TiVo’s share price on the NASDAQ exchange jumped 4.3 per cent on January 28th following rumours that the “strategic review” that it has been carrying out might result in the business splitting in two. Set top technology company TiVo announced its merger plan with rival Rovi in April 2016 in a $1.1 billion deal. For […]
Research analysis by three US academics has found that a moderate level of piracy can have a positive impact on the bottom line for both the manufacturer and the retailer – and not at the expense of consumers. “When information goods are sold to consumers via a retailer, in certain situations, a moderate level of […]
Italian financial newspaper MilanoFinanza is reporting that Italian TV broadcaster Mediaset is confirming its ambition to create a European FTA player. Investment bank Exane/BNPP has looked at the situation, and suggests its own key take-aways from the article: 1) Mediaset has been working for over a year to create a European FTA player and is […]
Telefónica’s pay-TV platform Movistar has reached 10 million TV subscribers worldwide, according to its own data from the end of the third quarter of 2018. Some 5.12 million households around the world receive Movistar via IPTV, most of them in Spain with around 4.2 million homes; 3.72 million receive their sigal through satellite and 1.04 […]
Building on the momentum of successful actions curtailing piracy device sellers and illegal streaming applications, the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) – a global coalition dedicated to protecting the dynamic legal market and reducing online piracy – has reached a settlement with the operators of streaming media device Dragon Box. On behalf of its […]
Spotify will unveil its Q4 numbers on February 6th, and Vivendi a week later on February 14th. A report from equity analysts at investment bank Deutsche Bank has looked at the streaming sector and found much to commend it to investors. The headline news from the report is that the music industry is fully embracing […]
Telenor Group has revealed details of its expanded 5G piloting in Norway. The next generation pilot will be carried out by Telenor Norway in partnership with Ericsson and will complement the mobile operator’s existing 5G pilot in Kongsberg. “It’s important for Telenor to continuously expand our knowledge and experience through actively testing the 5G technology […]
Digi-Capital’s Games Report Q1 2019 tracked games companies raising $5.7 billion (€4.9bn) in 2018, which was over twice the previous record investment from 2017. Tim Sweeney’s Epic Games’ $1.25 billion was not only the largest round raised last year, it was the largest non-IPO games investment of all time. The only larger single amount raised […]
Satellite communications innovator and space gateway Goonhilly Earth Station has announced that data centre industry veteran Chris Roberts has joined its executive team as Head of Data Centre and Cloud. Roberts’ appointment comes as Goonhilly prepares to open a tier 3/4 data centre in Spring 2019, offering exceptional connectivity by linking global subsea cables with satellite […]
TVU Networks, the global technology and innovation leader in live IP video solutions and TVN GROUP, the Germany’s Film and Outside Broadcast production company, are working together to provide the German broadcast market with innovative and flexible IP video transport solutions. “Our customers are facing growing demand for more news content across more platforms, so […]