RTL Group has published the following quarterly statement for the first nine months of 2019. For the period January to September 2019, revenues were up 3.5 per cent organically to €4.53 billion. Total digital revenue were up 14 per cent to €755 million. Revenue from RTL Group’s broadcasting operations was down 2 per cent, to […]
The November 2nd Rugby World Cup final between South Africa and England placed MultiChoice’s DStv NOW under a severe test which it apparently passed with flying colours. Niclas Ekdahl, CEO of the Connected Video division at MultiChoice, which was responsible for supplying the OTT feed, said that they were streaming the equivalent of 4TB of […]
Technicolor, in its trading commentary, said it has recorded a solid quarter, marking an improved performance in Adjusted EBITDA and Free Cash Flow compared to last year despite slightly lower sales at constant exchange rates compared to the third quarter of 2018. The Media and entertainment technologist said it maintains its focus on supporting organic […]
iQIYI, an online entertainment service in China, has reached a strategic partnership with Astro, Malaysia’s major pay-TV service provider. Based on the global operations of the iQIYI App, iQIYI will be cooperating with Astro on marketing and localisation of iQIYI’s services. Through iQIYI’s middle-end for technology, products and content, Astro will be able to benefit […]
Last week’s disappointing Eutelsat Q1 results are still resonating with market-watchers. Investment bank Berenberg, a close observer of satellite stocks, in a report to clients admits that Eutelsat’s numbers were “extremely disappointing” and while the bank says that its favourable ‘BUY’ position towards the Paris-based satellite operator would continue, it adds “we fully understand that […]
Wurl, a provider of streaming video distribution and advertising services for connected TV, has expanded into the European market through an agreement to deliver programming and advertising to Samsung’s TV Plus streaming service in Europe. The Wurl Network currently delivers 125 live, linear and VoD channels to more than 50 million viewers in the US. […]
Amazon Prime Video will be the exclusive streaming home for the upcoming animated series Critical Role: The Legend of Vox Machina, based on the adventures and characters of Critical Role, the story-driven and world-building digital media brand. Amazon Studios has ordered two seasons of the series and has also closed a first-look deal with Critical […]
Satellite builder Maxar Technologies reported that it had won an important order for a geostationary communications satellite. It did not name the customer but the order comes after a difficult period of drought for the business and in particular its former Space Systems/Loral division, now called Maxar Space Solutions segment. Maxar’s CEO Dan Jablonsky, speaking […]
Telesat has published its financial results for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30th 2019. The Canadian satellite comms company reported consolidated revenue of C$237 million (€187.2m), an increase of 4 per cent compared to the same period in 2018. The increase was due to higher revenue related to the Telstar 19 VANTAGE and […]
Cara Delevingne is set to executive produce and host an all-female practical joke series from ITV America’s Sirens Media, for Quibi – the short-form mobile content platform set to launch is April 2020. In each episode of the as-yet untitled show, Delevingne and a hist of female accomplices will “wreak havoc, executing a new stunt […]