Subscribers’ broadband usage patterns can be predictors of cord-cutting, according to the Q2 2019 OpenVault Broadband Industry (OVBI) report by OpenVault, a provider of industry analytics and technology solutions for broadband operators. The report highlights how a study of thousands of US subscribers
France is to consider measures to liberalise the TV advertising market, according to Bloomberg. The report says that France’s parliament will open up discussions early next year. If this happens it could generate a windfall for broadcasters worth up to an extra €360 million in overall revenues made up of some €200 million in extra […]
This year eSports has burst into mainstream public consciousness and this culminated in Fortnite’s World Cup in July, with an unprecedented audience size and a $30 million (€27m) pot of prize money. Today eSports can make an individual player just as rich as a real world sports star and the Fortnite World cup peaked at […]
TV companies battling to preserve the shared experience of scheduled TV viewing in an era of 24/7 streaming and personalised viewing need more than binge-watching contracts and no-sleeping agreements to keep customers. Recently, Netflix introduced a binge-watching contract for couples and families to regulate the way they watch TV together. However, research from Lancaster University, […]
British Airways customers will be transported to their own 3D cinema in the skies as the airline exclusively trials a new virtual reality headset in what it says is a UK first. From now until the end of 2019, customers travelling on select flights in First from London Heathrow to New York JFK will be […]
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai has shared with his colleagues a draft Order that would approve, subject to conditions, the proposed $146 billion (€131bn) merger between T-Mobile and Sprint. “After one of the most exhaustive merger reviews in Commission history, the evidence conclusively demonstrates that this transaction will bring fast 5G wireless service to many […]
Get It Right (From A Genuine Site) – the UK consumer education initiative that engages fans in new and exciting ways to encourage them to value the creative process and to access content legally – is moving to its next phase. This follows in-depth research, including focus groups, with the target audience of 16-24 year […]
Thailand had expected to earn around 51 billion baht (€1.48bn) from a 2013 auction of 24 digital TV licences. But the cash has not flowed. Thailand’s National Broadcasting & Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) says that revenues are just 23 billion baht. Some of the reductions are self-inflicted given that the government decided in April to reduce […]
AMC Networks is integrating its AMC Studios operation into its Entertainment Networks Group in a strategic realignment that it says will bring the studio under centralised leadership, closer to the networks for which it produces nearly a dozen current series. Simultaneous to the realignment, David Madden, president of programming for the Entertainment Networks Group and […]
SpaceX has had something of a maritime fleet from its beginnings. Its ‘Of course I still love you’ floating barge has been the landing stage for many of SpaceX flights. The second floating barge, with the giant text message saying “Just read the instructions” does a similar job usually on the Pacific. Elon Musk’s team […]