Music, video and games sales in the UK surged by 6.4 per cent in the first half of 2017 compared with same period of 2016, according to figures from trade body Entertainment Retailers Association. It marks a sharp acceleration on the growth seen in calendar 2016 when sales grew 3 per cent compared with 2015. […]
Fast-growing Australian satellite uplink and TV facilities company Speedcast is buying Maryland-based UltiSat for “up to $100 million” spread over two years. UltiSat has a teleport in Blaavand, Denmark. The purchase price is based on the financial achievements of UltiSat this year and into 2018. The core price is $65 million, with additional potential payments […]
Following the exit of Sony Pictures Television presidents Zack Van Amburg and Jamie Erlicht to Apple last month, Sony Pictures Entertainment Chairman and CEO Tony Vinciquerra has set new leadership of the studio’s television production operation. Vinciquerra has named Sony TV head of business affairs Jeff Frost as President of Sony Pictures Television Studios. Frost […]
Tele Columbus, the third largest German cable MSO, has confirmed that Ronny Verhelst, who has led the company as CEO for nearly seven years since 2011, will leave for personal reasons as of February 1st 2018. He will be succeeded as CEO as of the same date by Timm Degenhardt, who is joining from the […]
TiVo has unveiled its new fully-integrated Personalised Content Discovery platform. The new platform provides video operators with a comprehensive suite of content discovery features that combine TiVo’s conversational voice search with personalised search and recommendations. The platform also features powerful analytics capabilities that enable operators to conduct A/B testing; thus, giving operators the ability to […]
Nielsen will soon begin including Hulu Live TV and YouTube TV viewing in its TV ratings in the US. All programming on Hulu Live TV and YouTube TV that have the same commercials that ran when the programme aired on TV, will be included in Nielsen’s ratings no matter the device or whether it was […]
Trading standards officers in the inner-London Borough of Westminster have led a successful operation that seized a cache of potentially dangerous illegal TV streaming devices. The joint operation between Westminster Trading Standards, National Crime Agency, the Government Agency Intelligence Network (GAIN) and with intellectual property protection organisation FACT (Federation Against Copyright Theft), seized more than […]
Freesat, the UK’s subscription-free satellite television platform, has added Ketchup TV to its VoD line-up. Available immediately, Ketchup TV offers free children’s entertainment and educational shows. Firm favourites for children on Ketchup TV include Ben & Holly’s Little Kingdom, Little Baby Bum, Caillou, Fireman Sam and Thomas and Friends, as well as educational programmes Super […]
The Digital Production Partnership (DPP) has published its predictions for the key trends at CES 2018, enabled by global communications and IT services company CenturyLink. The hot topics identified by the DPP broadly fall under three environments: home, car and the public realm. “The approach to technology over the last few years has been a […]
Russian premium pay-TV and SVoD platform AMEDIA TV and HBO have signed a new multi-year deal providing AMEDIA TV with the right to broadcast first-run HBO shows and HBO’s entire programming library, exclusively in Russia. The deal makes AMEDIA Premium HD, consisting of AMEDIA Premium and AMEDIA Hit channels and SVoD service Amediateka, the HOME OF HBO beginning in July 2017. All new HBO […]