SES has released the latest data from its Satellite Monitor team, and says that its broadcast signals are now reaching 351 million TV homes, well up on the 2016 total of 325 million homes. SES extrapolates the ‘homes reached’ data to number of viewers and claims more than 1 billion individual viewers. SES added it […]
SES is due to report its Q1 numbers on April 27th and will have paid out its much-reduced Dividend payment on the April 26th. The reduced dividend, announced February 12th at the same time as the satellite operator replaced its CEO and CFO, didn’t help the company’s share price which, in the words of a […]
At the end of December 2017 there were a total of 423 TV channels in Italy that could be received on the main distribution platforms. The channels belong to 116 media groups (Italian and international), of which 68 are based in Italy, according to a report published by Confindustria Radio Televisioni (CRTV), the association of […]
The newly-created BBC Studios has officially launched, which the corporation heralding it as a new chapter in its content creation and exploitation activities. In an environment of increasing competition for viewers, the merger of BBC Worldwide and BBC Studios aims to bring the BBC Group into line with the rest of the industry and ensure […]
The agreement between Sky Italia and Mediaset, where a batch of Mediaset’s premium channels (5 cinema and 4 series/entertainment) will shortly be carried on Sky Italia’s satellite service, is seemingly good for both organisations. A bank reports: “While complex, the deal could have a similar effect as an outright sale of the pay-TV platform (a […]
Israeli satellite operator Spacecom, which owns the AMOS fleet of satellites and has been up for sale for well over a year, is in the process of being acquired by IDB Development, a local investment company. At first glance the deal is being made at a ‘bargain’ price. Israeli reports say that IDB made an […]
Sky’s OTT service in Spain is increasing its output with the addition of new channels, AXN and AXN White. The platform has reached an agreement with Sony Pictures TV Networks Iberia to distribute the channels, along with VoD content from both, with programme titles including The Brave, The Good Doctor and S.W.A.T among others. With […]
The IAB Technology Laboratory has released new Guidelines for Identifier for Advertising on OTT Platforms with recommendations on how to maintain a high-quality advertising experience within OTT environments advocating that stakeholders manage advertising-related activities through an identifier for advertising (IFA). Available for public comment through May 3rd, the technical guidelines provide instructions on best practices […]
Driven by growth in mobile data, fixed broadband and pay-TV, the total telecom and pay-TV services revenue in Japan is expected to grow at a CAGR of 2.2 per cent over the forecast period of 2017-2022, according to data and analytics company GlobalData. With a total of 168 million subscriptions in 2017, the Japanese mobile […]
In a further consolidation of the digital media test, monitoring and QA sector, and following acquisitions it made in 2016 and 2017, end-to-end quality assurance and testing services provider Eurofins Digital Testing has acquired Edge Testing Solutions, an independent pure-play software testing provider in the UK, to extend its software testing capabilities including managed, functional, […]