Advanced Television

Report: Satellite comms pricing to stabilise through 2020

In its latest research, Euroconsult details pricing for traditional C-band, Ku-band and High Throughput Satellite (HTS) capacity broken out by contracts, regions, spectrum bands, and applications. The report shows that as the growth of satellite capacity on orbit slows, pricing levels per megahertz (MHz) for regular capacity and per megabits per second (Mbps) for HTS […]

December 13, 2019

Browne named Telesat CFO

Telesat, the Canadian satellite company, has appointed Andrew Browne as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Reporting to President and CEO, Dan Goldberg, Browne will serve on Telesat’s Executive Management Team and be based in the company’s headquarters in Ottawa. Browne was most recently the CFO of SES, a position he held since February 12th 2018. […]

December 13, 2019

NBCU partners with TVSquared

NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations, a division of NBCUniversal, and the NBC Sports Regional Networks (RSNs) have formed a partnership with TVSquared, a specialist in TV attribution. Effective immediately, all 42 NBC and Telemundo owned stations and nine RSNs in the US can provide advertisers, in every market covered by the stations and RSNs, with a same-day view into how […]

December 13, 2019

Crouch to front Euro 2020 show for BBC

Former professional footballer turned radio and TV presenter Peter Crouch is bringing a new comedy entertainment series to BBC One for next year’s Euro 2020 finals. Made by Fulwell 73, Crouch’s Euro Fest 2020 will be a “live post-match festival where the worlds of comedy, entertainment and football combine”. In each episode, Crouch will be […]

December 13, 2019

Frndly TV beta app on Apple TV

Frndly TV has debuted its live and on-demand TV streaming service on Apple TV in the US with the public launch of its beta app. In addition, UPtv is now available to all Frndly TV customers for no additional cost. “There has been great demand for Frndly TV from Apple TV users, so we wanted […]

December 13, 2019

Hollyoaks box set gets early release on All4

The Christmas and New Year special episodes of long-running Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks are to be released as a box set on All 4, available from the December 20th. Four episodes in total will be made available early, including one Christmas hour-long special and one New Years Eve flash-forward hour long special. In November […]

December 13, 2019

British public invent Christmas horror film

To celebrate Friday the 13th falling dangerously close to Christmas, Ralph, a compnay specialised in social experiences, have created a film for Amazon Prime Video’s social channels which required the British public to become movie moguls. Plot suggestions began innocently enough, setting it at Christmas with a nice wholesome family. But then things escalated quickly […]

December 13, 2019

BT Sport launches monthly pass

BT has launched a new way to watch BT Sport, offering all sports fans a flexible way of watching top-flight sport for a monthly fee with no contract. Available immediately for £25 (€29.68) per month for instant access, BT Sport Monthly Pass lets anyone buy and watch BT Sport on a month-by-month basis. The pass […]

December 12, 2019

DAZN beats Sky Deutschland to Champions League

Sky Deutschland has lost the rights to air Champions League football in Germany for the first time in 20 years after being outbid by sports streaming platform DAZN. Comcast-owned Sky Deutschland will no longer show matches from the elite football competition once its current contract with UEFA expires in 2021. DAZN will share the rights […]

December 12, 2019

Study: Connected TVs favoured for OTT sports

According to the Q3 Video Index from video cloud services provider Brightcove, sports content is steadily moving into a major role among streamers, with viewers watching on every device, in and out of the home. The report analyses hundreds of millions of recent data points from Brightcove’s media customers globally to provide insights into how […]

December 12, 2019