On January 25th an Arianespace rocket launch went badly wrong and placed two satellites into incorrect orbits. What is now clear from reports in the French press is that while both satellites were reacquired and re-programmed in space and will eventually achieve their correct orbits, the consequences for Arianespace – and the two satellite’s owners […]
Wibbitz, the AI-powered video creation platform, has released the findings from its latest study, Video For Business: Content Consumption Trends, analysing how and where consumers are motivated to consume video in addition to the type of content they prefer. In late 2017, Wibbitz surveyed over 1,000 people finding that among various business use cases inclusive […]
HBO is licensing 50 of its TV series to Amazon Prime Video in Japan, making shows including Game of Thrones and True Detective free to members of the Prime service. Other major HBO titles, including The Sopranos, Six Feet Under and The Wire — all of which have already screened on local cable channels — […]
Cisco has announced the completion of its acquisition of BroadSoft. Cisco said BroadSoft will accelerate its cloud strategy and collaboration portfolio by adding cloud calling and contact centre solutions to its calling, meetings, messaging, customer care, hardware endpoints and services portfolio. Former BroadSoft CEO Michael Tessler and his organisation are joining Cisco’s Unified Communications Technology […]
India-based factual channel Travelxp HD is extending carriage to the pay-TV bouquets Skylink (Czech Republic and Slovakia), Canal Digitaal and Online.nl (Netherlands) and TV VLAANDEREN (Belgium). The channel will be 24/7. The deal was signed with M7 Group, and the channel will be available from February 7th. While the channel is available with English voice-over, […]
Innovid, the video marketing platform, has announced a partnership with XUMO to bring fully addressable, interactive capabilities to Internet-based live TV channels. Launching on LG’s Channel Plus service, exclusively powered by XUMO, the new partnership enables a seamless viewing experience with dynamic ads appearing alongside relevant content. “By teaming up with XUMO, Innovid is adding […]
International digital entertainment group Modern Times Group (MTG) has agreed to accept a €2 billion bid from Danish telco TDC that will see it merge its Nordic Entertainment and MTG Studios businesses with TDC Group, in order to create what the pair say is Europe’s first fully-convergent media and communications provider with an enhanced and […]
In response to the Egyptian Cairo Economic Court’s judgement, beIN Media Group says it categorically rejects – and is shocked and appalled by – the decision, which is says sends a deeply troubling message to any international entity seeking to do business in Egypt. The judgement is based on unfounded and politically motivated allegations by […]
The TF1 Group has failed to reach an agreement with Orange for the continued distribution of its MYTF1 catch-up service and unencrypted channels. TF1 said it was “disappointed” with the outcome and noted that it had been successful in reaching broadcast deals with Altice and Bouygues in recent weeks. The terms of those agreements were […]
HBO added the most US subscribers in its history in 2017, boosting revenue and profit at parent business, Time Warner. HBO’s revenue rose 7 per cent to $6.3 billion, helped by an 11 per cent lift in subscription revenue, the strongest in more than 20 years. Time Warner’s total revenue in 2017 was up 7 […]