Channel 5 has acquired two new drama series from Sony Pictures Television for its VoD streaming service My5. The Oath and Bloom will both air on My5 as first-run exclusives in the UK, strengthening the platforms growing slate of scripted drama. The deals reflect My5’s strategy to complement its catch-up programming from both Channel 5 […]
‘Shock jock’ radio broadcaster Howard Stern says he is going to retire from pay-radio operator SiriusXM when his contract concludes next year. Stern is a hugely popular shock jock and helped SiriusXM grow dramatically when he joined in 2006, and generated much media buzz over the cash that he has reportedly been earning – at […]
The Egyptian National Media Authority (ENMA) has selected Rohde & Schwarz’ R&S THU9evo transmitters for a multi-million dollar contract to support their DVB-T2 network. To be installed at nine sites across the country to provide DVB-T2 coverage, the contract comes with strict timescales. All equipment will be installed and commissioned by mid-June 2019 so that […]
New research from Parks Associates finds that 22 per cent of US broadband households have a service speed of 100-999 Mbps, the most common service tier, although 39 per cent of US broadband households do not know their broadband speed. The report – Modern Broadband: Competition and Retention at Gigabit Speeds – notes that only […]
According to research from Strategy Analytics, global smartphone shipments will reach a modest 5 million units in 2019. Early 5G smartphone models will be expensive and available in limited volumes. Samsung, LG and Huawei will be the early 5G smartphone leaders this year, followed by Apple next year. Ken Hyers, Director at Strategy Analytics, said, […]
SoftAtHome, the digital home technology company, has announced that its software enables TDC’s Danish customers to benefit from gigabit services. TDC has deployed an end-to-end platform compatible with a wide ecosystem of applications, allowing the operator to respond to customer needs in a fast-changing market. By selecting SoftAtHome, TDC Denmark joins the club of operators […]
Coming off Skin’s Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 2019 Oscars, ShortsTV, the Short Film Channel and official distributor of the Oscar Nominated Short Films, will air the film across the US. Skin’s strong story strikes a powerful chord as it touches on race relations in today’s America. ShortsTV will premiere […]
Netflix has reported its biggest increase in subscriber numbers since it launched 12 years ago, adding 9.6 million in the first quarter. Some 1.74 million new customers signed-up in the US and 7.86 million elsewhere – both above the average analyst estimates. The streaming giant said the gains were better than expected and left them […]
Following the European Parliament’s vote on the ‘Platform-to-Business’ (P2B) Regulation on April 17th, broadcaster associations in Europe have issued the following statement: “We welcome the adoption of the Regulation on promoting fairness and transparency for business users of online intermediation services, also known as P2B Regulation. This outcome is a first step towards balancing online […]
Launched by the European Commission with the European Audiovisual Observatory who is managing the project, Lumiere VOD, a new directory of European films, will help professionals, the public authorities and citizens to find information about European films and their availability online in VoD services throughout the European Union. Access is free. Lumiere VOD was launched at […]