In a transaction that it says accelerates its converged communications strategy through in-market consolidation in its largest market, Germany, and in its Central and Eastern European (CEE) markets, Vodafone has agreed to acquire Liberty Global’s operations in Germany, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania for an enterprise value of €18.4 billion. This is expected to […]
Croatia’s Agency for the Protection of Market Competition (AZTN) has given the green light for the purchase of the country’s most popular commercial TV channel Nova TV by Slovenia Broadband. The buyer is owned by US investment fund KKR, which in turn controls Balkan multi-play operator United Group. In its ruling, the AZTN stated that […]
As TV Connect, the IP video distribution conference and expo, gets under way in London, OTT TV data-driven intelligence specialist Conviva and OTT multiscreen media analysis firm nScreenMedia have revealed the findings of a research study analysing billions of streaming sessions and hours around the globe. The report examines several notable viewing trends over a […]
Discovery’s President & CEO, David Zaslav took a swipe at the likes of Netflix and Amazon Prime, telling analysts that the factual – and now sports – producer were not renters of programming. Speaking on the company’s Q1 Earnings Call, Zaslav said: “We own the vast majority of our content across regions, platforms and formats, […]
Ofcom’s annual Home Broadband Performance report reveals the actual broadband speeds that UK residential consumers experienced in November 2017. This study uses a representative panel of over 4,000 volunteers across the UK who have connected monitoring units to their routers. Findings from the report include: Average broadband speeds have increased significantly. Average download speeds rose […]
AMC Networks has launched a mobile app branded MicroCanales (micro channels) to promote its 14 pay-TV channels in Spain with short-form content available on IOS and Android mobile phones. MicroCanales will show programmes, TV series, documentaries and films from AMC’s 14 channels; TV series from Sundance TV, documentaries from Odisea and Canal Historia, childrens programmes […]
Liberty Global has posted its Q1 2018 financial results, revealing its strongest quarterly revenue growth in nearly five years for the three months to March 31st 2018. However, the international cable group also saw a sharp decrease in subscriber growth. Operating income was up 17.5 per cent to $493.1 million (€415m) whist the cable group […]
UKTV has agreed a multi-show deal with Disney UK which will see new and returning series air exclusively in the UK on the W and Alibi channels later this year. UK premieres include: crime drama Harrow, starring Ioan Gruffudd; three series of US comedy American Housewife, and The Assets – a series based on series is […]
21st Century Fox has bought seven TV stations from Sinclair Broadcast Group and Tribune Media Company for approximately $910 million. The transaction will grow Fox Television Stations’ (FTS) coverage to nearly half of all US households, and its market presence to 19 of the top 20 DMAs, including the addition of key markets that align […]
UPC, the Swiss cable operator, reported it achieved above-average growth in the business customer segment once again in the first quarter of 2018 (+12.6 per cent revenue growth compared with the same quarter last year). In contrast, the residential customer segment is still operating in a fiercely contested Swiss market and took a slight downward […]