The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved (in a 3:2 vote) voluntary use by broadcasters of the new ATSC 3.0 advanced TV transmission scheme for the USA. The FCC, in its decision, has opened the starting gate for the USA’s next broadcasting standard for FTA terrestrial stations. In essence, the FCC ruling permits TV stations in […]
Telefónica’s pay-TV platform Movistar Plus and Disney have entered into a strategic alliance that will see the launch of a Movistar Disney channel. Movistar Disney is only the second TV channel globally that offers 24 hour broadcasts of Disney movies along with Sky Movies Disney in the UK. The new channel will air recent box […]
Is 21st Century Fox in play? Absolutely. Who’s playing who is a more complicated question. Two weeks ago, the news was of discussions with Disney about selling TV assets. Now Comcast is named as a possible buyer in the Murdoch press – that’s not a leak, that’s a release. And, as remarked here before, rumours […]
Legacy multichannel customer defections in the US accelerated in the quarter ending September 30th, coming in just shy of the 1.2 million mark to bring year-to-date losses to 2.9 million according to data compiled by Kagan, a group within S&P Global Market Intelligence. The combined cable, Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) and telecommunications multichannel subscriptions fell […]
French media conglomerate Vivendi enjoyed a significant uptick in its Q3 and 9-months revenues. Q3 revenues rose 2.7 per cent to €3.184 billion. Its 9-month picture was also greatly improved with revenues rising 11.8 per cent to €8.62 billion. Canal+ Group saw improvement in operating results in the third quarter, driven by positive commercial momentum […]
Intelsat wants to modify how its C-band frequencies are used over the US. It has in mind using bandwidth over metropolitan areas for 5G activity. Intelsat (and Intel) has submitted proposals to the FCC. SES, which also has potentially extremely valuable C-band frequencies over the US (because of its acquisition of the ‘Americom’ fleet of […]
Vimeo, the video sharing website, has added support for the HDR format. In a blog post the company said: “We aim to deliver creators, their videos, and their fans the highest quality video experience possible. That’s why today, we’re very excited to announce support for HDR videos on Vimeo. That means we can now bring […]
After officially launching documentary-focused Smithsonian Channel in October 2017, cable network operator Layer3 TV is now the first MVPD (Multichannel video programming distributor) to carry the channel’s full 4K On Demand library. As the first US network to adopt a regularly-refreshed 4K On Demand model, Smithsonian Channel’s offering includes 10 hours of dedicated 4K content […]
TVSquared, a specialist in TV measurement and optimisation, has acquired wywy, a provider of real-time spot-detection technology, headquartered in Germany. The acquisition also marks the opening of TVSquared’s Munich office, providing ground support for Germany and other European clients. The acquisition combines TVSquared’s ADvantage TV attribution platform with wywy’s automated content recognition technology. ADvantage users […]
In a sign of their ever-closer relationship BT and its main supplier Huawei are establishing a new research group at the UK’s University of Cambridge. The five-year initiative, backed by £25 million (€28m) in Huawei funding, will see researchers from BT and Huawei working alongside academics from the university. Areas of focus will include photonics, […]