A report from the European Audiovisual Observatory finds that the majority of EU films found on SVoD services around the world are produced in EU-5. The UK is by far the biggest supplier of EU films with 38 per cent of all unique EU titles, followed by France with 18 per cent, Germany with 12 […]
AT&T’s COO John Stankey has told the WSJ that his DirecTV subsidiary is not for sale. “[DirecTV] is an important part of what we’re going to be doing going forward,” he said, adding that the company had explored options for DirecTV but that was part of a normal review of AT&T’s assets. Stankey said that […]
After exponential growth in adoption of streaming between 2010 to 2016, the share of adult TV viewers in the US who stream at least some of their TV content has plateaued for the past three years at around 65 per cent, according to Horowitz Research. Among the 2 in 3 adult who stream, however, there […]
Arqiva, the UK-based television, radio and cellular facilities company, has reported full-year results with revenues up 2.7 per cent to £990.4 million in its financial year to June 30th. “These results reflect a year of significant growth in revenue, profit and cash generation which underscore Arqiva’s vital role in enabling the UK’s success in the […]
Discovery has announced the launch of Food Network Kitchen, a direct-to-consumer product with proprietary streaming technology offering consumers live, interactive cooking instruction every week with the top culinary experts in the world, grocery and equipment delivery, over 800 on-demand classes and more to make the consumer’s cooking, shopping and food experience more convenient. The announcement […]
According to a report by Dell’Oro Group, a source for market information about the telecommunications, networks, and data centre IT industries, global revenue for broadband access equipment increased 3 per cent year-on-year, reaching $3.2 billion (€2.9bn). An 874 per cent YoY increase in XGS-PON OLTs and continued growth of DOCSIS 3.1 CPE offset CCAP spending […]
Comments from investment bank Exane/BNPP are very specific in stating that the long-awaited C-Band Alliances scheme to auction some of its C-band spectrum for 5G deployment over the US looks like being decided on a highly favourable basis to the Alliance. The bank reports on comments made by FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly and helped by […]
Driven by falling prices and rising consumer demand for thinner, lighter and more colourful television sets, market revenue for active matrix organic light-emitting-diode (AMOLED) displays used in TVs is expected to more than double during the next six years, according to IHS Markit | Technology, now a part of Informa Tech. Global revenue for AMOLED […]
Children are inadvertently finding upon pornography online from as young as seven, a report has indicated. The survey, from the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), suggested some three-quarters of parents felt their child would not have seen porn online but more than half had done so. Youngsters under the age of 10 described feeling […]
BBC Studios has published its UK Gender Pay Gap Report. It reveals that the company reduced the average – specifically the median – difference between the pay of men and women to 10.3 per cent, down from 14.1 per cent in 2018. The reduced figure compares with the national average of 17.9 per cent, and […]