Consumers today on average pay $22 (€19.90) a month for video streaming subscriptions and are willing to pay an additional $11 a month – or 50 per cent more — for additional services in an increasingly competitive market, according to a report from audit, tax and advisory services firm KPMG. Consumers’ growing use of streaming […]
The Criminal Court of Malaga has issued an “historic” ruling for the defence of the audiovisual rights of La Liga clubs, with fines and compensation of almost €500,000 imposed on the members of a network dedicated to the sale of decoders with pirated content. The sentence imposes the sentence of six months in prison as […]
Research from Viavi Solutions indicates that gigabit Internet is now available to an estimated 354 million people across 51 countries, accounting for five per cent of the global population. The US is the global gigabit leader, with gigabit Internet available to 68.5 million people, an additional 4 million since August 2018. Yet, China is not […]
The eagerly anticipated rematch between WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (41-0-1) and challenger Luis ‘King Kong’ Ortiz (31-1-0), at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on November 3rd. The fight will be streamed on DAZN in four of its markets – exclusive in Germany and Spain and non-exclusive in Austria and Switzerland. Jacopo Tonoli, Chief Commercial […]
In its latest research, Euroconsult shows that 11 new FSS (fixed-satellite service) providers have emerged over the last five years including two in 2018. Many of these companies are state-owned national operators, which will mostly serve national interests. Twelve new satellite operators are planning to enter the FSS geostationary (GEO) market by the early to […]
Immersive technologies trade group Immerse UK and advanced digital technology innovation centre Digital Catapult have published the second Immersive Economy in the UK report, providing evidence of the growth of the sector and its key drivers and barriers. It explores the geographical and industrial spread of companies working with immersive technologies such as high-end visualisation, […]
Giles Thorne, an equity analyst at investment bank Jefferies, says that the FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, in deciding to favour an in-house FCC controlled auction of 300 MHz of satellite spectrum over the US, has engineered a “Gordian knot: a public auction that has political and legal legitimacy but a roadmap of relentless disruption by […]
Telia Carrier has announced that MobiTV, a global player in app-based TV video delivery solutions, will utilise Telia Carrier’s global IP backbone to provide scalable capacity and connectivity for MobiTV’s pay-TV operator customers across the US. With Telia Carrier’s substantial US network footprint, MobiTV customers can now get direct access to the MobiTV data centre […]
Online subscriptions cost sharing service Together Price is launching in the UK. Established in Italy, the service is entirely based on the division of cost amongst friends, housemates, family members and colleagues that allows people to reduce the cost, by up to five times, safely and legally of subscription services such as Netflix, Spotify, NOW […]
The live telecast of the Formula 1 World Championship Brazilian Grand Prix on ESPN2 on November 17th attracted a US television audience that averaged double-digit increases over viewership for the last two editions of the race, continuing F1’s trend of season-long audience growth across ESPN networks. The race had an average audience of 620,000 viewers […]