Forming the first collaborative single-market effort to plan for and implement a transition to next-generation over-the-air television broadcasting, broadcast groups E.W. Scripps Company, Fox Television Stations, Meredith Local Media Group, Nexstar Media Group, TEGNA, Telemundo Station Group, Univision Communications, and Pearl TV have revealed a comprehensive effort planned for the Phoenix, Arizona TV market to […]
Leichtman Research Group (LRG) has found that the largest pay-TV providers in the US — representing about 95 per cent of the market – lost around 405,000 net video subscribers in Q3 2017, compared to a loss of 250,000 subscribers in Q3 2016. The top pay-TV providers account for 92.2 million subscribers — with the […]
Discovery Spain has launched DPLAY, a free streaming service that allows viewers to watch on demand programmes, documentaries and TV series from the DMax channel at any time and on any device. Viewers, who can registered at DPLAY.es, will also be able to personalise content with their own play lists, save their selections, rate content […]
Which? analysis suggests there can be big shortfalls in the average broadband speeds in some local authority areas when comparing estimates by providers against actual speeds reported using a speed checker. A review of data from Speedchecker found that people in some areas were experiencing much lower median speeds than providers said they supply. The […]
SES has renewed a valuable distribution agreement with key client ProSiebenSat.1. Part of deal covers all of the broadcasting group’s FTA standard definition transmissions. SES-owned facility and playout division MX1 will continue to handle technical services. What’s important to the deal is that SES holds onto ProSiebenSat.1’s standard definition channels, which means that dual emissions, […]
China’s Hisense Electric has bought Toshiba’s TV production, its brand, R&D and operations, effective November 14th. Hisense will purchase 95 per cent stock shares of Toshiba Visual Solutions Corporation (TVS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Toshiba Corporation for ¥12.9 billion (€96m) with Toshiba retaining 5 per cent stock holding. Hisense will obtain the TVS businesses including production, […]
Dataxis research shows that some 40 worldwide pay-TV operators deployed Android STBs during the third quarter of 2017. Android is in general used by operators wishing to create more “OTT friendly” pay-TV offers as well as pure OTT services. However, Dataxis research shows that the actual number of subscribers with Android STBs remains limited. For […]
Survey data from Netflix reveals 67 per cent of people will risk embarrassment, awkwardness and spoilers to watch their favourite shows and movies in public. In a world with 2.4 billion smartphone users, mobile viewing is on the rise and ‘binge-free zones’ are a thing of the past. But as millions of people take full […]
It wasn’t so long ago that Russia enjoyed a major portion of the ‘West’s’ satellite launching demands via its Proton rockets, as well as its regular Soyuz crew and re-supply flights to the International Space Station (ISS). The arrival of SpaceX has changed the launching dynamic considerably. This year, to date, Russia has supplied 17 […]
HTC has unveiled a standalone virtual reality headset branded the Vive Focus. The all-in-one VR device does not need to be connected to a computer or use a smartphone’s screen to show images. The device has an AMOLED screen and uses internal sensors to work out where the user is looking, giving a greater ability […]