Jeremy Darroch, CEO of Sky, has called on Europe’s policy makers to ensure a level regulatory playing field, suggesting that licensed broadcasters such as Sky are disadvantaged having to compete against global online platforms. Delivering a speech on TV, Technology and Policy at an audiovisual policy conference in Tallinn, Estonia, Darroch noted that much of […]
IAB Europe, in collaboration with IHS Markit, has published the AdEx Benchmark H1 2017 Study. The data reveals that online advertising grew 11.5 per cent to €22.2 billion for the first half of 2017 from €20.2 billion in H1 2016. The Study reveals that nearly all growth in online ad spend was on mobile; mobile […]
A survey of consumers over the past year in Europe and the US, by S&P Global Market Intelligence, has revealed that the vast majority of Internet households view online video on their in-home TVs. Yet, the devices consumers prefer to use to deliver online video content to the TV varies substantially in Europe and the […]
The wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle next year could break records for how we tune-in, with experts at Ooyala expecting more people to watch on mobile devices (smartphones and tablets) than laptops or PCs. According to Jim O’Neill, Principal Analyst at Ooyala, “the golden age of television may have come and gone, but […]
Futuresource Consulting has released its second wave of its ‘Living with Digital China’ report, a consumer survey focused on this technology savvy and entertainment hungry nation. It maps out the key trends in digital entertainment behaviour, including connected device usage and digital service adoption, together with content and genre preferences, amongst other areas. This latest […]
Rocket company Arianespace is the pride and joy of Europe’s space agencies, and in particular, the French government, which sees the Ariane rocket as a pinnacle of its engineering prowess. But Arianespace is under severe threat from Elon Musk’s SpaceX, and news that Germany’s DLR Aerospace Centre – a heavyweight contributor to the European Space […]
Following a joint investigation in Australia by global content protection body the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) and regional cable and satellite trade association CASBAA’s Coalition Against Piracy (CAP) into a large supplier of IPTV set-top boxes, pre-loaded to play pirated movies, television shows, sports programming, and other content has had these operations closed […]
Subscription, billing and customer relationship management (CRM) specialist Paywizard and Ostmodern, the broadcast content and VoD company, have revealed that ITV Box Office, the live events pay-per-view (PPV) arm of UK commercial broadcaster ITV, has selected the pair’s plug and play solution Venue to drive long term loyalty from PPV customers, and support the company’s […]
SVoD service Pantaflix has agreed a deal with Disney that will make the studio’s films available to streaming customers in Germany and Austria. The agreement will cover Disney films from Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars, including the availability of Star Wars: The Last Jedi on-demand at the same time as the DVD launch. The deal […]
Turner Japan will launch three new channels in January 2018 on dTV Channel, the streaming service from NTT Docomo. It will be the first time that the Boomerang brand is available in Japan, and marks the introduction of two brand new services: Mondo Mah-jong TV and Tabi Tele. They join Turner’s portfolio of channels already […]