UK advertisers are expected to commit £1.2 billion (€1.34bn) on TV ads in the coming weeks, with a record-breaking £6 billion projected to be spent on all forms of marketing this Christmas, according to MediaCom. The 1 per cent year-on-year boost in TV ad spending expected in Q4 will mark the first growth since the […]
Analysis from Citizens Advice shows that in just three months, UK consumers paid an average of £160 (€179) towards unwanted subscriptions such as pay-TV, insurance and online streaming services. With the rise of subscription services available, Citizens Advice is warning consumers that while it may be easy to sign up for these services, they can be […]
Larry Gerbrandt takes time out at Thanksgiving to explain how digital technology is changing US lifestyle and traditions. Ask the average US citizen to name their favourite holiday and the answer is likely to be ‘Thanksgiving’. It is a holiday (always celebrated on the third Thursday of November) steeped in generations of tradition. It not […]
In a move that typifies how software company AWS Elemental is benefitting from being part of the broader Amazon Web Services operation and utilising the benefits of the Cloud, the company has revealed five AWS Elemental Media Services, an integrated suite of services that make it easy for video providers of all kinds to create […]
Magazine company Meredith Corporation has announced that it is finally buying the Time Inc publishing group (it has tried twice before) in a “transformative” $1.8 billion (€1.5bn) deal. Meredith, which owns a portfolio including Better Homes & Gardens, Family Circle, and Shape, will fund the deal with the help of the right-wing, billionaire Koch brothers, […]
NBN Co, the body responsible for the roll-out of Australia’s national broadband network, has temporarily paused all new orders over its Hybrid Coaxial-Fibre (HFC) network access network. This pause will be in effect until incremental field work is undertaken to raise the quality of service for end users. The changes to the HFC (also known […]
The pay-TV segments of Singapore’s telcos are all plagued by piracy and increasing OTT content service providers, such as Netflix and Hulu. OCBC Investment Research reports that the total number of pay-TV subscribers as at end-Q3 2017 fell 4 per cent to 871,000. StarHub’s pay-TV subscriber base fell 2.1 per cent QoQ to 467,000 subscribers […]
South Africa’s public broadcaster SABC wants the nation’s digital pay-TV broadcasters, Naspers-owned DStv, to start paying to carry SABC’s broadcasts. Currently, DStv can carry SABC1, SABC2 and SABC3 free of charge. SABC is the country’s Number 1 channel in terms of viewer popularity. SABC has formally written to the country’s media regulator ICASA to change […]
AsiaSat 9, the most powerful member of the AsiaSat fleet, is fully operational at 122 degrees East following successful migration of all services from AsiaSat 4, delivering enhanced power, greater bandwidth and improved efficiency to customers for advanced DTH, TV distribution, VSAT broadband and mobil ity services across the Asia-Pacific. “Our brand new AsiaSat 9 […]
Together with Orange Polska, global sports provider Eleven Sports has become one of the first sports platforms in Poland to offer 4K resolution to fans with the launch of Eleven Sports 1 in 4K. The new channel will offer full 4K coverage of top sporting events including Bundesliga, LaLiga, Serie A and Ligue 1 football […]