Time spent viewing linear TV around the world may be declining but its reach remains unparalleled, while the spread of smart and connected TVs is set to open up new opportunities for advertisers, according to a WARC report. The latest Global Advertising Trends study states TV is at a crossroads, noting that daily time spent […]
France is pushing forward with a ‘GAFA’ (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon) tax on technology companies that will come into effect on January 1st, 2019. After plans for an EU levy collapsed, France has pushed ahead and the government forecasts it will bring in some €500 million. French Minister of the Economy Bruno Lemaire said the […]
Sky Italia’s terrestrial channel TV8 is finally in the black, after turning a profit of €3.1 million in the year 2018 (the period to June 30th). According to daily Italia Oggi, the venture lost €20.7 million since launching in August 2015 and ended the previous financial year with a loss of €9.7 million. Revenues increased […]
EurodataTV Worldwide has released its Yearly Sport Key Facts 2018 report, declaring that the 2017-2018 season was a vintage year for sport shown on television. “The 2017/2018 season was an exceptional sports season marked by
According to IHS Markit consumer surveys, when choosing video services in India, three in four connected consumers feel localised content is as important as price – especially the inclusion of local Indian content and the quality of subtitling and dubbing of foreign video content. Fateha Begum, associate director, connected devices and media consumption, notes that […]
Fiona Campbell has been appointed as the new Controller of BBC Three. Campbell’s current role is as Head of BBC Studios’ Documentary Unit. She has a wealth of experience in commissioning storytelling that reaches young audiences and is a highly respected innovator in delivering digital content. Campbell replaces Damian Kavanagh, who was named Managing Director of […]
Basque-country-based telco Euskaltel has started its national expansion, breaking into Catalonia and shortly into other Spanish regions including Leon, La Rioja and Cantabria. The company has allied with RACC to create RACCtel+, a convergent package (broadband, mobile & fixed telephony and TV) aimed at 600,000 RACC homes. Euskaltel has also entered into an alliance with […]
Mobile and broadband coverage are improving in the UK, but too many rural areas still get a poor signal – according to Ofcom’s major study of the UK’s communications networks. Ofcom’s annual Connected Nations report shows that mobile coverage continues to increase. Almost all homes and offices can get a good, indoor 4G signal from […]
Ooyala has put together its thoughts on how the UK will be watching content over the Christmas period, and how broadcasters might try to fight back to regain a slice of the viewing market. Discussing the key viewing trends we’re likely to see over the next few weeks, Jim O’Neill, principal analyst, Ooyala, commented: “Over […]
UK commercial public service broadcaster ITV has announced a new on-screen identity for the ITV main channel, in the form of a new year-long project, ‘ITV Creates’. From January 1st 2019, ITV’s on-screen idents will change every week, in a project that is intended to emphasise and reflect the creativity at the heart of the […]