Avanti Communications will not see a launch of its much-needed Hylas 3 satellite until “the first 3 months of 2019” according to a company statement. However, there is better news on Hylas 4, a larger satellite, which Avanti says will launch on March 18 (subject to minimal delays caused by the Arianespace launch anomaly of […]
Four new O3b satellites have arrived safely at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, in preparation for launch by a Soyuz vehicle in March 2018. The four O3b medium earth orbit (MEO) satellites will be placed in orbit nearly 8,000 kilometres from Earth, four times closer to the planet than geostationary satellites. Built […]
Video solutions specialist SeaChange International has announced that, with the acquisition of Layer3 TV by T-Mobile, it had monetised its ownership stake. The initial payment of approximately $4.6 million has been received by the Company, with an additional payment of approximately $2.1 million being held in escrow, subject to the satisfaction of sale provisions. “We […]
Quantenna Communications, a specialist inWi-Fi solutions, and Canal+, the French pay-TV group, have announced a partnership on Canal+’s two new platforms, the G9 and G9-mini, based on Quantenna’s QSR1000 and QSR2000 chipsets. The newly announced Canal+ satellite STB “G9” integrates Quantenna’s QSR1000 based 802.11ac 4×4 solution to redistribute HD video to its companion “G9-mini” wireless […]
Starz has announced that the premiere episode of its new espionage series Counterpart is now available in its entirety for free to viewers via multiple TV and online platforms nationwide. The episode is available online at IGN.com, IGN’s Facebook and YouTube pages, Starz.com, the “Counterpart” Facebook page, Starz YouTube channel, and through participating US cable, […]
4C Insights (4C), a data science and marketing technology company, have announced a deal to integrate automatic content recognition (ACR) from Inscape, the Smart TV data company with glass level insights from nearly 8 million Smart TVs. Through the partnership, marketers can now access Inscape’s smart TV viewership data within the 4C software platform alongside […]
The Spanish pay-TV market set new records in subscriptions and revenues in the first half of 2017. Data from the CNMC reveals that pay-TV surpassed 6.1 million subscribers and made €1.042 billion in revenues to June, more than FTA channels for the first time in the six month period. Pay-TV subscribers grew by 4 per […]
According to the State of Social TV report from social analytics solution ListenFirst, in 2017, Instagram overtook Facebook in engagement for the first time, organic reach of media posts on Facebook declined 40 per cent, and social-branded content outperformed all other TV posts by 42 per cent. The report offers key
US consumer spending in the top 10 SVoD mobile apps grew 77 per cent in 2017 to approximately $781 million (€627m) on the App Store and Google Play, according to Sensor Tower Store Intelligence estimates. Furthermore, data shows
Satellite operator SES saw its share price tumble during trading January 25th following the news that Sky will shortly launch further online access to its programming. At one point, SES shares hit €12.74 (down €0.75) and getting worryingly close to a 12-month ‘low’ of €12.40. In June 2017 the operator’s share price stood at €23. […]