Croatia’s Electronic Media Council has ruled that there are no legal conditions for the purchase of 100 per cent of the shares of Croatian national broadcaster Nova TV by Slovenia Broadband. In its ruling, the country’s media regulator said that this was due to the “inadmissibility of concentration” as foreseen in the Electronic Media Act, […]
Even though most observers still see the 21st Century Fox bid for the 61 per cent of Sky that it does not already control being approved by the UK’s media secretary (and following the deal’s assessment by the Competition & Markets Authority) the market clearly has the jitters. The proof, as a November 15th report […]
Orange Spain has extended its symmetrical 500 Mbps fibre offer to all its convergent subscribers to the LOVE package, claiming to be the first in Spain to provide the highest speed to all its customers. LOVE subscribers will be able to enjoy the new offer from €63.95 a month with TV at €8.95 or La […]
A study by Transparency Market Research (TMR) has detected that the shares in the global OTT services market are distributed among a large number of vendors who cater to international and regional demand. That being said, a few players do hold a position of strength, such as Netflix, Apple, Google, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. These players are […]
Amazon has acquired the UK broadcast rights to the US Open in a five-year deal. The news comes on the back of the company securing a five-year agreement to broadcast matches from the ATP World Tour beginning in 2018 and makes Amazon, which includes the BBC iPlayer and Eurosport Player on its service, the only […]
In what must be considered a case of “me too”, the market has treated London-based satellite operator Inmarsat with a marked downgrade following its profit warning. Inmarsat’s share price has crashed over the past ten days from about 600p to 497p on November 15th. Indeed, the Inmarsat results follow on from similar poor results from […]
A series of product safety tests on popular illicit streaming devices entering the UK have found that 100 per cent fail to meet national electrical safety regulations. The findings are a result of a joint initiative between UK intellectual property protection organisation FACT (Federation Against Copyright Theft) and safety awareness body Electrical Safety First which […]
Reports out of Buenos Aires say that Argentina is expected to permit telephone companies to offer satellite-delivered TV services by the end of this year. Enacom, Argentina’s telecoms regulator, was the source of the news according to local Reuters reports. There is a pending ruling on a proposed merger between Telecom Argentina and Cablevision, and […]
Kaltura, the video technology provider, has published its fourth annual State of Video in the Enterprise report, an international study of almost 650 enterprise professionals that examines the evolving use of video in business. The results reveal that large organisations now consider the integration of video content and workflows into all of their key technology platforms an important […]
Independent research commissioned by anti-piracy organisation Creative Content Australia (CCA) shows the growth of online screen content theft has been arrested and remains static, with 21 per cent of adults 18–64 admitting some form of piracy. CCA Executive Director Lori Flekser released the organisation’s ninth wave of independent research to delegates at the Screen Producers’ […]