The married couple behind a portfolio of broadcast channels from shopping to late night programming are launching Zaucey.com, a new subscription only streaming service seeking to redefine adult entertainment. Zaucey.com is a secure online platform available on desktop, mobile and tablet, and features a library of original British-made films promoting healthy relationships between adults. It’s […]
Roku has released a 2019 Cord Cutting study that predicts approximately 60 million TV households are expected to access video on their TV exclusively through streaming within the next five years. If this happens, for the first time, streamers will surpass traditional pay-TV viewers.
Neil Mortensen, Director of Audiences, ITV, has suggested that TV is now in its third age, characterised by TVs connected to the Internet, time-and place-shift our viewing, with more choice, more quality and control than ever before. Speaking in a panel session on ‘Content, Consumers and Everything In Between’ at the Royal Television Society Cambridge […]
The UK Culture Secretary, Nicky Morgan has pushed for the biggest events in women’s sport to become ‘listed events’ on free-to-air TV, so that mass audiences can watch them and be inspired by the achievements of our women sport stars. Morgan also encouraged public service and commercial broadcasters to do more to secure their future […]
UK broadcast regulator Ofcom has published final conclusions on the relationship between BritBox – a proposed new streaming service from ITV and the BBC – and the BBC’s publicly-funded (or ‘Public Service’) activities. As required under the Corporation’s Charter and Agreement, Ofcom has assessed whether the BBC’s involvement in Britbox represents a ‘material change’ to […]
Marking its first distribution deal with a major US video and Internet provider, sports streaming service DAZN is now available to Comcast customers on Xfinity Flex and will be available over the Internet to millions more on Xfinity X1 this autumn. “We’re thrilled to give our Xfinity X1 and Xfinity Flex customers access to DAZN’s […]
AT&T is reportedly actively “exploring” ways whereby it might part with its DirecTV division. “The wireless carrier has considered various options, including a spinoff of satellite television provider DirecTV into a separate public company and a combination of DirecTV’s assets with Dish Network Corp,” sources told the WSJ. AT&T shares rose 1.5 percent on the […]
A Report – An Update on Rural Connectivity – from the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee of the UK Parliament has highlighted the continuing digital divide between urban and rural areas, suggesting that this, together with that between rural towns and sparser rural settlements, continues to marginalise communities and be the cause of frustration. […]
Euskaltel has extended its coverage to all Catalonia, in the northeast of Spain, adding 2.4 million homes. Through its subsidiary RACCtel, Euskaltel has launched a convergent package with 500 Megabytes, unlimited phone calls and 20 Gbps at €40 a month with no tie-in clause. Its national expansion is causing concern amongst existing operators who fear […]
A report from Northern Sky Research (NSR, Global Satellite Capacity Supply & Demand) states that despite slow growth in satellite supply and capacity over the past few years, the next ten years will see 1155 satellites (more than 500 kgs in size) likely to be ordered, and some 1285 will be launched. NSR says that […]