Másmóvil, the fourth largest telco in Spain, has reached 1 million broadband subscribers in just two years of operations. The group saw significant growth in 2018 with almost 500,000 new customers versus a rise of 382,000 and 122,000 in 2017 and 2016 respectively. Out of the 1 million broadband subscribers 670,000 are FTTH customers and […]
Apple has revised its guidance for its fiscal 2019 first quarter, citing economic weakness in some emerging markets and fewer iPhone upgrades than anticipated among the factors for the reduced guidance. In a Letter from CEO Tim Cook to Apple investors, the company said it now expects: Revenue of approximately $84 billion; Gross margin of […]
Media and entertainment metadata provider Gracenote has launched its next-generation descriptive metadata solution designed to make possible more contextually-relevant and satisfying TV and movie discovery experiences. Gracenote Video Descriptors, the first of the company’s new Advanced Discovery products, will enable pay-TV providers, OTT services and connected device manufacturers to unlock deeper user engagement and loyalty […]
Research from Parks Associates shows the prospect of saving money, either through reduced household bills or a discount on insurance premiums, raises the interest in smart home devices among 60 per cent of the US broadband households that do not own and do not intend to purchase a smart home device. “Roughly 46 per cent […]
App-based TV video delivery solutions specialist MobiTV is to launch a new data centre in Atlanta, GA. This data centre currently serves as a pop location for MobiTV’s managed service connectivity and will become new redundant site for its Sacramento-based data centre. The implementation of the site will be the result of a joint effort […]
Kacific is a satellite operator concentrating its resources on most of the Pacific islands, stretching from Indonesia and the Philippines in the West to Tonga and Guam, French Polynesia, New Zealand in the South and East Pacific. According to a report in trade publication Space News, the embryonic business is now planning a significant expansion. […]
ITV, the UK’s biggest commercial broadcaster, is launching a new magazine as part of a partnership with content agency John Brown Media. The ITV Magazine will be available to purchase for £1 in Waitrose & Partners stores across the country and myWaitrose members can pick up the magazine for free. ITV says its new magazine […]
Netflix has confirmed that Spencer Neumann is joining the company as Chief Financial Officer. Neumann is an accomplished media and financial executive who was most recently CFO of Activision Blizzard and previously held several senior positions at The Walt Disney Company. He succeeds David Wells who served as CFO since 2010. “Spencer is a stellar […]
PCCW Media has secured the exclusive Premier League broadcast rights in Hong Kong for the 2019/20 to 2021/22 seasons. Now TV continues to be the exclusive licensed broadcaster in Hong Kong delivering live coverage of all 380 matches, bringing viewers live action throughout the season. A total of 76 matches will be delivered in 4K […]
Video delivery platform specialist SeaChange International has announced the appointment of Yossi Aloni as Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer (CCO). Reporting to Ed Terino, Chief Executive Officer, Aloni will lead global sales and marketing. He will assist SeaChange in fine-tuning its recently-launched value-based engagement model, which offers content and service providers a complete […]