The European Council’s permanent representatives committee (Coreper) has agreed its position on a draft directive aimed at adapting EU copyright rules to the digital environment. The common position will serve as a mandate for the presidency of the Council to start negotiations with the European Parliament, once the latter has agreed its own position. “All […]
Netflix is gaining momentum in Spain, tripling the number of subscribers in the last 12 months to 1.46 million – equivalent to 9.1 per cent of Internet homes with online pay-TV services in the country. The Q4 2017 figures from
The spread of mobile devices and rapid mobile data networks has transformed global media consumption in recent years. Twenty-four per cent of all media consumption across the world will be mobile this year, up from just 5 per cent in 2011, according to advertising and marketing agency Zenith’s Media Consumption Forecasts 2018. By 2020, Zenith […]
Dataxis’ research on the digital video market in Middle-East forcasts significant growth over the next 5 years. The growth will mainly be driven by the progression of SVoD services, which are expected to account for 14 million subscribers in 2023, up from around 3 million in 2017. Turkey, Saudi Arabia and UAE will continue to […]
Bingeing on Netflix boxsets, sharing stories on Facebook and downloading content from Apple’s iTunes and Alibaba’s Ali Picture have contributed to a record year of brand value growth in the 2018 BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands ranking released today by WPP and Kantar Millward Brown. The increasing use of data-driven, intelligence-led technologies – […]
Global TV shipments increased by 7.9 per cent to 50.6 million units in the first quarter of 2018 compared to a year ago, according to critical information, analytics and solutions provider IHS Markit. Liquid-crystal display (LCD) TV shipments rose 7.5 per cent to 50.1 million units and organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TV shipments jumped 115.8 […]
Spacecom, the Israel-based operator of the Amos fleet of satellites, says it has postponed its $112 million contract with Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) to build its Amos-8 craft. Spacecom issued the news in a filing with the Tel Aviv stock exchange on May 27th. The original order was agreed with SS/L on March 25th this year, […]
As part of Operation Trojan Horse, Hong Kong Customs recently undertook a series of raids against four retail outlets in Sham Shui Po and Wan Chai. Over a two-day period (May 25-26 2018), Hong Kong Customs raided retail outlets and arrested four shop owners and four salespersons found to be selling pre-loaded TV boxes (also […]
Multiplay operator Virgin Media, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Liberty Global has entered into an agreement to acquire Casey Cablevision, a regional cable operator based in Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, Republic of Ireland, for an undisclosed purchase price. A family-owned business established (by the Casey family) in 1979, Casey Cablevision provides pay-TV, high speed broadband and phone […]
Dixons Carphone, the mobile phone and electrical goods retailer, has warned it will close 92 of its 700+ Carphone Warehouse stores this year. It expects pre-tax profits for 2017-18 to be £382 million, but it predicts profits will fall to £300 million in 2018-19. Shares fell nearly 20 per cent on the news. Chief executive […]