Vodafone and Orange Spain have both launched new apps to make their offers available across all devices and to make it easier to browse and watch content. Vodafone’s new app allows subscribers to download content and watch it later offline on any device. Subscribers must have an active account on Vodafone TV online to use […]
Sweta Dash, president of market research consultancy Dash-Insights, and writing in Display Daily, has said there is a “massive” amount of LCD capacity coming into production over the next 3 years, particularly from Chinese factories. “There is a race for revenue and profit growth as competition is accelerating and price pressure is increasing,” she said, […]
Telefónica ended the first quarter with a net profit of €926 million, up 10.6 per cent on the same period last year. The group reduced its debt by 5.7 per cent to €40.3 billion. OBITDA amounted to €4.26 billion, up 10.3 per cent. In Spain, it reported total revenues of €3.1 billion, up 0.3 per […]
Viacom reported higher second-quarter income as it cut costs. Net income for the US media giant rose to $376 million (€334.2m), up from $266 million a year ago. Revenues fell 6 per cent to $2.958 billion. At the company’s media networks unit, adjusted operating income was down 3% to $682 million. Revenues were down 7 […]
Sunrise, the Swiss network operator, has launched Sunrise TV neo – a new multiscreen TV platform as an OTT service. The Sunrise TV neo app is available on Apple TV, iOS and Android devices, as well as PCs and laptops via a web browser. Sunrise TV neo offers live or time-delayed TV streaming, cloud storage […]
Turksat officials, speaking at the Washington Satellite 2019 show, say that their latest satellite, Turksat 5A will be orbited next year, and no later than Q2 although a few months later than originally expected. The satellite is under construction by Airbus Defense & Space, and will be launched by SpaceX. Türksat General Manager Cenk Şen […]
Global sports provider, Eleven Sports, has bolstered its football portfolio in Belgium and Luxembourg with the acquisition of exclusive live rights to Major League Soccer (MLS). The agreement begins this weekend with Eleven Sports showing at least one game per match week for the next four seasons. The deal includes exclusive rights to all MLS […]
Netflix has closed a first look deal with Dark Horse Entertainment. Under the new deal, Dark Horse Entertainment will give Netflix a first look at its IP for both film and TV, and has already started exploring future projects. Dark Horse Entertainment’s Mike Richardson, Keith Goldberg and Paul Schwake signed on to produce. Netflix and […]
Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos surprised a normally staid audience of satellite and rocket insiders by unveiling an impressive Blue Moon model, his Blue Origin design for a moon lander. Bezos told delegates at Washington Convention Center that his team had been working on the vehicle for 3 years and, like his low-cost reusable rockets, would herald […]
Genesys, the global player in omni-channel customer experience and contact centre solutions has announced Tony Bates as its new CEO effective immediately. Bates succeeds Paul Segre, who will continue with Genesys as chairman of the company. Bates formerly led Cisco’s Service Provider business, growing its Enterprise and Commercial division to more than $20 billion in […]