BBC Three has acquired the UK rights from Warner Bros Television for the comedy series Shrill. The first season will be available as a boxset on BBC iPlayer from December 15th. The series stars Aidy Bryant (of Saturday Night Live fame) as Annie, an overweight young woman who wants to change her life – but […]
Streaming service Netflix has become the second largest pay-TV platform in Spain, behind Movistar, with 3 million subscribers in the country, according to El Español. In just four years, Netflix has achieved significant pay-TV penetration, surpassing the combined subscriber numbers of Vodafone, Orange and Euskaltel. According to the CNMC, Movistar Plus has 4.1 million subscribers; […]
Comms technologist Ericsson expects the global number of 5G subscriptions to top 2.6 billion within the next six years, driven by sustained momentum and a rapidly developing 5G ecosystem. The forecast is included in the November 2019 edition of the Ericsson Mobility Report, alongside a range of other forecasts with an end-of-2025 timeline and communications […]
BT is in talks with Disney about bringing the studio’s direct-to-consumer service streaming service Disney+ to its BT TV platform, according to the Sunday Times. Such a move would be in line with the multiplay telco’s positioning of BT TV as a streaming ‘super aggregator’, allowing viewers to watch such platforms from one provider. BT […]
Altice Europe, the debt-ridden cable company, has announced that SFR FTTH, alongside its consortium of financial investors (led by OMERS Infrastructure and including Allianz Capital Partners and AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets), has entered into an exclusivity agreement with Cube Infrastructure Fund and Partners Group (acting on behalf of its clients) regarding the acquisition […]
Starz, a Lionsgate company, has rolled out its new international StarzPlay app in the UK, Brazil, France, Germany and Mexico with plans to launch in an additional 20 countries in 2020. “Starz has experienced great success with the Starz app domestically, remaining ahead of the streaming curve with more than 5.6 million OTT customers to […]
An FCC commissioner, Jessica Rosenworcel, has confirmed that Intelsat and SES (and by implication Telesat of Canada and Eutelsat) will be compensated for releasing their C-band spectrum to auction. “They’re going to be compensated in some way,” Rosenworcel, one of five FCC commissioners, said in an interview with Bloomberg News. “It has to be an […]
The renewal of the long-standing STELA (Satellite Television Extension & Localism Act Reauthorisation) rules have hit another problem. The Act is due to expire on December 31st, and last week the (US) House Judiciary Committee approved its variation of the Act (Satellite Television Community Protection and Promotion Act of 2019) which allows for truck-drivers, RV-owners […]
Sky has partnered with Deaf production charity, the British Sign Language Broadcasting Trust, to produce their first on-demand collection with a broadcaster. Available immediately, with almost 100 episodes at launch, millions of people can now watch Sky content in British Sign Language from the BSL Zone on Sky Q and Sky+. The content, ranging across […]
An Italian Court hearing into the Vivendi vs Mediaset squabble and where Vivendi is objecting to Mediaset’s plan to merge their Italian and Spanish broadcasting businesses into a Netherlands-based company (‘MediaforEurope’) has been postponed until November 29th. The Court says it wants the two players to again attempt to resolve their dispute. Vivendi is arguing […]