Spain’s TV group Mediapro has acquired the Canadian TV production company Tri-Lite TV, which has over 20 years of TV experience. Headquartered in Ontario, Tri-Lite TV has a production centre with 500 square metres of TV studio sets, covering sports events, entertainment and news events in Canada and the US. This move follows Mediapro’s recent […]
Entertainment shows still capture big audiences regardless of the country, according to the latest edition of the Entertainment TV Report from Eurodata TV Worldwide which examined these programmes in 11 countries. On average, TV channels devoted 1/3 of their prime time schedules to entertainment formats in 2018. “During primetime, entertainment shows helped boost audience figures […]
Digital piracy data specialist MUSO has raised £3.5 million (€4.04m) in an extension to its £2.5 million 2017 Series A with Harwell Capital. The investment will be used to expand the company’s sales and marketing and increase its foothold in the digital media, gaming and live broadcast sectors. MUSO’s technology removes unlicensed digital content and […]
UK comms regulator Ofcom is consulting on a request from the UK’s main mobile network operators to make technical changes to their spectrum licences, to help support the rollout of ultrafast mobile services. EE, Hutchison, Telefónica and Vodafone have asked Ofcom to vary their licences in the 3.4 GHz, 3.5 GHz and 3.6 GHz bands. […]
PVR specialist TiVo, via its Rovi owner, has hit cable giant Comcast with another patent misuse legal action and alleging that Comcast is infringing six of its technology patents. Specifically, TiVo/Rovi is arguing in a Los Angeles federal court that Comcast’s X1 video recording hardware and software infringed six TiVo/Rovi patents. The alleged misuse covers […]
Italian public broadcaster RAI is closing two thematic channels, while at the same time launching one new TV channel. The channels that will close are Rai Movie (dedicated to movies) and Rai Premium (repeats of recently aired TV series on the main Rai channels). In addition, the existing Rai 4 channel will now be targeted […]
Convergence Research has released its 2019 Couch Potato Reports (launched annually since 2003). The reports suggest that the TV/movie industry is being reconstructed from the inside and by the outside in the US, as programmers now directly compete against their traditional TV access and independent OTT buyers that rival in terms of content spend. Traditional […]
The Asia Pacific online video market will double in size over the next five years, according to analysis by Media Partners Asia (MPA), as the explosion of screens and smart devices, driven by mobile broadband connectivity, drives digital growth and scalability across the region. In Asia Pacific, online video advertising and subscription revenue will expand […]
Intelsat’s IS-29e mid-Atlantic satellite is dead and has been declared a total loss. The satellite is not insured. A special Failure Review Board will attempt to determine what went wrong with the expensive (around $400 million) Boeing-built craft on April 7th, and will also compare possible similar problems with those that affected a previous Intelsat […]
Independent voices have come out in support of the C-Band Alliance’s (CBA) proposals to make available 180 MHz of satellite spectrum to help 5G’s roll-out in the US. WAY Media, a major Tennessee-based national religious broadcaster which reaches 25 million radio regular listeners (and 1 million weekly), and currently depends on usage of the 3.7-4.2 […]