Essel Group, which controls the Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) cluster of TV channels, has confirmed that its proposed sale of 50 per cent of its holdings is making steady progress and is at an “advanced stage”. However, Essel did not provide further detail citing confidentiality agreements in place with the prospective buyer(s). “Our intent […]
Strategic insight consultancy Broadcast Intelligence has compiled a substantive report on Netflix’s working practices, based on in-depth interviews with producers, distributors and co-producers. The firm’s report, Working with Netflix, comprises
Deutsche Telekom saw growth in all areas in the first quarter of 2019, continuing the Group’s success from its record year of 2018. In organic terms, i.e., adjusted for exchange rate effects and changes in the composition of the Group, net revenue increased by 3.5 per cent to €19.5 billion. “We got off to a […]
The Swedish TV market saw record turnover in 2018, and the highest growth rate since 2010 according to analysis from Mediavision. The total turnover amounted to SEK 25.3 billion (€2.34bn), a growth of 8 per cent compared to 2017. The last time the market displayed similar growth was in 2010 (+10 per cent) following an […]
Croatian network operator OiV has started testing DVB-T2 HEVC broadcasts after it received a licence from the Croatian Regulatory Agency for Network Activities (Hakom) and the Agency for Electronic Media (AEM). Croatia is preparing to switch free-to-air terrestrial broadcasting from DVB-T to the newer DVB-T2 standard. At the same time, it will introduce the H.265/HEVC […]
Following its recent takeover of the company, Zegona has made its first move into Spanish telco Euskaltel by appointing José Miguel García, former CEO of Jazztel, as a member of the board of directors in the Basque-country-based company. With the appointment, Zegona takes positions in the company with its right-hand executive to be CEO of […]
Roku, the streaming media company, grew its user base by 40 per cent during the first quarter of 2019 as it focuses in on making its streaming video platform available on third-party televisions. The California-based company reported it now has 29.1 million active users that streamed some 8.9 billion hours of programming during Q1. Roku […]
For the first time in four years, cumulative gross box office (GBO) in the EU Member States did not pass the €7 billion benchmark in 2018. Based on provisional data, the European Audiovisual Observatory estimates that cumulative GBO takings in the EU fell by 3.3 per cent in 2018 to a total of €6.80 billion: […]
SpaceX says it will start launching the first cluster of its Low Earth Orbiting (LEO) satellites next week on May 15th. SpaceX’s president Gwynne Shotwell told delegates to the Satellite 2019 event in Washington DC that “dozens” of satellites would be launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. However, Shotwell also stated that not all of […]
Apple has agreed a deal with Hollywood producer and director Jon Favreau to create a dinosaur docuseries for its Apple TV streaming service. The series, entitled Prehistoric Planet, will be produced by BBC Studios’ Natural History Unit and will recreate the events that led to the extinction of dinosaurs. Favreau is perhaps best known for […]