million of lost revenue, resulting in an €427 million contraction of GDP and 6,540 lost jobs. The figures are from research conducted by
The growth of pay-TV and online streaming services is taking TV ad revenues away from the largest FTA operators in Spain; namely Mediaset and Atresmedia. In the first half of the year, Mediaset and Atresmedia earned €10 million less in ad revenues than the same period last year. According to consultancy firm Infoadex, Atresmedia, owner […]
YouTube is racking up 1.5 billion monthly viewers in part through a big jump in big-screen viewing, according to parent company Alphabet at its Q2 results. Google CEO Sundar Pichai said
The Berkeley Group – one of the UK’s best-known developers of new homes – says access to ultrafast broadband is now almost as important to new home buyers as running water and electricity. According to Berkeley’s Chief Executive, Rob Perrins, owners expect it to be available from the day they move in and the company […]
International IoT research firm Parks Associates has published research showing smart TV penetration will reach 57 per cent in Western Europe this year. This growth comes as the connectivity rates for smart TV are also increasing; in the US, 82 per cent of smart TV owners connect their device to the Internet. New use cases […]
Augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality (MR) presents many opportunities for application enhancement and new monetisation opportunities, but the technologies are still a long-way from being an everyday feature of consumers’ lives, according to Futuresource’s latest industry tracking report for AR and MR in mobile. The report,
The latest findings from the 2017 Pay-TV Innovation Forum, the survey of pay-TV industry executives globally, suggests that 76 per cent of respondents believe innovation is a top priority, citing the launch of new products and services as the best way to maintain and grow their businesses in a highly competitive market environment. The research, […]