French commercial broadcaster TF1 has announced that it will exclusively air all 48 matches from this year’s Rugby World Cup on a free-to-air basis.. TF1 had acquired the rights to the competition in March 2018. Previously, it had shared the rights with pay-TV channel Canal+. The tournament will be held in Japan and kicks off […]
T-Mobile has officially unveiled its forthcoming home TV service, to be known as TVision Home. The service is the rebranding of Layer3 TV, a company T-Mobile acquired in 2017 to launch what it said would be a “disruptive new TV service” the following year. That launch, of course, had been delayed. According to the new […]
Google is raising the price of a YouTube TV subscription by $10 (€8.8) to $49.99 a month. The increased fee is effective immediately for all new subscribers. Existing customers will see the price hike after May 13th. Subscribers billed through Apple will have to pay $54.99. A blog post said increased pricing was necessary in […]
Research conducted by internet TV service netgem.TV reveals how different regions in the UK prioritise their entertainment subscriptions. In the list of top TV spenders, Newcastle is followed by Manchester, where the average household spends £53 (€61.5) per month and Birmingham, who spend an average of £52 per month. The average household spend on a […]
Telaria, a software platform for managing video advertising, in partnership with Hulu, has published research demonstrating how connected TV (CTV) is a key channel for Direct-to-Consumer brands (DTC) to increase reach and drive brand awareness among direct-to-consumer shoppers. The study, Emerging Alliances: How CTV and DTC Brands are Upending Traditional Paradigms for Performance-Minded Marketers, found […]
Facebook has secured a late deal to provide the Middle East with free coverage of this year’s Masters golf tournament – which starts today (April 11th). The agreement includes live coverage of all four days of the tournament in Augusta, as well as the green jacket ceremony, which crowns the winner of the competition. Sports […]
Netflix will next week launch a radio station on Sirius XM. The 24/7 channel, branded Netflix Is a Joke Radio, will be broadcast on the US satellite radio network’s channel 93 from April 15th. It marks the first time the service has teamed with another media company to widen its net. The new channel will […]
T-Mobile and Amazon have announced a deal to bring Prime Video to TVision Home, T-Mobile’s rebranded and upgraded version of Layer3 TV, later this year. TVision customers in the US with a Prime membership will be able to watch all Prime content, including Amazon Originals, thousands of premium shows and movies, live events and more, […]
Intelsat could have lost one of its latest satellites, IS-29e, with early reports saying it may have suffered a fuel leak. The satellite is barely three years old, and operated from mid-Atlantic 50 degrees West position providing a bridge over the North Atlantic, and serving the Americas with Ku-band traffic and with significant Ka-band spot […]
Red Bee Media has reached record low latency on its live OTT feed during NAB – reaching as low as 3.5 seconds, glass to glass which is faster than traditional broadcasting feeds. This was achieved using commoditised cloud-based, open source standard technology, utilising open Internet connectivity only. The feed is created with a live camera […]