Pay-radio broadcaster Sirius XM reported another impressive set of results, saying Q1 profits were up 20 per cent at $207 million with revenues up 8 per cent at $1.3 billion – and helped by net growth of 257,000 subscribers taking its overall total to 31.6 million. However, Sirius XM, owned 49.5 per cent by Liberty […]
The Board of Directors of Eutelsat Communications has appointed Yohann Leroy Deputy CEO in addition to his function as Chief Technical Officer, alongside Michel Azibert, Deputy CEO and Chief Commercial and Development Officer. Rodolphe Belmer, Eutelsat CEO, said: “Yohann has made a significant contribution to Eutelsat’s development and to our senior leadership team. His appointment […]
The rise of streaming is being driven largely by the increase of streaming to the TV set, according to the findings from Horowitz Research’s State of Pay TV, OTT and SVOD study. According to the study, in 2013 TV viewers reported streaming just
This year, the opening discussion of ANGA COM (May 30th to June 1st in Cologne) will be moderated by TV journalist Claus Strunz. Currently and amongst others, Strunz is presenter of the German TV magazine akte 20.17, broadcast by Sat.1. He was editor-in-chief of the German tabloid newspaper Bild am Sonntag and deputy editor-in-chief of […]
Technology firm Triple-C is launching SMART in partnership with Vonetize, the new IPTV service for the Israeli market, with STB solutions spcialist WeTek (www.wetek.com) providing customised Set-top boxes fully adapted to both Triple C’s network and Vonetize’s content distribution service. “This collaboration with Triple-C and Vonetize clearly conveys our vision and translates how bound and […]
Newsflare, the video marketplace which sells videos to the global media and TV producers, has continued its partnership with one of the UK’s largest indies, ITN Productions, to produce a second series of popular TV programme, Car Crash Global. The pair first teamed up in May 2016 to create the original series, featuring dash-cam footage […]
YuMe, a provider of digital video brand advertising., has released a report measuring ad attention by comparing the actual time a viewer’s eyes were tracked watching an ad against the total time the ad was viewable for connected TV, desktop and mobile campaigns. The study concludes that viewers pay attention to a higher proportion of ads […]
Mobile advertising accounted for more than half (51 per cent) of the record-breaking $72.5 billion (€66.5bn) spent by advertisers last year, according to the latest IAB Internet Advertising Revenue Report, released by the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), and prepared by PwC US. The total represents a 22 per cent increase, up from $59.6 billion in […]
Investment company Kinnevik has agreed to acquire 33.9 million shares, corresponding to an approximate 18.5 per cent interest, in Swedish multi-play operator Com Hem Holding from NorCell S.à r.l., the indirect investment holding company of funds advised by BC Partners LLP, for a cash consideration of SEK 110 per share, or SEK 3.7 billion (€385m) […]
Netflix has raised its senior notes offering to €1.3 billion, upsizing the debt offering from a previously announced €1 billion. The streaming giant is offering the notes to investors outside of the US and said that it expects the sale to close on May 2nd. The notes will mature on May 15th 2027, unless earlier […]