Avril Blondelot, Content Insights Director at Eurodata TV Worldwide has presented the latest trends in terms of TV content, noting the continued appeal of the medium and its willingness to try new approaches. Speaking at Industry Spotlight conference of MIPTV in Cannes, she said that at a time when international hits are becoming scarce, we are […]
April 5th saw SES hold its AGM in Luxembourg and issue its Annual Report for 2017. Outgoing CEO Karim Michel Sabbagh admitted in his farewell letter to shareholders that not all of his objectives last year had been met. “Let me be very clear that our execution in 2017 didn’t meet all our objectives. The […]
The ABB FIA Formula E Championship – the world’s first fully-electric single-seater racing series – is continuing to appeal to a new and younger audience, consolidating the number of followers aged 25-34 and also experiencing rapid growth with fans in the 13-24 age bracket. As Formula E passes the halfway stage of its fourth season, […]
The latest forecast published by technology research firm CCS Insight shows the worldwide market for virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) head-worn devices growing by an average of 50 per cent annually over the next five years. In 2022, a total of 121 million units will be sold, with a value of $9.9 billion. […]
Netflix is signing up more than 100,000 subs in France each month since the beginning of 2018 and is nearing on reaching 3.4 million subs according to daily newspaper Liberation. The figures have not been confirmed by the SVoD platform, but the service has significantly enhanced its French-speaking catalogue over the last months, as awareness […]
Pay-TV operators worldwide are continuing to invest in advanced STBs, according to research firm Dataxis. As part of its permanent Advanced STB tracker, Dataxis analysed the details of more than 240 deals made by operators worldwide in the last three years. In terms of figures, APAC and Europe are by far the leaders compared to […]
Slovenia ended the fourth quarter of 2017 with a 78.2 per cent penetration rate for the pay-TV service, up from 73.8 per cent a year earlier. According to the quarterly report of Slovenia’s Agency for Communications Networks and Services (Akos), IPTV was the main distribution technology, accounting for 52.7 per cent of total pay-TV accesses […]
A coalition of more consumer advocacy groups is to file a complaint with federal officials claiming that YouTube has been violating a children’s privacy law. They contend that YouTube, part of Google, has been collecting and profiting from the personal information of young children on its main site, although the company says the platform is […]
BBC Studios has completed content deals with leading platforms in Russia at MIP. OTT platform Okko will add over 800 hours from the BBC Studios catalogue across drama and factual genres, the ivi OTT service will add 100 hours of premium drama and OTT/VOD provider Megogo gets over 300 hours of drama and Top Gear […]
UKTV has appointed Ronan Hand director of programme funding. The company says the position has been created to help the broadcaster realise its ambitions for rights ownership and original commissions. Hand will be responsible for expanding UKTV’s international sales footprint and amplifying the role of advertiser funded programming within UKTV’s programme mix. Simon Michaelides, UKTV’s […]