Advanced Television

IHS: Media management industry moving to services-based model

Insight from IHS Markit identifies how the media management industry is moving to services-based business model, focusing on faster and cheaper workflow. Highlights of the report include: In the media management market, migration from selling equipment-based solutions to service-based solutions is deploying massively this year. Nearly two-thirds (62 per cent) of global revenue was service-based, […]

May 18, 2018

ESPN International renews Champions League rights

ESPN International has retained the broadcast rights to the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Super Cup and Europe League in Spanish-speaking Latin America until the 2020-21 seasons. The deal, which begins in the 2018-19 season, also includes all multimedia rights for the regions. Terms of the agreement have not been disclosed. “We are thrilled to announce […]

May 18, 2018

PCCW Media launches ‘Now E’ OTT platform

PCCW Media, a pan-Asia entertainment and media company, has launched Now E, a one-stop entertainment OTT platform with international and Asian dramas and movies, and sports events, for viewers to enjoy content anytime, anywhere. Now E has partnered with leading content partners including HBO, MOViE MOViE, Now Baogu, Viu, and top international studios, offering thousands […]

May 18, 2018

IHS: Q1 demand for large screen sizes increases

Sales analysis from IHS Market shows that the demand for larger screen sizes showed better than expected results for the first 3 months of the year, normally a weaker portion of the year. According to the Large Area Display Market Tracker, shipments of large displays increased by 6 per cent in unit and by 10 […]

May 18, 2018

ARRIS joins FBA

The Fiber Broadband Association (FBA) has welcomed ARRIS International plc as a new Premier Member of the Fiber Broadband Association Latin American Chapter. ARRIS connects customers across 73 countries to video and broadband technology, combining key services with both innovative hardware and software to forge connectivity for millions of people. Fibre is one of the […]

May 18, 2018

Mediacorp appoints Soon and Lim

Mediacorp has announced an organisational change and key appointments to enable its pivot to consumers and create a better brand experience for them. The company is creating an integrated marketing organisation that brings together the majority of its marketing and communications personnel under the leadership of media veteran Debra Soon, who assumes the newly created […]

May 18, 2018

US Senate overturns Restoring Internet Freedom Order

The US Senate has voted to overturn the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Restoring Internet Freedom Order which replaced previous net neutrality legislation, passing a bill that has little chance of advancing in the House but offers net neutrality supporters and Democrats a political rallying point for the midterm elections. Democrats forced the May 16th vote […]

May 17, 2018By Colin Mann

La Liga: “TV rights 20% overvalued”

The Spanish football teams that comprise La Liga have reportedly acknowledged that the price of the TV rights has been inflated by 20 per cent to €1.3 billion, as requested by La Liga in the public tender. The football teams believe that the €1 billion fee per season in the domestic market would be more […]

May 17, 2018From David Del Valle in Madrid

France Télévisions to trial 8K at Roland-Garros

Following previous 4K trials, French public service broadcaster France Télévisions will this year trial 8K broadcasts during its coverage of the French tennis open at Roland-Garros. The 8K live broadcast will not be available to TV viewers, but footage will be delivered on giant screens on site in Paris, as well as in France Télévisions’ […]

May 17, 2018From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

Lachlan Murdoch to head ‘new’ Fox

21st Century Fox has revealed that its Executive Chairman Lachlan Murdoch will serve as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the proposed new ‘Fox’, which will be formed after shareholder and regulatory approval of the proposed transaction between 21CF and The Walt Disney Company. Lachlan’s brother James, currently Chief Executive Officer of 21CF, is not mentioned […]

May 17, 2018