For the sixth consecutive year, Discovery Italia confirmed its place as the third Italian broadcaster in terms of audience share. Over 24 hours, the average share amounts to 6.8 per cent, rising to 9.1 per cent in the commercial target of 25-54 year olds and reaching 9.3 per cent of millennials. National terrestrial TV channel […]
Giant cinema screen operator IMAX is moving more directly into high-quality home entertainment with blockbuster movies from Sony and Paramount, and supplied into high-end audio-visual equipment. Its IMAX Enhanced programme is now in partnership with audio specialists DTS. The company says the service will offer consumers a new level of quality in home entertainment. Other […]
Cable Europe has launched a White Paper with specific policy recommendations to develop and deliver the broadband infrastructure of the future. The paper is designed to inform and support EU policy through the election cycle of 2019 and the five-year mandate to come. It places in social, economic and technological context the challenges of framing […]
Trade body DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group is pioneering a new direction in media industry advocacy with the formation of the DTC Alliance as a subset of DEG membership. Every major media company and TV network will launch a Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) streaming service in the next five years, representing a significant new chapter in how […]
South Africa’s broadcasting regulator ICASA has unveiled its draft laws designed to make key sporting events free to viewers. ICASA’s Draft Sports Broadcasting Services Amendment Regulations are expected to severely impact the broadcasting monopoly that the country’s pay-TV giant DStv has on sports. The new rules, if adopted, are likely to dramatically cut the cash […]
Synamedia, the independent video software and solutions company, has appointed video software compression pioneer and Envivio founder and CEO, Julien Signes, as Senior Vice President and General Manager of its Video Processing business unit. Signes will lead Synamedia’s video processing business as the industry transitions to software-based encoding for broadcast, as well as for OTT, […]
Following successful legal action taken by Sky, the Designated Premises Supervisor of The Halfway House, Leeds in the north of England, David Pickering, has agreed to pay £15,000 (€16,660) in settlement after infringing Sky’s copyright by showing Sky Sports programming illegally in his premises. He also provided a binding undertaking to not show Sky copyright […]
Channel 4 has acquired full ownership of The Box Plus Network, buying the remaining 50 per cent stake in the network that it did not previously own from Bauer Media Group. Since 2007, Channel 4 has owned a 50 per cent stake in The Box Plus Network, which produces and broadcasts seven UK music and […]
US DTH broadcaster DISH has revealed that it’s building the Google Assistant into its Hopper family of receivers. In the coming months, customers will be able to use the DISH voice remote to ask the Assistant to control smart home devices, provide weather and news updates, display photos and more. This new integration builds on […]
FilmNation Entertainment and Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) are forming a new UK-based television joint venture, which will operate under the FilmNation brand. The joint venture will develop, produce and finance premium scripted television content for global audiences, and is currently assembling its creative team. The two companies will together leverage their established talent relationships […]