An Inmarsat satellite and an Egyptian craft due for launch on November 25th were again forced to accept a delay from Arianespace, this time because of bad weather. The previous hold was on November 23rd when a power supply electrical glitch forced a delay with just 20 minutes on the countdown clock remaining. Arianespace is […]
To further advance its practice of commingling TV viewership data from Smart TVs (ACR) with the same from cable and satellite set-top boxes, VideoAmp is partnering with TiVo. The expanded data set extends VideoAmp’s TV Viewership data pool to cover 25 million devices in 19 million US households and gives marketers and media owners sophisticated […]
Singaporeans can watch Team Singapore athletes in eSports as Mediacorp adds a dedicated Toggle channel offering live coverage of eSports events at the 30th SEA Games. This is in addition to the three other channels available on Toggle, providing comprehensive coverage of the Games for local viewers. For the first time, eSports will be a […]
Minute Media, a global technology and digital publishing platform, and The Players’ Tribune, a first-of-its-kind athlete-led content platform, have announced that The Players’ Tribune will become part of Minute Media’s publishing portfolio, adding this brand to Minute Media’s sports offering while providing enhanced technology, infrastructure and global reach to The Players’ Tribune. Terms of the […]
BBC Three has acquired the UK rights from Warner Bros Television for the comedy series Shrill. The first season will be available as a boxset on BBC iPlayer from December 15th. The series stars Aidy Bryant (of Saturday Night Live fame) as Annie, an overweight young woman who wants to change her life – but […]
Streaming service Netflix has become the second largest pay-TV platform in Spain, behind Movistar, with 3 million subscribers in the country, according to El Español. In just four years, Netflix has achieved significant pay-TV penetration, surpassing the combined subscriber numbers of Vodafone, Orange and Euskaltel. According to the CNMC, Movistar Plus has 4.1 million subscribers; […]
Comms technologist Ericsson expects the global number of 5G subscriptions to top 2.6 billion within the next six years, driven by sustained momentum and a rapidly developing 5G ecosystem. The forecast is included in the November 2019 edition of the Ericsson Mobility Report, alongside a range of other forecasts with an end-of-2025 timeline and communications […]
BT is in talks with Disney about bringing the studio’s direct-to-consumer service streaming service Disney+ to its BT TV platform, according to the Sunday Times. Such a move would be in line with the multiplay telco’s positioning of BT TV as a streaming ‘super aggregator’, allowing viewers to watch such platforms from one provider. BT […]
Altice Europe, the debt-ridden cable company, has announced that SFR FTTH, alongside its consortium of financial investors (led by OMERS Infrastructure and including Allianz Capital Partners and AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets), has entered into an exclusivity agreement with Cube Infrastructure Fund and Partners Group (acting on behalf of its clients) regarding the acquisition […]
Starz, a Lionsgate company, has rolled out its new international StarzPlay app in the UK, Brazil, France, Germany and Mexico with plans to launch in an additional 20 countries in 2020. “Starz has experienced great success with the Starz app domestically, remaining ahead of the streaming curve with more than 5.6 million OTT customers to […]