Australians have a growing taste for sports and video entertainment content sending the SVoD services market to new heights, reaching 12.3 million total subscriptions at the end of June 2019, according to research from Australian emerging technology analyst firm, Telsyte. A solid year-on-year increase of 29 per cent has driven subscription up from 9.5 million […]
California-based Viasat and Paris-based Eutelsat were once extremely friendly, and still have good – formal – relations with one another although not quite as strong as a couple of years ago. The pair are bound together in a joint-venture over the use of spectrum on Eutelsat’s Ka-Sat, and while initially the joint venture was intended […]
Nearly everyone expects to pay more money for 5G smartphones—but the cost of the initial wave of phones is dramatically exceeding expectations, with the price premium as much as 29 times higher than many consumers anticipate, according to a new IHS Markit survey examining consumer perceptions regarding the technology. A total of 91 per cent […]
Motion Pictures Laboratories (MovieLabs), together with member studios, has published a new white paper presenting an industry vision for the future of media creation technology by 2030. The paper, The Evolution off Media Creation, jointly authored by MovieLabs and technology leadership teams from Hollywood studios, paints a bold picture of future technology and discusses the […]
Reliance-owned Jio Infocomm is a spectacular success. It announced its 4G service in December 2015 and launched in September 2016. It won its first 50 million subs within 83 days, topped 100 million by February 2017. At June 30th this year it achieved a subscriber base of 331 million. Jio is now tapping into that […]
ESPN and the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), the longest-standing professional women’s soccer league in the US, have reached an exclusive agreement for worldwide rights (excluding US) to the league’s regular season and playoff matches. ESPN already holds the rights to NWSL broadcasts in the US via a separate agreement announced earlier this year. ESPN’s […]
SK Telecom and the three major broadcasters in South Korea have received the green light to launch a new online video service called Wavve, which ill directly compete with Netflix in the country. The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) said it had approved SK Telecom’s acquisition of a 30 per cent stake in CAP, which runs […]
Hisense, the television and appliance manufacturer, has launched its-new Social TV with Hi Table interactive system for large-screen social scenarios in Chinese market. Hisense Social TV will provide users with the experiences of highly futuristic interactive scenarios, including six-party video chat, cinema sharing, 3D Avatar Karaoke, AI fitness, AI visual recognition, multi-screen communication, future life […]
After a dynamic few years in the music and audio industries, 2018 and the first half of 2019 have once again been marked by the continuous growth of global music streaming subscriptions, with this momentum expected to continue in the short to medium term. By 2023, Futuresource expects the number of streaming subscriptions to exceed […]
Vodafone Idea, the Indian telco, and STARZPLAY, the international premium subscription platform from STARZ, a Lionsgate company, have teamed up to launch Lionsgate Play in India. This partnership will enable Vodafone Idea customers access to a broad portfolio of blockbusters and feature films from the studio. Lionsgate Play will be available to Vodafone Play and […]