Nigeria’s latest free-to-air (FTA) local channel bouquet, PREMIUM.FREE, has enabled local television broadcast audiences access to 13 new premium channels which are custom-made for African viewers. These include multinational language channels like Cinema Hausa, and popular African lifestyle channels such as True African. Delivered via SES satellites. channel bouquet is supplied by AfricaXP, the independent […]
TiVo has announced that its TV Viewership Data product is being expanded to include Kantar ad occurrences, Drawbridge’s Identity Graph and premium demographic attributes; giving TiVo customers an expanded data offering with more flexibility to meet the ever-changing needs of the market. The availability of premium demographic attributes through TiVo’s relationship with best-in-class partners enables […]
Evergent, a provider of solutions for revenue and subscriber management, and Synamedia, an independent video software provider, have announced their partnership for end-to-end video monetisation and delivery. The Evergent Revenue and Customer Management platform is now integrated with Synamedia’s Infinite platform to help their joint customers, which include some of the world’s largest telecommunication, media, […]
Mediaset Spain is reportedly set to launch OTT content behind a pay-window before the end of the year. The company is finalising the pay-model to implement into its streaming service, Mitele, with the aim to charge for premium content à la carte, and with similar functionalities to Netflix, HBO and Prime Video. Mediaset is seeking […]
The Nordic markets have among the highest uptake of SVoD services in Europe, but Netflix is struggling to compete with local players, according to Ampere Analysis. The average market share of Netflix in the Nordics region is just 49 per cent, compared to an average of 71 per cent in the rest of Western Europe. […]
In the first half of 2019 the proportion of new US TV commissions using existing stories such as comic-books, novels and older TV shows increased significantly, raising the question – is America running out of new ideas? In November and December 2018, one in five commissions’ inspiration stemmed from existing source material according to Ampere […]
The starting gun has been fired on a programme to roll out gigabit-capable full fibre broadband to the most rural and remote locations in the UK, Digital Secretary Jeremy Wright has announced. In the summer of 2018, the UK Government identified that approximately 10 per cent of UK premises, largely in rural and remote areas, […]
TV remains the largest UK advertising channel for automotive brands, with a 6 per cent rise in advertising spend in the 52 weeks to end of February 2019 in comparison to the previous year, reveals Nielsen data. However, cinema experienced the largest uplift, with a 14 per cent increase in spend to £31 million (€35.3m) […]
Netflix is close to agreeing a deal to lease space at Pinewood Studios, home to the Star Wars and James Bond franchises, to aide its growing slate of UK productions. Netflix is close to signing a 10-year deal with Pinewood, according to a report by The Guardian. Securing a long lease on studio space is […]
Freesat has announced that David Thomas has joined the company as its new Head of Product. Thomas has a varied background and extensive experience in the communications and broadcast sector, having held positions with companies as diverse as Sky, Cellcast, Endemol and Atlas Mobile. He joins Freesat from fintech start-up, Novastone Media, where he was […]