Gravity Media Group (GMG), the owner of worldwide production and broadcast services specialists Gearhouse Broadcast, Hyperactive Broadcast and Input Media, has appointed Barry Revels as its Business Development Director. Based at its Watford, UK, headquarters, Revels will spend much of his time on the road, meeting with customers and assessing new markets that could benefit […]
Italian pay-TV broadcaster Sky Italia closed the financial year to June 30th 2018 with a 3.8 per cent increase in revenues on the same period in 2017, to €2.99 billlion. In the same period, profits rose from €41.6 million to almost €100 million, according to data reported by daily Italia Oggi. Advertising revenues grew 5.1 […]
RTL Group has signed an agreement to acquire control of the UK-based video technology company Yospace. The transaction is expected to close February 1st. RTL says the move will give it access to key technology to grow further its global ad-tech business and to build local streaming champions. Yospace has developed one of the most […]
The German video market stepped up its dynamic transition in 2018, driven by subscription spending. Consequently, it is the 5th largest in the world with an estimated annual spend of circa €9 billion in 2018, up 6 per cent on 2017, according to the latest Video Insights country report from Futuresource Consulting. Furthermore, with a […]
French pay-TV group Canal+ is planning to relaunch CanalPlay, its SVoD service, in the spring, focusing on TV series and documentaries to attract a young audience. According to financial daily Les Echos, the platform, which has not been operational for the last year, is set to be revamped under a new name and at a […]
Spain’s largest TV Association, UTECA, has set February as the deadline for the new DTT plan to be approved by the country’s government. The new DTT plan, initially scheduled for approval last December, is vital for the start of the second digital dividend in the country with the release of the 700 MHz band. DTT […]
US premium streaming service Hulu has added 8 million subscribers in 2018 and closed its fiscal year with more than 25 million total subscribers across its SVoD and live TV plans. The milestone marks a 48 per cent subscriber increase year over year and catapults Hulu’s customer reach beyond that of the country’s largest cable and satellite pay-TV […]
Cable News Egypt (CNE) has been cut from beIN Sports television distribution, with beIN citing a contract dispute with CNE. The service cut came after “lengthy negotiations” to agree commercial terms for a new contract with Cable Network Egypt (CNE), beIN said in a statement, without providing further detail of the terms. “As such we […]
Discovery is launching DMAX as a free to air channel in the UK from January 16th. It launches with an adventurous tone of voice centred around ‘more is more’ for men who want to indulge their passions for survival, extreme lives, motoring and comedy. DMAX hits TV screens with a slate of network premieres. Launch […]
Among the key findings from a recent churn reduction analysis pulled from entertainment technology and audience insights specialist TiVo’s Personalised Content Discovery Platform were that churn is directly related to long-term audience retention. Video service providers that implemented technology solutions that helped them personalise their search and recommendations saw a 140 per cent increase in audience […]