The 2017 season saw Formula 1 register an increase in audience figures across both TV and digital platforms compared to the previous year, with F1 the fastest growing sport brand on social media platforms. The TV cumulative audience – i.e., the aggregate of the average audience of all the F1 programmes broadcast across the year […]
South Africa’s media regulator ICASA is inviting applications from broadcasters wishing to apply for multiplex spectrum on the nation’s third (MUX-3) DTT service. ICASA initially made a similar announcement back in September 2015 but did not issue licences. MultiChoice is already operating one of the available multiplexes for its GOtv system. Multiplexer 3 (MUX-3) is […]
Channel 5’s portfolio of TV channels delivered its highest-ever annual share of viewing (SOV) amongst both ABC1 and 16 to 34-year-old TV viewers in the UK in 2017, helping the broadcaster to its strongest overall ratings performance for 13 years. Channel 5’s performance in 2017 contributed to a strong year overall for its parent company, […]
Fantasy series Game of Thrones has been voted as the “most bingeable” TV boxset in a poll conducted by Samsung UK. Second was AMC’s Breaking Bad, about a cancer-stricken teacher becoming a drug baron. British period drama Downton Abbey ranked third. The poll of 2,000 adults also found 44 per cent now prefer to watch […]
Limelight Networks, a global player in digital content delivery, delivered record online traffic levels in December 2017, a 21 per cent increase over its previous record set in November 2017 and a 23 per cent increase from December 2016. Record traffic volume was driven by several large customers choosing Limelight to meet the high demand […]
As widely expected, HBO has revealed that its TV ratings behemoth Game of Thrones will not return for its final season until 2019. In a statement, HBO said: ” The epic fantasy series Game of Thrones will return for its six-episode, eighth and final season in 2019. David Benioff & D.B. Weiss, David Nutter and […]
comScore is partnering with Sling TV, the US skinny bundle provider, to offer cross-platform addressable advertising measurement for campaigns that joins the live OTT service’s impressions and DISH set-top box impressions. comScore measures addressable television impressions across all platforms, including OTT. As the inaugural user of this new service, Sling TV brings comScore verified addressable […]
Washington DC-based satellite builder Orbital-ATK has won a second order for one of its Mission Extension Vehicles (MEV). Intelsat has ordered the second craft, often called ‘space tugs’ for their ability to rescue and service existing satellites in orbit. The order is a major commitment by Intelsat and indicates their confidence in the overall benefits […]
China is accelerating 5G development and hopes 5G will become an engine for the country’s new industrialisation and digital transformation, replicating its industrial policy that produced success in 4G, concludes Strategy Analytics in the report “China Government Sees 5G as an Engine of Industry Development, but Will Operators Have Enough Fuel?” The report also points […]
Viewers tuned in record numbers to BBC AMERICA on Christmas Day 2017 to say goodbye to Doctor Who’s Twelfth Doctor, played by Peter Capaldi, in the special Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time. The annual programming event notched 2.2 million total viewers and 1.1 million adults 25-54 across its two Christmas telecasts in Nielsen live+7 ratings, propelling […]