Masstech has announced that James Whitebread has joined the company as Chief Digital Officer. Whitbread has a 15-year background in product design and development for sports and media and entertainment (M&E), and extensive experience in telecoms and security. He has led product development and builds for clients including IMG, BT, UEFA, Disney, Warner Bros., FIFA, […]
Following the historic Crown Jewel event in Riyadh, WWE and the Saudi General Entertainment Authority (GEA) have expanded their live event partnership through 2027 to include a second annual large-scale pay-per-view event. WWE and GEA also continue to work towards the completion of a media agreement in the MENA region. This long-term partnership demonstrates WWE […]
Leading up to the highly-anticipated debut of Apple TV+ today (November 1st), global content demand analytics company Parrot Analytics is tracking pre-release demand for the new streamer’s original series, including See, For All Mankind, Dickinson and The Morning Show. According to pre-release demand data captured over the past seven days (October 21st-27th, 2019), the company found that the […]
As the streaming wars are heating up, Likewise, the smart recommendation app, has published research,which reveals that over half of Americans with a streaming service (57 per cent) believe that there are too many streaming services. The average streaming household has three streaming services and 70 per cent of those surveyed agreed that despite having […]
Family time as we once knew it is becoming more technical these days. Many families gather around the TV only to divide their time between multiple screens (vs just the one), according to a study conducted by internet TV service, netgem.tv. With on-demand and personalised streaming content asserting dominance over the traditional TV packages, multi-screen […]
Pay-TV subscribers in Spain watch more free-to-air (FTA) channels than pay-TV on their pay-TV platforms. A report from the consultancy firm Barlovento Comunicación reveals that 67 per cent of TV viewing on pay-TV platforms corresponds to FTA channels. Only 33 per cent watch pay-TV channels on the pay-TV platforms with Movistar La Liga, Fox, AXN […]
Walmart, the US shopping giant, is the latest company seeking (following Sony’s lead) to get out out of the crowded streaming market following reports it is looking to offload its Vudu video service. Reports originated in The Information that the retailer was looking to sell its 15-year-old on demand video service. Walmart told FOX Business […]
More details are due imminently on the precise condition of Eutelsat’s latest satellite, E-5WB, which is suffering from a problem with one of its solar arrays. Eutelsat is saying that it may not be a total loss, far from it. The industry will know more by the end of November when the operator’s technicians and […]
The European Audiovisual Observatory, part of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, has released an annual report on Russian TV. This year’s report on pay-TV and cord cutting was written by J’son and Partners Consulting and presented at the Observatory’s Moscow conference. 1. Russian pay-TV market By the end of 2018, 43.2 million viewers were […]
STV Player, the VoD service, has launched on Sky set top boxes giving viewers access to STV content across all major TV platforms for the first time. The launch will enable Sky customers in Scotland to catch up on all STV programmes including Coronation Street and I’m A Celebrity which starts next month, as well […]