Italian broadcaster Europa Way (formerly Europa 7) is planning to launch a new pay-TV platform in September, using DVB-T2 technology. Fly HD will initially distribute eight movie channels from leading Hollywood studios and a music channel that will broadcast major Italian and international events, broadcasting in HD/4K HDR with Dolby Digital sound. The platform, which […]
The global number of gross SVoD subscriptions will increase by 439 million between 2018 and 2024 to 947 million – or by 86 per cent, according to the Global SVoD Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. The total will climb by 119 million in 2019 alone. As the gross subscription total races towards […]
Movistar’s new OTT service has gone live, prioritising other telcos’ subscribers in an attempt to gain customers from its competitors. At a price of €8 a month, similar to other OTT platforms like Netflix, Movistar’s OTT will include Movistar’s in-house content through channels like #0, #Vamos, Movistar Series and Movistar Seriesmania. The service may be […]
The penetration rate of the pay-TV service in Portugal reached 85.9 per cent at the end of 2018, according to data published by the National Communications Authority (Anacom). The number of subscribers reached 3.9 million, or 140,000 more than in the previous year. The growth rate was 3.7 per cent, below the average of the […]
Sunrise’s planned acquisition of UPC Switzerland from Liberty Global is to be reviewed by regulator COMCO. Sunrise said the referral was ‘expected’. COMCO said that its preliminary examination of the deal had revealed indications that the combination could create or reinforce a dominant position in different markets. COMCO said its investigation had also suggested that […]
Otter Media CEO Tony Goncalves is to head the development of WarnerMedia’s new direct streaming service, reporting to Bob Greenblatt, chairman of WarnerMedia Entertainment and direct-to-consumer. Greenblatt, in turn, takes charge of Otter Media, which groups together a number of WarnerMedia digital offerings, as the company continues the restructure of its TV business. COO Andy […]
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UK advertising is expected to increase to £21.8 billion (€24.5bn) in 2019, up from £20.5 billion in 2018 according to the latest media and marketing forecasts from GroupM, the media investment group. GroupM forecasts 6.1 per cent growth for 2019, down from 7.8 per cent in 2018. Other key highlights from GroupM’s forecast include: 2018 […]
The UK’s biggest broadband, phone and pay-TV companies have committed to put fairness at the heart of their business, after signing up to Ofcom’s new Fairness for Customers commitments. The media regulator has developed the commitments to strengthen how companies treat their customers. They aim to help ensure people are always treated fairly by their […]
An NBC affiliated station in the US has been blacked out because of a carriage dispute with DirecTV. KMTR (NBC 16) which serves viewers in Oregon, put out a statement on May 31st saying that DirecTV has “unilaterally decided to discontinue the carriage of this station”. KMTR is owned by Roberts Media and the Sinclair […]