AT&T and Time Warner have submitted a joint court filing arguing that their proposed $85.4 billion (€78.5bn) merger is “pro-competitive” and “pro-consumer”, seeking to refute claims by the US Department of Justice (DoJ) that the deal breaks antitrust law and would substantially lessen competition, resulting in higher prices and less innovation for millions of Americans. […]
The future of residential pay-TV services will be wrought from an intensifying clash between virtual operators such as Sling TV and DirecTV Now, and traditional cable, satellite, and telco pay-TV providers according to a report from research and advisory firm The Diffusion Group (TDG). Unfortunately, the battle will be for a larger slice of a […]
According to digital experience specialist Adobe, the adoption by TV Everywhere (TVE) providers of single sign-on (SSO) functionality has boosted TVE consumption significantly. Writing in the Adobe Blog, Blake Elmquist, Senior Product Marketing Manager for Adobe Primetime, says that the multiscreen TV platform developed single sign-on (SSO) functionality for TVE to make it easier for […]
Innovid, the video marketing platform, has released a report, Where are Brand Marketers Taking Their Video Strategy in 2018?, which presents the results of a survey completed by 140 marketing decision-makers at top brands, conducted during the summer of 2017 by Brand Innovators in partnership with Innovid. The survey queried brand marketers on how they perceive their brands’ […]
Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket company has raised $100 million in fresh funding, according to a regulatory filing made on November 27th. An earlier cash-raising exercise this summer for the privately-held company raised $350 million. The amended (to include the new $100 million) Series H financing round includes 25 unnamed investors and values SpaceX at $21.5 […]
US consumer-orientated coalition the Digital Citizens Alliance has launched new efforts to educate law enforcement, regulators, and parents about the dangers of pirated content, releasing a new video demonstrating the potential dangers of pirated movies and television shows that gets into peoples’ homes. According to the Alliance, the rise of illegal streaming devices (ISDs) has […]
HBO content is now available direct to consumers in Bulgaria, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia and Bosnia & Herzegovina. The expansion of HBO GO to seven more countries follows the November 13th launch of HBO GO in Hungary, Romania, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The exclusive online platform HBO GO offers HBO’s entire library of […]
In a move that pitches it in competition to SVoD rivals such as Netflix and Amazon, Charlotte Moore, the BBC’s Director of Content, has revealed plans to bring a host of box-sets and classic programmes back to BBC iPlayer to watch over the holiday period. In the lead up to Christmas, fans will be able […]
Ottawa-based satellite operator Telesat has lost a trial satellite (LEO-2) for its proposed global Low Earth Orbiting broadband system. Space Systems/Loral delivered the first of a pair of ‘Phase 1’ test satellites to the new Vostochny Cosmodrome in Eastern Russia near the Chinese border earlier in November, in readiness for a launch aboard a Soyuz-2 […]
South Africa’s pay-TV broadcaster Multichoice, owned by giant conglomerate Naspers, is facing allegations of being linked to local corruption claims between a TV channel, the immensely powerful Gupta family and the country’s former Minister of Communications, Mrs Faith Muthambi. The channel is ANN7, described by most local observers as a highly partisan News broadcaster and […]