MagentaTV customers’ favourite TV fare includes the best content presented by the ARD and ZDF networks. Now, MagentaTV viewers can enjoy some 350 additional German-language broadcasts from ZDF. All in all, more than 8,500 content items from ARD Plus, ZDF Select, ARD Plus Kids and ZDFtivi Select are now available on demand. And all of […]
The French catch-up TV market continues to grow and saw 8.1 billion videos requested in 2018 – an increase of 17.4 per cent over one year. According to the CNC annual replay TV report, catch-up TV viewing has tripled over the last 5 years. The highest month on record was October 2018 with 818 million […]
Disney’s new streaming service launches in November, and there’s been a lot of speculation about how it could affect Netflix. With a library packed full of family-friendly, highly popular content, and a $6.99 per month price point, some predict that Netflix has finally met its match. To test such theories, Streaming Observer commissioned
Convergent packages are boosting pay TV subscriptions in Spain. Some 91.8 per cent of pay-TV customers access their service via a convergent package, according to competition and markets regulator the CNMC. Furthermore , eight out of ten are subscribed to a quintuple package (with five services: fixed and mobile telephony, fixed and mobile broadband and […]
Faz Aftab, Director of Platform Distribution at UK commercial public broadcaster ITV, has revealed that research suggests that people will pay for BritBox, the SVoD joint venture between the BBC and ITV, and that there is room for another SVoD service in the UK. Speaking at a London event on ‘Content and commissioning strategies for […]
The BBC has submitted to broadcast regulator Ofcom the Corporation’s proposals to improve BBC iPlayer for audiences by making programmes available for longer and offering more box sets and archive titles. In November 2018, Ofcom directed the BBC to conduct a ‘public interest test’ (PIT) to assess properly the value and potential impact on other […]
Vodafone Spain and Orange have agreed a deal to share their networks (2G, 3G, 4G, 5G and optic fibre) to save money, boost efficiency and extend their presence throughout the country. In a joint statement, the companies said that the deal’s goal is “promoting a sustainable investment model that allows to speed up the arrival […]
Comcast has reported double-digit growth in Q1 results, driven by its takeover of Sky. Revenues were up 17.9 per cent to $26.86 billion (€24.1bn), and adjusted EBITDA increased 18.1 per cent to $8.55 billion. Comcast said it had a strong start to the year, helped by the best EBITDA result at its core cable business […]
Nearly a quarter (23.4 per cent) of French thematic pay-TV channels are also available through OTT distribution through dedicated apps. According to a study from research company NPA Conseil, this figure rises to 50.2 per cent when including indirect distribution through aggregation platforms such as MyCanal and Molotov. Two types of channels are particularly well […]
Hackers are tapping into a growing consumer trend, the use of illicit streaming devices and apps to access pirated movies, TV shows and live programming, to spread malware and exploit unsuspecting users, a Digital Citizens Alliance investigation has found. Over the course of its nine-month probe, Digital Citizens, a consumer-oriented coalition focused on educating the […]