A study by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Chapman University, has found that in anti-piracy work, blocking websites is more effective when multiple sites are targeted. The study, The Effect of Piracy Website Blocking on Consumer Behavior, reported in an article in MIS Quarterly, examined the effectiveness of anti-piracy efforts in the United Kingdom […]
ITV, the UK commercial broadcaster, has revealed that its on-demand service the ITV Hub has over 30 million registered users. The Hub has increased from 21 million registered users in October 2017 and 26 million this time last year to reach over 30 million users well ahead of ITV’s previously announced target of hitting that […]
Roku has entered into an agreement to purchase dataxu, a demand-side platform (DSP) that enables marketers to plan and buy video ad campaigns. The deal is worth a reported $150 million (€134.5m). dataxu, based is Boston, US, provides marketers with an automated bidding and self-serve software solution to manage ad campaigns programmatically across digital platforms. […]
China’s state broadcaster, CCTV, did not show any NBA games on the opening day of the new season. CCTV traditionally shows the first game of the NBA season, which started on October 22nd (US time) when the reigning champion Toronto Raptors took on the New Orleans Pelicans – but the game was completely dropped. The […]
China Media Group, the new name for the cluster of 47 TV channels including seven international services, beamed by the former China Central TV, is preparing to launch 8K services. Rong Chen, one of the high-profile Chinese delegation who presented at the recent MIPCOM programming market in Cannes, told delegates to the event’s UHD screenings […]
FITE, the digital streaming combat sports platform, has released its inaugural State of the Industry Report, which includes exclusive data on viewership, geographic breakdown of fans who typically stream pay-per-view sporting events, how they are tuning in, a ranking of popular streaming devices and preferred combat sporting events – from boxing and MMA to pro […]
Eutelsat, in a formal filing to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), says that it is in favour of the C-Band Alliance – eventually – freeing up 300 MHz of spectrum over the US for 5G’s usage. Julie Burguburu, Eutelsat’s group general counsel, and Wladimir Bocquet, director of regulatory affairs, spectrum management and policy at Eutelsat, […]
ListenFirst, the enterprise social analytics solution, has announced that NBCUniversal has chosen ListenFirst as one of its key partners for social analytics across its global brand portfolio of television networks, motion pictures, television stations, television operations, and theme parks. ListenFirst will streamline all of NBCUniversal’s social media data across more than 1,500 social handles into […]
With the pioneering 5G Today project, first results on mobile radio reception via 5G technology could be obtained. After the scheduled end of the project on October 31st, 5G Broadcast will be further researched. The potential of 5G network technology for the production and distribution of media content will also be the subject of a […]
SES and Thales have taken inflight connectivity to a new level, successfully demonstrating uninterrupted access to high-throughput broadband applications for the first time over a platform supporting multi-orbit interoperability, switching seamlessly between SES’s geostationary (GEO) and O3b medium earth orbit (MEO) satellite beams. The demo flight from Melbourne, Florida to the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua […]