Indian DTH broadcaster Reliance Communications has confirmed it is selling its ‘BIG TV’ pay-TV service to a consortium comprising Pantel Technologies and Veecon Media & TV. The deal was first reported earlier in November. The final deal, announced November 29th, sees the incoming buyers take on Big TV on an ‘as is’ basis complete with […]
Mobile adspend across all formats is expected to reach $98.3 billion (€82.9bn) in 2017, representing almost a quarter (23 per cent) of worldwide advertising expenditure, according to new analysis from marketing intelligence service WARC. The latest Global Ad Trends report also forecasts mobile adspend will record 35.2 per cent year-on-year dollar growth in 2017, with […]
A licensee in the Merseyside area of northwest England has been found guilty of two offences of dishonest reception of a television transmission by showing Sky Sports football matches to customers without a commercial agreement from Sky. Sam Tate, designated premises supervisor of the Queens Hotel, Bootle, was found guilty in his absence of two […]
Most European commercial free-to-air TV broadcaster have had a tough time recently, not helped by the loss of essential advertising to rival Internet sites. However, a major report from investment bank Exane/BNPP suggests that Germany’s RTL Group could be the exception, and is “less at risk” because of its strong exposure to local programming. Another […]
Louis Boswell, senior media and digital business leader in Asia, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer, CASBAA. Boswell will begin his tenure on January 1st 2018, succeeding outgoing CEO Christopher Slaughter. As CEO for CASBAA, Boswell will serve as the content distribution industry’s leading advocate with industry leaders and policymakers throughout Asia-Pacific. In addition to […]
FAST.com, a broadband speed checker website launched by streaming giant Netflix, reports that it has now generated over quarter of a billion speed tests from around the world. To mark the milestone, the service has now added social media functions. In a blog post, Netflix said: “We all want a faster, better internet, yet internet […]
The BBC and VR production studio Rewind have launched A VR Spacewalk – an interactive VR experience – available for free on the HTC Vive and the Oculus Rift via the Steam Store and the Oculus Store. Inspired by the NASA training programmes used by British astronaut Tim Peake A VR Spacewalk enables users astronauts […]
Vodafone Spain is strengthening its cinema offer with the addition of Filmin, the independent cinema platform, to its programming line-up. The new service, with over 10,000 titles, will be free of charge for all Vodafone subscribers for the first two months. . Filmin distributes all films produced by independent producers different from the US majors […]
Social video creation platform Wochit has announced that Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) Southern and Western Europe, Middle East and Africa cluster has selected the company’s cloud-based toolset for implementation across brands in eight markets. Enhancing VIMN’s aggressive social video strategy, the deal gives the network’s brands and editorial teams greater ability to rapidly produce […]
Research from Aaron Wallis Sales Recruitment suggests that Netflix, Xfinity and Huawei are among the top 10 consumer brands to see their online interest rise this year. The study uses weekly indexes from Google Trends to measure ‘search interest’ – where search-engine data is aggregated around a topic, or in this case a business, to […]