Netshow Capital, an Irish investment vehicle specialised in the production of TV series and their monetisation, is to invest €30 million over the next two years in international TV series. Its goal is to build a portfolio of eight to 10 high-quality TV series with an international appeal across markets and distribution channels; it will […]
SPI International has announced a licence agreement with DocuBay, the international membership-based VoD streaming service dedicated to premium documentary feature films. The licence deal includes seven of SPI International’s visually groundbreaking and insightful premium titles such as Turandot, Small Cams – Big Beasts, Time Hopper, Eye to Eye with Everest: Death on a Mountain, Invisible […]
Opensignal, the mobile analytics company, has published its latest global State of Mobile Video Experience report. In one year, Mobile Video Experience has significantly improved in 59 per cent of 100 countries analysed Users now experienced ‘Very Good mobile Video Experience’ in 22 countries, including major markets like Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan and the UK. […]
The Association of Commercial Television in Europe (ACT) – which represents the interests of leading commercial broadcasters across Europe – has welcomed the outcome of the vote in the European Parliament which approved the new Commissioners, presented to plenary by Commission President-elect von der Leyen. “We wish President von der Leyen and the entire College […]
Awareness of 5G is relatively high in the US market but significant confusion exists, according to advisory services, consulting and actionable market intelligence firm Strategy Analytics. Overcoming the confusion among flagship buyers that believe they already have 5G is an industry-created problem that needs to be addressed. A new report from the User Experience Strategies […]
The Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance (AAPA) has welcomed two publications from the European Union Intellectual Property Office’s Observatory on IP Infringements. The first study – Illegal IPTV in the European Union – carried out by the University of Bournemouth illustrates the complexities of illegal streaming business models and the technologies used and, for the first time, […]
Some 57.5 per cent of Spaniards now owns a Smart TV, with 49 per cent connecting to the Internet through their set. Smart TV usage is becoming increasingly common in Spain, according to the Annual ‘Report of Smart TV’ (Estudio Anual de TV conectada) made by IAB Spain. Most Smart TV-equipped Spaniards watch movies (58.7 […]
TiVo Corp has entered into a new $715 million (€649.5m) 5-year loan facility which it will largely use to repay loans under its existing term loan B facility and add cash to the balance sheet in anticipation of the spin-off of its Product business. TiVo says it intends to pay-off the remaining balance of its […]
Virgin Media customers will be able to watch all of Amazon Prime Video’s 20 Premier League matches in December via their TV set top box – with some matches available in 4K. Amazon Prime Video, which is the only way football fans can watch Premier League fixtures broadcast next week (December 3rd- 5th) and on […]
Qatar-based Es’hailSat, which carries more than 180 TV channels, is contemplating expanding into OTT play-out. Mohamed Al Sayed, Es’hailSat’s Sales Director, in an interview with Doha-based The Peninsula newspaper, said that the satellite operator was looking at a number of options. “The new trend that we can see a future in is the OTT services. […]